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playing the game of go

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railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations

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Saika

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roof tile; tiled roof; objects crowded together (e.g. houses)

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shelf; ledge; rack; trellis

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archery; mapping; map; morphism

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dawn; daybreak; Tenmei era (1781.4.2-1789.1.25)

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look!; there!; here!; that is

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daytime; during the day; Japan and China

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visitor

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famous; notorious; noted

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encompassing; covering (exhaustively); including (all of); comprising; comprehending

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Kikutei Harusue

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Asukai

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article (in document); provision; stripe; streak; although; though

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a line; a streak; one item (in an itemized form); one clause; one matter (affair, event, case, incident); (arch.) the same logic

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Konoe Sakihisa

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husband and wife; married couple

2

long time

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in the meanwhile; during the time

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(head priest of) temple formerly led by founder of sect; temple in which resided a member of nobility or imperial family; (head priest of) Honganji (temple in Kyoto)

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honorific added to names of makuuchi and juryo division wrestlers

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in the capital; in Tokyo

2

wealthy person; millionaire

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public character

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in and out; income and expenses; free associations; run of the house

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interval; break; pause; gap (e.g. in the clouds); rift; cleft

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emperor (of Japan); mikado; (the gates of an) imperial residence

3

seems; I guess

2

to stop walking; to pause

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corner; edge; (street) corner; turning; rough edges (of one's character, words, etc.); abrasiveness

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to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest

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dangling heavily; swaying to and fro; strolling; rambling; idly; lazily

2

Murai

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Nagato (former province located in the west of present-day Yamaguchi Prefecture)

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to stand (still) a while; to loiter; to stop

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aristocrat; nobleman; dignitary; person of high rank

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line; queue; procession; matrix

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handsome man; looker; good guy; great guy; influential person (esp. in the yakuza); sumo wrestler

2

fawn colour; fawn-colored horse

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dapple-grey (gray) (horse coat colour)

2

muzzle

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one hand

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(bowing and) greeting; (arch.) declining; (arch.) refusing

2

to make sure of; to assure oneself of; to see with one's own eyes; to ascertain

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slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long

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hardening; fortifying; pledge; vow; defense; defence

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strict; severe; stringent; rigorous; rigid; firm

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in times of war

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sparkle of one's eyes; insight; discernment; penetration

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