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Chinese bellflower (Platycodon grandiflorus)

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dark blue cloth with white splash patterns

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embroidery

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variety of ceremonial dress made of intertwined cloth and silk threads

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to sew; to stitch; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)

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Kyushu region (sometimes incl. the Nansei Islands)

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brocade; fine dress; fine clothes

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huqin (any Chinese string instrument played with a bow); (arch.) biwa (4 or 5-stringed Oriental lute)

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chest of drawers; bureau; cabinet; tansu; dresser

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calling card

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sakiori; rag weaving; cloth woven partly from strips of old cloth

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whole (body); full-length (e.g. portrait); systemic

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rough; wild; violent; immoderate; extravagant; reckless

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outskirts; environs (of a city); surrounding area; surroundings

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woman

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violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement

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in a crowd; in droves; crawling (of insects); swarming; dragging (e.g. along the ground); trailing

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hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker

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to change one's clothes

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rolling up one's sleeves

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tie; necktie

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biwa (Japanese lute)

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crosswise

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moment; instant

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to have an ulterior motive; to have an axe to grind

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cat's cradle

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foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese

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because; the reason why is

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such; like that; in that way

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3000; three thousand; many

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to turn over (face down); to lay face down; to point downwards (eyes, head, etc.); to cast down (eyes); to lie (one's body) face down; to lie flat (on the ground)

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red; crimson; Red; communist; (arch.) beautiful

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to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses

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to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove

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insistence; (major) emphasis; stress

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to work hard; to sweat; to wash off one's sweat

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to think; to use one's head; to exercise one's brains

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child-rearing practice

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care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; caretaker; house-sitter

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proportion

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to return; to come back; to turn over; to become extremely; to become completely

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accounting; finance; bill (at a restaurant); check; accountant; treasurer

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counter for nights of a stay; overnight stay; lodging

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value; worth; virtue; blessing

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spring and autumn; spring and fall; years; age; The Spring and Autumn Annals; The Chronicles of Lu

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beloved; dearest

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birds and wild animals; wildlife

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idea; suggestion; plan

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the one before last; two generations, etc. previous

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Yoriko

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