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root; basis; foundation

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to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with

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stationary point

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waiting for favorable wind; waiting for favourable wind

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learning by ear; memory of having heard something before

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to become complicated

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muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line

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cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman

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Bushido; samurai code of chivalry

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responsibility; liability; blame; torture; torment; persecution

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sewamono (Edo-period drama about contemporary life)

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matter; thing; affair; circumstance

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Banzan

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Mt.; Mount; (fig.) Mt.; (fig.) Mount

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model; dummy; model (profession); fashion model; model (of a vehicle, machine, etc.); version; model (e.g. mathematical)

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country in civil war; country disarrayed by war; Warring States period (Japan, China); competiton in which there are several evenly-matched participants; hotly-contested game (match, market, etc.)

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Muromachi period (1333-1573)

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genre of Heian-period Japanese court music (primarily consisting of gagaku-styled folk melodies)

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to give (as a gift); to present; to confer; to bestow; to award

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wet nurse; nursing mother

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Heian period (794-1185); imperial court in the Heian period

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even though; despite; when

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popular; common

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realism; depicting realistically; representing accurately

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incense

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

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pole; climax; extreme; extremity

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smell (esp. a good smell); fragrance; scent; aroma; perfume

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song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry

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sometimes; often

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to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of

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western part of Japan (esp. Kyushu, but ranging as far east as Kinki); western nations (esp. India or Europe); thirty-three temples in the Kinki area containing statues of Kannon (Avalokitesvara); pilgrimage to the thirty-three temples sacred to Kannon

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one's person; around one's person

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seaweed

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occasional; infrequent; rare

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Ise (former province located in the major part of present-day Mie Prefecture and parts of Aichi and Gifu prefectures); Ise (city)

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lead (in a cheer, toast, song, etc.); (someone's) lead; folk song and dance performed by a group; leader of a group of wind instruments (in gagaku)

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temperature

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brutal; cruel; merciless; ruthless; cold-blooded

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obscene; indecent; lewd; bawdy; loose; improper

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cheap; inexpensive; pure; honest; upright

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to forbid; to suppress

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classic (work, esp. book); the classics

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third lowest division

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only; nothing but

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

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fox (esp. the red fox, Vulpes vulpes); fox (i.e. a sly person); soba or udon topped with deep-fried tofu; light brown; golden brown

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to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back

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to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment

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to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)

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