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acknowledgement; acknowledgment; understanding (e.g. "please be understanding of the mess during our renovation"); noting; acceptance

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reply; answer; response

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ninth day of the month; nine days

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equinoctial week (when Buddhist services are held); Buddhist services during the equinoctial week; nirvana

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to take the name of; to call oneself; to pretend; to feign; to purport

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surrender to the enemy

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whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")

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too much; excessively; too

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abrupt; sudden

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something wrong; accident; change; abnormality; aberration

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and so on; and so forth; et cetera; comment; criticism

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such and such

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mystery; strange event; mysterious affair

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Samanosuke

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secret understanding; collusion

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authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers

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rumor; rumour; gossip; hearsay

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Bandō; former name of the Kantō region

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type; pattern; model; epitome; exemplar; archetype

1

stubborn and short-tempered

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postponement; deferment; extension (of time)

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(arch.) poor; (arch.) unskillful; (arch.) clumsy; I; me

1

to rub in; to smear on; to spread on; to lay the blame on

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Enryaku era (782.8.19-806.5.18)

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Konponchuudou

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to sprain; to twist; to dampen (enthusiasm); to discourage; to dishearten

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with a slap; with a pop; without batting an eyelid; generously; cutesy suffix applied to names

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middle of the road; centrism; the middle (of what one is doing); half-way; middle way; middle path

4

since some time ago; for quite a while; already

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shafts (attached to the yoke of a cart, plow, etc.)

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emperor's arrival (at his office, etc.)

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main temple building

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light offered to a god or Buddha; votive light

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haughty

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detectable; noticeable; recognizable; observable

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dim; vague; indistinct; faint; obscure

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thump; thud (sound representing the footfalls of something heavy)

1

to sob

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at first; in the beginning; originally

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sobbing; weeping; fit of crying

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spreading; laying out; security deposit; Japanese mattress

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the four seasons

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fillet; tenderloin

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servant; valet; (arch.) someone who works in close quarters with the emperor or imperial family; (arch.) low-ranking official who works for the imperial family or nobility (under the Ritsuryo system); (arch.) ox-tender for oxcarts; (arch.) horse boy

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latticed shutters (in traditional Japanese and Chinese architecture)

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as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all

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to draw (water); to ladle; to pour (into a cup); to drink (together); to consider (feelings, the situation, etc.); to sympathize with

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departure; leaving; starting; standing

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klesha

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Imperial countenance; face of the Emperor

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