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Noto (former province located in the north of present-day Ishikawa Prefecture); Noto (peninsula)

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Echizen (former province located in parts of present-day Fukui and Gifu prefectures)

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to stop by; to drop in for a short visit

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alighting (from a train, bus, etc.); getting off; getting out (of a car)

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information; experience; observation; seeing and hearing

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to shoulder; to carry on one's shoulder; to nominate for a position; to choose as a representative; to take (someone) for a ride; to deceive

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spectacle; sight; scene

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five most important temples of a region

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among the mountains

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wild; growing wild; living in the wild; (arch.) I

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female; smaller (of the two); weaker; (arch.) woman; (arch.) wife

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unbarked lumber

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cultivation

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refining; purification

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new knowledge; up-to-date information; advanced ideas

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not only ... (but also); not merely; as well as; furthermore; besides; moreover

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black tea

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-made; make

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export; exportation; efferent

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roadside tree; row of trees

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exceedingly; extremely; decisively

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southern part; the south (of a region)

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coarse tea

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amount; quantity

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land made arable by the slash-and-burn method; swidden; slash-and-burn farming

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southern Japanese hemlock (species of conifer native to Japan, Tsuga sieboldii)

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error; mistake; fault; sin; wrongdoing; offense

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tea-growing district

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nature; spontaneity; natural airhead

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to air; to dry; to drain (off); to drink up; to deprive of a role, job, etc.

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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; victory; strictness; cruelty

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to nip (something) in the bud

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high-quality green tea; jewel-like dewdrop

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Dynastic period (the Nara period and esp. the Heian period, characterized by the rule of the emperor as opposed to shogunate)

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rule; regulation

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great antiquity; old-fashioned; long ago

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green tea; green leaf tea; non-powdered tea (as opposed to matcha); medium-grade green tea

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quire (of paper)

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round; circular; curved; smooth; harmonious; calm

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measuring container; measure; box (seating at a theatre, etc.); square on a grid; cell of a grid

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to buy up; to lay in a stock; to stock up; to buy a lot

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to be mad about; to be hooked on

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oblong brazier

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drawer; withdrawal (of money from an account); variety of knowledge and experience useful for handling things impromptu

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to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)

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to inform; to report

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tea jar; tea urn

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to catch one's attention; to catch one's ear; to be annoying to one's ear

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string; cord; man who is financially dependent on a woman; gigolo; restrictions; conditions

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to tie; to restrain; to confine; to bind; to fasten

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