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design; pattern

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serious; earnest; sober; honest; sincere

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to hold (umbrella) over

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(amount of) rainfall

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heavy fog; dense fog; thick fog

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worry; anxiety; concern

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(arch.) difference (from one another); (arch.) different thing; (arch.) other; unusual; extraordinary

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the place for; the time for; the level of

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to be boiled down; to come to a standstill; to reach an impasse; to approach a conclusion (of a discussion, investigation, etc.)

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haiku; 17-mora poem, usu. in 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 morae

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bubble; foam; froth; suds; lather; head (on beer)

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to dress stylishly; to joke; to play on words

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-ist; -er

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completely; absolutely; (not) at all; (not) a bit; earnestly; intently

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Hanamori Yasuji (1911.10.25-1978.1.14)

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tenth; tithe

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art of conversation

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Nobuhira

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yesterday and today; only recently; just recently; only yesterday

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boyfriend; he; him

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hills and fields; hill and dale

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(one's) mother

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attendant; companion

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Hanamori

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(afternoon) nap; sleeping during the day; siesta

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mother

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cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes; remains (of war dead)

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another (person); the other person; one more (person)

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to imitate; to follow; to copy; to emulate

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bitter (e.g. criticism); sharp; biting; severe; scathing; harsh

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to exceed; to be even more (so); to exaggerate

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table of contents; contents

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competing (with each other) in creating (composing, drawing, writing, etc.); competition to produce an (artistic, literary, etc.) work

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filial piety; being kind to one's parents; taking care of one's parents

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theory

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maternal love

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beginning; start; clue; lead; thread end

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to think of; to come up with

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responsibility; liability; blame; torture; torment

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fatigue; weariness; exhaustion; fatigue (of metal, etc.)

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to tuck up (a kimono skirt); to tuck in; to make short (a story, explanation, etc.); to cut short; to abridge

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miniature shrine with double doors (used to store important Buddhist items such as sutras, etc.); cabinet with double doors (used by the nobility to store books, etc.); carved and decorated stone container for storing the bones of one's ancestors (in Okinawa)

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in the belly; in one's heart of hearts

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rostrum; platform

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enthusiastic performance

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forgetting; losing

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once a year

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waiting room; anteroom; antechamber; green room

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(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently

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riverside; riverbank; edge of a river

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