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western capital; Kyoto

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livelihood; living

1

bowing one's head (in respect or worship); worship; respectfully yours

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Kiyoshi

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reason; significance; cause; piece of information that one has heard; I hear that ...; it is said that ...

3

short circuit; leakage (of electricity); electrical fault

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and various other things; and many other things; and more; and what not; and all that

3

phenomenon

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temporary; transient; trifling; slight; negligent

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fence; paling; railing; (arch.) fortress

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young tree; sapling

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seedling; young plant; rice seedling

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to plant; to grow; to insert; to transplant; to inoculate (e.g. an infectious agent); to instill (idea, value, etc.)

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corner; nook; recess

3

before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares

2

it often takes time for one's actions to bear fruit; (lit.) planted peach and chestnut seeds take three years (to bear fruit), persimmons take eight

1

spilling; spill; leavings; leftovers

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months and years

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to tie up; to bind; to tuck up (clothes, etc.)

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rope; cord; policeman's rope

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deep blue; bright blue; ghastly pale; pallid; white as a sheet

4

combination; arrangement; distribution; marrying off

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conventions to be followed in composing Japanese poetry; phraseology; diction; rules of grammar and syntax when reading kanbun in Japanese

7

twelve; 12; queen (playing card)

5

description

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to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst

3

precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed

10

beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)

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cloth width

10

tree peony (Paeonia suffruticosa); moutan; wild boar (meat)

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sign; indication

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gradually; by degrees; the sight of a tall soaring rock; crying; weeping

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like; as if; the same as

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idea; plan; fancy; impulse; thought; whim

3

to be ready; to be prepared; to be in order; to be put in order; to be adjusted; to be regulated

2

to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)

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to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire

4

swallow (bird of the Hirundinidae family); martin; barn swallow (Hirundo rustica); younger man involved with an older woman; boy toy

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anti-; antithesis; fanqie; traditional Chinese spelling system in which two characters are used: the first one for the onset, the second one for rhyme and tone

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arched bridge

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help; rescue; assistant

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old man; venerable gentleman

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to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry

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straight; quickly; quietly; gently; to feel refreshed; to feel satisfied

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ascent; climbing; up-train; train heading toward the starting point of its route; upbound (esp. toward Tokyo); upstream

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to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than

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to warp; to curve; to arch; to bend backward (body or body part, e.g. fingers)

2

seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that

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feebleness; weakness; weak

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on countless occasions; many a time

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