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hard to get; hard to come by

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to get to know each other; to make acquaintance

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both people

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Ishinohouden

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Yukio Mishima (1925.1.14-1970.11.25)

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Genba

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Japanese cherry birch (Betula grossa); yellow catalpa (Catalpa ovata); Japanese mallotus (Mallotus japonicus); printing block; catalpa bow; catalpa medium

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Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (1925-1978)

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benevolence (esp. as a virtue of Confucianism); consideration; human; kernel; nucleolus

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Haruji

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son

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trend of thought

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zoologist

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Morinosuke

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ayu (Plecoglossus altivelis); sweetfish

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Rikurou

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Shikamagun

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Okishio

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being a graduate of the same school; person who went to the same school; fellow alumnus

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Minakata Kumagusu (1867.5.18-1941.12.29)

4

manners and customs; folkways; usage

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force; unit; corps; squad; troops; party

1

measure; step; action

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front (in battle)

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good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do

1

the front (of a battlefield); forefront

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battlefield; battleground

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aspiration; volunteering; desire; application

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Malaya; Malay; Malayan

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atmospheric current; air current; airflow

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to fall; to drop; to set (of the sun or moon); to sink; to decrease (of popularity, quality, speed, sales, etc.); to fall; to be inferior (to)

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bereaved family; surviving family; family of the deceased

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adult; grown-up; becoming an adult; coming of age; growing up (to be a man, woman)

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same group; same gang

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pompadour-like hair style, popular for unmarried women in the Edo period; shimada coiffure

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clearly; brightly; cleanly; purely

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(transverse) cross section

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Kinki (region around Osaka, Kyoto, Nara)

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folk customs; folkways; ethnic customs

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throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...

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memento (esp. of a deceased person); keepsake; heirloom; remembrance; souvenir

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Shouta

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fruit of a tree; nut; berry

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so; therefore; for that reason; if so; if that is the case; in that case

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above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent

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impossible

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large tree

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Kishuu

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stone which is worshipped; image of a god in stone

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questions and answers; dialogue

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