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sea turtle

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big catch (fishing); good haul

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omen; portent; sign; premonition; harbinger; precursor

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custom; convention; tradition; mores; conventional practice

1

not necessarily; not entirely; not altogether

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Urashima Tarō; (a) Rip van Winkle; fairy-tale fisherman who, after visiting the underwater Palace of the Dragon King, returns centuries later

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Palace of the Dragon King; palace from the story of Urashima Tarō (said to be located at the bottom of the sea)

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Fujiwara No Hidesato

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fin (e.g. of a fish)

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oh; ah

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extremely

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the four seasons

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child

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birthday

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party (gathering, celebration, etc.); party (group, political, etc.)

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face

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to differ; to be different; to run counter to; to change (into something out of the ordinary)

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handsome man

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handsome young man; Adonis

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tea whisk; bamboo whisk for making Japanese tea; hair style where the hair is tied up in a bundle on the back of the head (resembling the shape of a tea whisk)

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bun (hairstyle); chignon; topknot

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variety of ceremonial dress made of intertwined cloth and silk threads

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Chinese person; (arch.) foreigner

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younger princess; Oto Hime; Princess of the Dragon Palace (from the story of Urashima Tarō)

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(pressing) hard; badgeringly; pesteringly; repeatedly; urgingly

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hospitality; reception; treatment; (light) refreshment; entertaining with food and drink; treat

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(male) emaciation due to sexual overindulgence

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just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of

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homesickness

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form is emptiness; matter is void; all is vanity

1

gums; teethridge

1

frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed

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society; the world; the times

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noh song

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tree cricket (Oecanthus longicauda)

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Rosei

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in an instant; in a moment; immediately; suddenly; all of a sudden; all at once

1

dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze

1

to rise; to erect; to get up

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to that degree; that much; a lot; very much

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court lady

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changing one's clothes; (arch.) lady court attendant

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(sound of) wind blowing through pine trees; (sound of) steam whistling in a kettle (at a tea ceremony); matsukaze; sugar-glazed cookie sprinkled with sesame or poppy seeds

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palace

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multistoried building

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temporary; provisional; fictitious; assumed (name); hypothetical; theoretical

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prosperity; glory; splendour; splendor; majesty; luxury

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edition; version; plate; block; editions of a publication

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merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper

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third son; Occella iburia (species of poacher)

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