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soft

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offering (to a shogun, emperor, daimyo, kami or Buddha)

1

fuse; pilot light; cause (of a war, argument, revolt, etc.); origin; trigger

2

up to now; so far; traditional; conventional; usual

2

soldier; tactician; strategist

2

hereditary custom; surviving tradition; teachings passed down from previous generations

1

argument; discussion; dispute; controversy

6

sound of vibrating bowstring

1

to be seen from the point of view of an onlooker

1

chinaberry; Japanese bead tree (Melia azedarach); Indian sandalwood (Santalum album)

7

both groups; both factions

1

western capital; Kyoto

1

strongest

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stirrup

1

ceremony; rite; ritual; service

1

colour component (of video signal, etc.); colour difference

1

to crowd (a house); to throng to (a door)

1

to wrap up; to pack; to do up; to cover with; to dress in

1

pure; clean; purity

2

political situation; political affairs

2

three colours; three colors; triple run; winning hand containing the same chow in each of the three suits; triple pung; winning hand containing the same pung in each of the three suits

2

black-dyed leather; leather dyed in deep indigo; edible mushroom in the Thelephoraceae family

1

(suddenly) quiet

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cough; coughing; tussis

1

stern; grave; austere; strict (e.g. security); severe; firm

1

counter for questions

1

ginger (Zingiber officinale)

1

calculator (electronic); pocket calculator

1

running water; stream

2

blue dragon (an auspicious creature in Chinese mythology); Azure Dragon (god said to rule over the eastern heavens)

1

clear stream

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Black Tortoise (god said to rule over the northern heavens); seven mansions (Chinese constellations) of the northern heavens

1

reallocating private land to public use (e.g. parks, roads); reduction in the amount of private land following a land reallocation; reducing the area of private land to reallocate it to public uses

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White Tiger (god said to rule over the western heavens); seven mansions (Chinese constellations) of the western heavens

1

albino fox; white (spiritual) fox

1

low (level, value, price, etc.)

2

northern suburbs

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good; goodness; right; virtue

2

southwest

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District Public Prosecutor's Office

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human rights; civil liberties

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water quality

2

abstract or impracticable theory

2

to flatly refuse; to reject; to spurn

2

middle way; (golden) mean; moderation; the Doctrine of the Mean (one of the Four Books)

2

Tanba (former province located in parts of present-day Kyoto, Hyogo and Osaka prefectures)

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multi-

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tide; tidal current; tendency; drift; trend

2

Sawai

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seeing two people (i.e. romantically) at the same time; two-timing; bifurcation; fork; fence-sitting; playing it both ways

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