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crucian carp (Carassius spp.)

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Etchū (former province located in present-day Toyama Prefecture)

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to imitate; to copy; to enter someone as a candidate; to press (e.g. a weapon against someone's back); to compare; to liken

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identical; same; one and the same; fair; equal treatment; without discrimination

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rut; wheel track; furrow

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to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender

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drawing; picture; diagram; sight; scene

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width; breadth; freedom (e.g. of thought); latitude; gap; difference (e.g. in price)

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that is; namely; i.e.

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1,000; thousand

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from ... to; between ... and; or

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district; county; district (of 2-20 50-home neighbourhoods or townships, in the ritsuryo period)

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magazine

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cabinet (of a government); ministry

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library; book collection; paperback book

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university library; college library

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(in one's) possession

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a conjecture

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to recite; to chant; to cry; to yell; to advocate; to advance

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in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all

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alias; pseudonym; pen name; nom de plume; different name; other name

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nature; property; disposition

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independence; self-reliance; independence (e.g. of a nation); freedom; separation; isolation

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existence; being

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again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and

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from long ago; from old times; from time immemorial

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name of a mountain

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wrong (guess or estimate); misdirected; irrelevant; off the point

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kimono; Japanese traditional clothing (esp. full-length); clothing; clothes

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hunger and thirst; starvation

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kanji used as a phonetic symbol, instead of for the meaning; phonetic-equivalent character; substitute character; kanji used for their meaning, irrespective of reading

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pronunciation; production of sound

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accent

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to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out

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our country; our land; one's own country

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habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle

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righteousness; justice; right

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(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally

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conclusion; decision; judgement; affirmative

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year; age; years; past one's prime; old age

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to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop

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to name; to call; to christen; to term

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to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart

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kanji compound

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having said that; be that as it may

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food; foodstuff

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to gnaw; to nibble; to bite; to dabble in; to have a smattering of

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to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use

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tradition; legend; folklore

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to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)

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