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handwriting; calligraphy specimen; example of penmanship; holograph

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future; distant future

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dirt; filth; stain; blot; spot

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Nobutoyo

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to throw; to hurl; to give up; to abandon; to cast (a glance, shadow, doubt, etc.)

2

making a person, pet, etc. wait (before being permitted to do something); postponement; putting on hold

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young lord or prince

1

go home; get out

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

3

no sooner ... than ...; hardly ... when ...; as soon as

2

Yasuke

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high-ranking noh actor; head of a school of noh performance; high ranking courtesan (esp. in Yoshiwara) (Edo-period); jōruri narrator; manzai narrator; female role actor in kabuki; low ranking priest in a Shinto shrine

4

oak; daimyo oak; Japanese emperor oak; Quercus dentata

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chicken meat; reddish-brown chicken

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Daigo

2

comrade; fellow

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to chase; to run after; to pursue

2

tenacious; persevering; persistent; sticky

1

well done!; bravo

1

diagonal

1

to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out

3

somersault

1

run; race

2

right beside; close to; nearby

1

splash; spray

3

whitecaps; white-crested waves; thief

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to kick; to refuse; to reject; to stamp (on the ground); to firmly press one's feet (against something)

1

floating up and sinking down; rising and falling

2

Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)

4

sect; denomination; tenets (of a religious sect)

4

(dead) body; corpse; carcass; remains

4

to hold a person back; to restrain; to catch in one's arms

1

to cut; to slit

2

to cut at; to slash at

1

I fear that it's likely that; with all due respect

1

excitement; stimulation; agitation; arousal

1

tail (animal, kite, comet, etc.); tail end; slope at the foot of a mountain

3

wearing a kasaya; wearing an article of clothing in the same manner as a kasaya (i.e. draped over one shoulder); slashing a sword diagonally from the shoulder

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one soldier

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whole face; all over one's face

1

to run into; to rush into; to (run and) seek refuge in; to take shelter in

2

postwar period; period after Second World War

5

mountain temple

2

young man; young woman; young people; youth; youngsters

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diarrhea; diarrhoea

2

to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to

1

pain of sickness

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to fling off; to throw off; to cast aside; to abandon; to throw to the winds

1

to check; to hold back; to keep at bay; to stop; to prevent; to stem

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bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)

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