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Gennojou

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Hotsuta

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year of the Dog

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Senkichi

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personnel cut; labor cut; labour cut

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(love) letter tossed into a home

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protection against fire

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the unthinkable

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indisposition; sickness

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carp streamer; carp banner

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area of the Edo castle where the shogun would work and spend his daily life

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vain person; ostentatious person; show-off

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Southern Song dynasty (China, 1127-1279)

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Matsuo Bashou (1644-1694)

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(arch.) gourd; (arch.) calabash; (arch.) bottle gourd; dried gourd, used as flask

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temple kitchen; monastery kitchen; quarters of a head priest (and his family)

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to be suspected without cause

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inner part of a house (near the kitchen, living room, etc.); family matters; household affairs; personal business

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principal object of worship at a temple (usu. a buddha or bodhisattva); principal image; idol; the man himself; the person at the heart of the matter

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to shut; to close; to block (a street, entrance, etc.); to shut in (with snow, ice, etc.); to shut off; to consume (with negative feelings)

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to be unable to do; to find something difficult to do

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Sasuke

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total fire loss; completely burned

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burning low; waning; declining

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celebratory drink; celebratory spirits; holiday cheer

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stilts (for walking); hobby horse

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false rumour (rumor); groundless rumour; canard

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large saw; framed pit saw

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cinders

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to be utterly amazed; to be stunned; to be disgusted

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to call out; to summon

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determining a speaker's true or hidden meaning; determining a speaker's intentions from his manner of speech; (arch.) divining good or bad luck from listening to someone

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grated yam

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(in the) confusion (of the moment)

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kagami mochi; New Year offering consisting of two mochi stacked on each other with a bitter orange on top, cut and eaten on January 11

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mangy cur; low animal; beast

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frame for drying clothes; clotheshorse

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overserious; deeply sincere; very earnest

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fire alarm; fire bell

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gale; strong wind; high wind

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estate; homestead; house and land (it stands on); messuage

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appropriate time to do (something); occasion when (something) must be done

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grave; serious; alarming

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family which supports a temple; parishioner

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something unrelated (to what has been discussed thus far)

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roof tile

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pounding mochi

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situation; developments; outcome

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the year end; end of the year; last days of the year

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(Edo-period) chief minister

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