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gear; speed (e.g. 4-speed transmission)

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moth

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messenger; police and judicial chief (Heian and Kamakura periods); klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)

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one letter; one book

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to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend

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meaning; called; said

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Makimura

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Ushinosuke

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protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation

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festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy

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hokora; small wayside shrine

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to exterminate; to eradicate; to wipe out; to let (fire) go out; to let die (e.g. flowers); to run out of

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great authority; eminent person; luminary; (lit.) Mount Tai and the Big Dipper

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possession (esp. of a territory)

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temple; shrine; hall; company; (arch.) front room

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service tunnel (cables, gas, etc.)

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samurai on horseback; (medieval) knight

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your order

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to thank; to apologize; to apologise; to say farewell; to retreat; to refuse

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one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point

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appropriately; properly

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arrogance; insolence; disrespect

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fighting a good fight; putting up a good fight; fighting bravely

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ammunition; arrows and bullets; missile; projectile

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opposite; opposition; versus; vs.; to (e.g. "winning a game five to three"); equal footing

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postwar period; period after Second World War

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to express (orally); to put into words; to say out loud

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September; ninth month of the lunar calendar

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battle standard raised next to the horse of a commander

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march; marching

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once; some time ago

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lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate

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population; common talk

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to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate

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merchant; store; shop; merchant house; merchant family

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reduction; decrease; subtraction; (arch.) reduction of penalty (under the ritsuryo codes)

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to decline (in prosperity); to become deserted; to become desolate; to taper off (of a sound)

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threshing (e.g. rice)

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principle; general rule; as a rule; in principle; in general

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birth; giving birth; creating; bringing into the world

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womb; uterus; parent body; base; basis

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mother's body (esp. when pregnant or after giving birth); parent body; parent organization; base

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duty; function; office; mission; task

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agglutination; adhesion; deadlock; stalemate; standstill

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itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally

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to age; to grow old

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lane; alley

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knuckle

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four people

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treatment with moxa

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