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Shikoku (smallest of the four main islands of Japan)

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limits; boundary; domain; area (e.g. in programming languages)

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Hokuriku region of Honshu (incl. Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa and Fukui prefectures)

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archaic word; obsolete word; old saying; old adage; old language; ancient language

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origin; source; history; originally; from the start; by nature

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unclear; obscure; unknown; unidentified; ignorance; lack of wisdom

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Toyama prefecture (Hokuriku area)

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Noto Peninsula (Ishikawa Prefecture)

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Coveri

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excuse; explanation

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northern part; the north (of a region)

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twice

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is that so? (generally rhetorical)

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Akita prefecture (Tōhoku area)

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male; manly; brave; larger (of the two); greater; (arch.) man

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Tsugaru (Western region of Aomori Prefecture)

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legume (esp. edible legumes or their seeds, e.g. beans, peas, pulses); bean; soya bean (Glycine max); soybean; female genitalia (esp. the clitoris); kidney; small

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flour; meal; powder; dust

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glutinous rice with red beans (eaten on celebratory occasions); mochi rice with red beans

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order; ordering; beginning; start; foreword; preface

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Fukushima (city, prefecture)

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Miyagi (prefecture)

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Tokaido (Edo-period Edo-Kyoto highway)

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stoat (Mustela erminea); ermine; short-tailed weasel

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attendance

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kanji; Chinese character

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to dress stylishly; to joke; to play on words

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middle; half-finished

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in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...

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just before noon; late-morning snack

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Tottori (city, prefecture)

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Shimane (prefecture); (arch.) island country

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Hiroshima (city, prefecture)

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each prefecture; all prefectures

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violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement

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chopsticks

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distortion; stretch; strained interpretation; technicality; casuistry; sophistry

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to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed

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eating between meals; snacking

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dry rot; dry corrosion

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eating between meals; snacking

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thirteenth day of the month; thirteen days

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misunderstanding; misapprehension; false impression; to be mistaken; to have the wrong idea

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nine o'clock

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3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma

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group; (free) radical; counter for installed or mounted objects (e.g. stone lanterns, gravestones, satellites)

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time; pause; space; room

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morning and evening; from morning until night; constantly

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demon; devil; evil spirit; -crazed person; -obsessed person; fiend

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eye

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