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unconditionally; as a rule

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misinformation

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lowering; sinking; depreciation; price fall; punch line (of a rakugo story); (arch.) sword strap

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period from midnight until the early morning; around 4am

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(arch.) division of the night (from approx. 7pm to 5am) into five 2-hour periods; the fifth of these periods (approx. 3am to 5am)

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bell (often a large hanging bell); chime

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sound of a bell

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heel (of foot, shoe, stocking, etc.)

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to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)

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firefly watching; firefly catching

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to hang; to hang up

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duplication; repetition; overlapping; redundancy; restoration

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fly (any insect of infraorder Muscomorpha); person of no worth; pisher; scrub

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to take (a person) unawares; to make a surprise attack

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sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity

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daydream; fantasy; fancy; vision

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cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga

2

salt; crest of a wave; flowerlike patterns on waves in the Japan Sea in winter

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to be dispersed; to get separated

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separate; scattered; apart

3

to be erected; to be built

3

comparatively; relatively; unexpectedly; unusually; considering; for one's ...

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to become red; to redden; to blush

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Japanese spindletree (Euonymus japonicus)

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wheat field; barley field; cornfield

3

ripening and turning yellow

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vague; obscure; vast; boundless

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pressure of business; busy

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wheat harvest

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dusty

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glance; glimpse; cursory view

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cool; refreshing; clear (e.g. eyes); bright; clear; distinct

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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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sail

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noise; din

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criterion; standard; yardstick; rough estimate; approximation

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burr (e.g. chestnut); bur; cupule; case

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so much; so; like that

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large-scale

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to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)

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sound of footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching

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speaking voice; talking voice

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cool evening air; cooling oneself outside during the summer

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midnight; dead of night

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late at night

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accession

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linking poems

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flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion

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pain; anguish; suffering; duhkha (suffering)

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withdrawal; secession; separation; breakaway

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