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stencil printing (on cloth); (data) typing

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southern sea

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chintz; calico; printed cotton

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to be fated; to be linked by fate

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pattern; design

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southern country; southern provinces; southern lands

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yellow

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to bloom in profusion

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to investigate thoroughly; to examine closely; to probe into; to be obsessed with a thought; to brood over; to worry about

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hand-drawn; drawn by hand; hand-painted; painted by hand

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colouring; coloring; colouration; coloration; painting

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embroidery

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addition; supplement

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stencil dyeing

5

amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute

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to get involved (with); to begin (with); to have a hand (in)

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tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable

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to penetrate; to sink in; to devote oneself (to); to do intently and exclusively; to do throughout (e.g. the night)

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silk

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hemp cloth; linen

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cannabis (Cannabis sativa); hemp (plant); hemp (fiber); linen; flax

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cotton (material); red silk-cotton tree (Bombax ceiba)

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consequence; outcome; result; blame; fault

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low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)

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love; adoration; being fond of; having a passion for

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ceremony; matter; affair; with regard to; as for

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to stand side by side; to stand in a row

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Chinen

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pigment; paint; colour; color

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dye; dyestuff; coloring agent

4

technique

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unmatched in history; unequaled in history

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the other world; the next world; the world beyond; world after death

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show (of power, ability, etc.); exhibition; demonstration; display; manifestation

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can do nothing but ...; have no choice but to ...; there is nothing to do but ...; cannot help ...

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wave; billow; ups and downs; (something) advancing step by step; (something) surging forward inopposably; tendency

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extremely; very

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to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in

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this; this one; this way; (arch.) I; (arch.) we

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old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly

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remains; traces; (the sorrow of) parting; end

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intrusion; forced entry

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freely; generously; liberally; ungrudgingly; unsparingly

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old-fashioned; old-style

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standard length of material used in a kimono

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to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)

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obi cloth or material

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curtains

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open; spacious; extensive

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to open out (of a view, scenery, etc.); to spread out; to improve (of luck, prospects, etc.); to get better; to develop (of a town, civilization, etc.); to become civilized; to be sensible

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