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bare earth (i.e. ground not covered by a roof); open field; teahouse garden; path through a gate (or through a garden, etc.)

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mediation; agency; carrying (germs, diseases, etc.); transmission; mediation

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depths; deep place; bottom (of one's heart)

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apology; excuse

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concrete; material; definite

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appreciating fully (e.g. work of art)

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culmination; conclusion

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to know one has enough; to be satisfied with one's lot in life

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Okakura Tenshin (1862-1913)

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Kyuumatsu

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professor; teaching; instruction

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to unravel; to untie; to break into small pieces (of fish, meat, etc.); to relax; to ease

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contortion; distortion; warp; kink (in one's character); twist

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limit; restriction

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freestyle (e.g. swimming event)

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correct rules

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formula; prescribed form; established formality

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deformity; malformation; strange shape; unusual shape

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Freeform (TV channel)

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emergency

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far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention

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recent past; recent times; early modern period (from the Azuchi-Momoyama period to the end of the Edo period)

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(in gagaku or noh) middle section of a song

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modern art

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extraordinary; uncommon

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vigilance; caution; alertness; precaution; being on guard

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originality; creation; invention

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to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently

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precise; accurate; appropriate; exactly the right

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rīchi; declaring that one is one tile away from winning while one's hand is completely concealed; being one step away from completing something (winning, losing, game over, etc.)

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to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with

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I see; that's right; indeed

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Briton; Englishman; (the) English

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if it's the case

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to purchase; to buy in

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rationality

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purity (of a substance)

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to drag along; to pull; to force someone along; to prolong; to drag out; to influence strongly

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one's principles and position

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based on; built on; made from

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to be believed to; to be expected to; to be feared to; to be poised to; to be considered to; to be likely to

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that is to say; so that means

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indirection; indirectness

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faltering; hesitation

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gear; speed (e.g. 4-speed transmission)

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period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; strictness; cruelty

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doubt; misgivings; distrust; suspicion

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thus; in this way; like this

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the big three ...

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brightness; brilliance; brilliancy; radiance; glitter

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