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15th day of the 7th lunar month; (last day of) Bon lantern festival; mid-year gift; summer gift; Bon Festival gifts

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advance (into a new market or stage of progress); launching (a new career or venture); expanding (into a new market); stepping forward; emerging

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back; rear; background; behind the scenes

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influence; power; might; strength; potency; force

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(arch.) warrior from the eastern parts of Japan; eastern barbarians; people east of China (from the perspective of China)

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rank; grade; same rank

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activity; action; occupation; business; sexual intercourse; sex

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western direction; Western Pure Land (Amitabha's Buddhist paradise); western fighter in a match (e.g. sumo)

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guidance; leadership; instruction; shido (disciplinary action for a minor infringement of the rules of judo)

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hailing each other; acting in concert; responding (to); agreement; concord

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or

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independence; self-reliance; independence (e.g. of a nation); freedom; separation; isolation

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start; beginning; first step; clue

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terminal (electricity); pin (on a semiconductor or microcontroller); port (e.g. LAN port)

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clearly; plainly; distinctly; to be clear; to be definite; to be certain

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charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of

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according to; by (means of); due to; because of

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narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining

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doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion

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season; weather

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one long straight object (e.g. strand of hair, beam of light, wisp of smoke); a single bloodline; earnest; resolute; (arch.) ordinary; (arch.) common

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sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement

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one's family register; one's domicile; nationality; membership (club, party, etc.)

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analysis

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lightly rolling (of a small and round thing); pleasant, high-pitched sound (e.g. bell, young woman's laughter); changing frequently (e.g. conversation, plans); (occurring) in rapid succession (e.g. sumo wrestlers being defeated); roly-poly; chirp chirp (sound of insects); ribbit ribbit (sound of frogs)

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change in pronunciation or meaning of a word; sound change; word with an altered pronunciation or meaning; turning or twisting part of a text (in Chinese poetry)

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full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)

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never; not at all

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topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news

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to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to

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reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)

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Pacific coast

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Ibaraki (prefecture)

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Fukushima (city, prefecture)

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seaward side

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to be playful; to gambol; to be amused (with something); to flirt with

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sight (e.g. of a gun); aim; alignment

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baron; Irish cobbler (variety of potato)

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remarkable; striking; brilliant; splendid; spectacular; wonderful

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prefix for forming ordinal numbers

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to show; to display

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to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch

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coastal waters; adjacent seas

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all; every

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lately; recently; nowadays

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army; armed forces; military authorities; team; group

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villages

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for use as food; edible

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law; act; method; mood; dharma; law

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this kind of

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