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fifth court rank; black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax); night heron; five ranks; five stages

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sole; single; solo; independence; singleness; singularity

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audience with someone of high rank (e.g. the emperor)

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presumptuous; impertinent; impudent; ridiculous; laughable; absurd

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without being able to help oneself; against one's will; compelling; pressing; irresistible

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low-hanging clouds

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passing (e.g. of a typhoon); going past

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to be prominent; to be conspicuous; to stand out; to be outstanding; to be remarkable; to be striking

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Yashirou

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Yagorou

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attendant; valet; servant; follower

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childhood name

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row house built on top of a castle wall; row houses surrounding a main residence; having great knowledge about Buddhism; Vaisravana (one of the Four Heavenly Kings)

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correct practices (esp. in Jodo, the path to rebirth in paradise)

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serious; important; significant; grave; weighty

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homecoming; return to one's home

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pause; suspension; rest; stoppage

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to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer

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father

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to play around (of a cat, dog, etc.); to frisk; to gambol; to frolic

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safe and healthy; health and longevity

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to open; to unfold; to spread out

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Hisako

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letter; note

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in the sentence; in the text; Bunchū era (of the Southern Court; 1372.4.?-1375.5.27)

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early spring; beginning of spring; first month of the lunar calendar

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you (singular)

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height; stature; length (esp. of clothing); all (one has); everything; magnificence (of a waka poem, etc.)

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morning and evening; daily routine; to spend all one's time doing; to do day in, day out; all the time; always

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to mimic; to imitate

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treading on wheat seedlings after planting (for better yield and health)

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song; singing

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recent years

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farmer; peasant; farming; country bumpkin; yokel; the common people

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encouragement; incentive; stimulus

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grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); assistance; help; effects; influence

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superior airs; air of importance; overemphasis

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lowly person; lowliness; I

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to pray; to say a prayer; to say grace; to wish; to hope

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at the very least; at the very most; as a bare minimum; minimum; (very) least; at least some (comfort, etc.)

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thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances

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competition; rivalry; feeling that something is worth the effort; motivation; enthusiasm

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making; forming; cultivating; form; appearance

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looks; features

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mother

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looking like (someone); taking after (either of one's parents)

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table salt; small plate

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traditional cap worn by Shinto clergy and courtiers; crown; diadem; top kanji radical; first verse of a haikai, etc.; best; peerless

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all over; everywhere; in every nook and cranny; brightly; clearly

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to obey respectfully; to humble oneself; to sit straight (upright, respectfully, attentively)

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