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principal; main; important; fashionable

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bottle; jar; decanter; flagon; phial; vial

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Kawara Tarō

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two (long cylindrical things)

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estimate; guess; direction; bearings; registration mark (printing); approximately

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Nihon Shoki (second oldest work of Japanese history, compiled in 720 CE); Nihongi; Chronicles of Japan

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moth

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pine tree

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to tie; to fasten; to wear (necktie, belt); to put on; to total; to sum; to be strict with

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noh theatre; noh theater

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door made of cedar

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unconnected; weakly related; alien; having little prospect of marriage

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shrine parishioner

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brewing

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large ship

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Silla (ancient Korean kingdom; 57 BCE-935 CE)

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foreign visitor; foreign guest

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visiting Japan; arrival in Japan

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welcome (news); inviting; encouraging; tempting; hopeful

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encouragement; promotion; inducement; incitement; stimulation

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sake bottle

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plum blossoms; ume blossom

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quiver (for arrows)

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hard fighting

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drinker; drinking companions

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to be to the point; to hit the mark; to be relevant

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spineless; backboneless; timid; cowardly; weak-kneed

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something (equipped) with legs; sole of foot; one's manner of walking

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kind and careful (instruction, explanation, etc.); considerate; helpful; thoughtful; detailed; scrupulous

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Futatabisan

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Takatoriyama

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north-west

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Nagata

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Yumeno

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directly opposite; right in front

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abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning

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overcast sky in the rainy season

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dim; vague; indistinct; faint; obscure

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conspicuousness (usu. color); prominence; distinctiveness

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direction; way; point of the compass; cardinal direction; method; means

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foreign cemetery (in Japan); cemetery for Westerners

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grave marker; gravestone; headstone; writing on a headstone (name, date of death, etc.)

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defense; defence; fielding

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nature; spontaneity; natural airhead

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here and there; various places; all around; all over; everywhere; throughout

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strategic

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emphasizing (a point, argument, etc.); stressing; insistence; arguing strongly (for, against)

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to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to

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land and sea

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to see without obstruction; to get an unobstructed view (of); to see into (someone's thoughts); to read (someone's feelings, intentions, etc.); to foresee; to predict

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