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doer; performer; protagonist (in noh or kyogen); hero; speculator (in trading)

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mountain stream; the water of a mountain stream

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menstrual period

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meeting; assembly; gathering; congregation; convention; rally

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three primary virtues: valour, wisdom and benevolence (valor)

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younger scholar; future reference

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optics

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Noto (former province located in the north of present-day Ishikawa Prefecture); Noto (peninsula)

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ordinary verse of a renga (i.e. not the first three verses or the last verse)

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age; era; period; date

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personal (employee); employed; retained

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surname; family name; hereditary title (used in ancient Japan to denote rank and political standing)

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exit and entrance

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seeing two people (i.e. romantically) at the same time; two-timing; bifurcation; fork; fence-sitting; playing it both ways

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the north; northward; northern direction; northern part (e.g. of a country); northern district

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agreed; settled

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to reach; to get to

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assuming that ...; supposing that ...

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tea (esp. picked late)

2

ingenious trick; good idea; clever scheme

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black with hints of blue (as in a bruise); bluish black

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lapping (e.g. of waves against the shore); steadily (advancing); gradually (approaching); sufficient (of the amount of liquid needed to cover a submerged object); just enough; (arch.) speedily

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brilliant; glorious; glittering; bright; splendid (e.g. achievement, success); promising (e.g. future)

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morning sun; sunrise

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it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that

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going on a pleasure jaunt

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it's not like; it isn't as if

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sedge hat and straw rain cape

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to fling off; to throw off; to cast aside; to abandon; to throw to the winds

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important talk

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employee; employment

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wild rabbit

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dancing; dance

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paper pellet; spitball

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(one's) master; Lord; the main thing; the majority

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arrival

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rock face

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leg trip (in sumo, judo, etc.); foothold; pedal; indicates a consecutive period of time incl. incomplete days, etc. at the ends

1

small; fine; detailed; stingy

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cliff top

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Suruga (former province located in the central and northern parts of present-day Shizuoka Prefecture)

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course; route; path; process; means

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contour; outline; summary; outline; looks; features

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broken piece; below (a certain level, point, quantity, etc.); dropping below; illegal downloading and distribution of commercial software; warez

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to the utmost; to the best of one's ability

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examination; consideration; test; quiz

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meditation; silent contemplation

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to send in

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capital crime; crime resulting in a death penalty

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resuscitation; regeneration; reformation; rehabilitation; playback; regeneration (sound, etc.)

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