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selfish; asking too much

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shrine office; office of a Shinto shrine

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beach; foreshore

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stupa; dagoba; wooden grave tablet

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to hand down (a story, legend, etc.); to pass on (to the next generation); to spread (a rumor, news, etc.); to circulate; to send word; to pass on (a message)

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overturning; capsizing; overthrow (e.g. of a government)

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plot; conspiracy; conference

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(arch.) beast (esp. one used for its meat, such as a boar or a deer); hunting (of animals such as boar, deer, etc.)

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discovery (of a plot, misdeed, etc.); detection; exposure; disclosure

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Satsuma (former province located in the west of present-day Kagoshima Prefecture); sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)

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to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase

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to drift (to); to be washed ashore

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easy delivery; easy childbirth; safe birth

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prayer (for something); supplication

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excuse; pretext

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amnesty; general pardon

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command; order; dictation; nth year in the Reiwa era (May 1, 2019-)

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to call back; to recall

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another company; other company

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miko; shrine maiden; young girl or woman (trad. an unmarried virgin) who assists priests at shrines

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(young) girl; maiden; young lady

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honorable post; honourable post

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imprudence; oversight; omission; mistake

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same quality; same nature; homogeneous

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since the beginning; natural-born (salesman, etc.); absolutely (not); (not) at all

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duckweed; rootless person; wanderer

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fabrication; lie; fiction

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to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in

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villa; another line of work

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to take (someone to a place); to take (someone) with one; to take along; to lead away

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face; looks; features

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female; smaller (of the two); weaker; (arch.) woman; (arch.) wife

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common gull (Larus canus); gull (Laridae spp.); seagull

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old chronicle; old record

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lifelong; lifetime; for life; life

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marriage

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face; official stance; public position or attitude (as opposed to private thoughts); ceremony for the erection of the framework of a house

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casual; indifferent; nonchalant

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gloss; luster; mellowness (of a voice); youthfulness (e.g. of skin); interest; appeal

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a tideway; a sea route

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discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability

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improvement (e.g. in skill, ability); advance; progress; communication of opinions of the general populace to those of high rank

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mansion; palace; (arch.) nobleman; (arch.) noblewoman; (arch.) cabin (on a boat or carriage); (arch.) large roofed area on a boat (resembling a house)

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to dry (up); to become parched; to ebb; to recede

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how much

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to entwine; to entangle; to connect; to relate

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China (sometimes also used in ref. to Korea or other foreign countries)

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clothing; dressing; binding (of a book)

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God and man; heaven and man

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to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to swing

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