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hometown; rural township (of China)

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Kamo Shrine

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stone tower; stone pagoda; tombstone; gravestone

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white Chinese phoenix; white Chinese firebird

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penalty; sentence; punishment

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original stock

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historic spot; historic remains; ruins

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secret; private; surreptitious

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slice; small piece

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to get; to be given

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Japanese spirea (Spiraea Japonica); meadowsweet; Shimotsuke (former province located in present-day Tochigi Prefecture)

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Mino (former province located in the south of present-day Gifu Prefecture)

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Ogaseike

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fake; something false; sham; deception

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to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)

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secret charity

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to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk

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Hida (city, region of Gifu Prefecture, Edo-period province)

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benefit; use; good; profit; gains

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Jirobee

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liquor store; wine shop; bottle shop; sake dealer; liquor-store owner; brewer

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to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise

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to tag along; to follow; to tail; to leave tracks; to leave footprints

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younger princess; Oto Hime; Princess of the Dragon Palace (from the story of Urashima Tarō)

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messenger; police and judicial chief (Heian and Kamakura periods); klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)

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you (when referring to one's equals or inferiors)

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straining one's ears

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patron god; tutelar deity; guardian deity; local deity

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male and female (animals); the two sexes; victory and defeat; strengths and weaknesses

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as you were; return to your original position!; er, rather

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published book; printed book

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compilation (esp. dictionary, history, law code); editing

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five; five years of age; eight o'clock (old time system)

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Tanshū (the two former provinces of Tanba and Tango)

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great difference; big difference; wide margin

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(nth) power; counter for vehicles; multiplication; Buddha's teachings

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family tradition

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detailed explanation

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Metal Monkey (57th year of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1920, 1980, 2040)

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(Buddhist) lecture meeting; religious association; mutual assistance association (i.e. for financial assistance)

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march; parade

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as always; as usual

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to be of benefit; to be useful; to be good for you

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Nakagun

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dwelling; house; residence; den; habitat

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unevenness (of colour, paint, etc.); irregularity; unevenness (of quality, results, behaviour, etc.); inconsistency; fickleness; capriciousness

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beautiful woman; (a) beauty

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piece of meat; lump of meat; the body; the flesh

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to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)

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to drop; to let fall; to omit

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