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to rust; to become rusty

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wall; fence

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June; sixth month of the lunar calendar

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tatami room; tatami mat room; formal Japanese room; dinner party in a tatami room (esp. when a geisha or maiko attends)

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therefore; thus; well, then ...; that's right; indeed; (arch.) ... on earth?

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to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with

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after all; anyway; actually; well, ...; ... on earth (e.g. "what on earth?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?")

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to discuss; to talk about; to argue; to dispute; to take into consideration; to make an issue of

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sensible; sensuous; intuitive

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brilliant; radiant; bright; sparkling

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lower leaves

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to feel anxious; to feel nervous; fluttering down; trickling down (e.g. tears); hanging untidily (of hair); straggling

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during the morning

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to blindstitch the inside of a fold with (equally spaced) threadings (i.e. pulling shoe lacing tight)

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height of clouds

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empty air; sky; shunyata; emptiness; air force; fruitlessness; meaninglessness

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decision; judgment; resolution

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to be torn off; to come off; to be torn to pieces; to be torn to shreds

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to appear; to start to appear; to show signs of appearing

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high in the sky

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evening sky; twilight sky

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transforming oneself; taking on another form; disguising oneself; artificial fly (for fishing)

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cum (e.g. bedroom-cum-study); holding both roles (e.g. Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs); and; in addition; concurrently; at the same time

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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 take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)

3

unripe; green; inexperienced; immature; unskilled

3

windy; windswept; blowy

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charm; attractiveness; courtesy; ingratiating behaviour; entertainment; amusement

1

party; set; gang; company; person

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counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun

1

thin clouds

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to set one's mind on doing; to get the idea of doing; to make up one's mind

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to meet; to assemble; to gather; to encounter; to run into

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shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof

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every month; trite; commonplace; conventional

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on the same occasion; at the same time; coincidentally; along with; partly (to do, for)

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to go to meet somebody

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the Horse (seventh sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Horse (around noon, 11am-1pm, or 12 noon-2pm); south; fifth month of the lunar calendar

3

echo; reverberation; spirit of a tree; tree spirit

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sign; signal; cue

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to blow a conch; to blow a trumpet shell; to blow the war horn

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conch (esp. Charonia tritonis); trumpet shell

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itinerant Buddhist monk; practitioner of Shugendō

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to inform; to report

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Japanese painting

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red and blue; paints; colors; painting; picture

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to make good; to improve; to do often; to be kind to; to treat well

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original; unique; distinctive; independent; one's own; personal

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lighted lamp (or candle, etc.) provided as a religious offering

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bit (mouthpiece)

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