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Japanese rat snake (Elaphe climacophora)

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alias; pseudonym; pen name; nom de plume; different name; other name

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crevice; crack; spare moment; interval; chink (in one's armor, armour); unpreparedness

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unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all

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to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn

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if I (we, etc.) could

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not caring; not giving a damn

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embroidery; sewing

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to change one's clothes

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important; momentous; essential; principal; major

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even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)

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extra; excess; surplus

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wheat

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to choose; to select

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one third; a third part

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barley (Hordeum vulgare)

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naked barley (Hordeum vulgare var. nudum)

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and; moreover; besides; as well as; and on top of that; at the same time

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soft and flabby

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to spoil; to rot; to corrode

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to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.); to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.); to be suited to

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inadequacy; inappropriateness; unfitness; impropriety

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substitute

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fortunately; luckily; thankfully

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compost; manure

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three kinds; three varieties

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product; volume; area

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manure; night soil; dung; fertiliser; fertilizer

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thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected

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to smoke (something); to fumigate; to oxidize; to oxidise

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brittle; fragile; weak; tender-hearted; sentimental; easily moved

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nostril; nostrils

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pitch black

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period; term; interval

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Ibaraki prefecture

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Tsukuba

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Fukushima prefecture (Tōhoku area)

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meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club

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Tsu (city in Mie); harbour; harbor; ferry

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to be put in order; to be put to rights; to be disposed of; to be solved; to be finished; to be married (off)

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

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this year

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counter for scraps, fragments, petals, etc.

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trade; business; commerce; occupation; calling; profession

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more than most people; more than other people; compared with other people; more than others

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performance; execution; skill; dexterity; tact

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not only ... (but also); not merely; as well as; furthermore; besides; moreover

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to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct

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plain-woven silk cloth produced on Hachijo Island (sometimes striped)

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striped Hachijo silk cloth

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