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Iwaya

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dwarf milkwort (Polygala japonica)

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Poria cocos (species of basidiomycete used in Chinese medicine)

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jujube (Ziziphus jujube); Chinese date; red date

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Hiraiwa Chikayoshi

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thrifty person; stingy person; tight-fisted person

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bald mountain; denuded mountain; bare hill; treeless hill

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crow dipper (Pinellia tuber); 11th day after the summer solstice; last seed-sowing and rice-planting day

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Inumaru

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a show; blood-stained mucus discharge that happens during pregnancy up to two weeks before delivery; signature mark (crest) used by members of the imperial family to mark their belongings; a sign (with honorific 'o')

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to overcut

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Kakutarou

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Linji (?-867)

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boor; rustic; country bumpkin; lout

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kudzu root

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male homosexuality; pederasty

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brushwork; handling of one's brush; command of one's pen; penmanship

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Kazumasa

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handsome man; looker; good guy; great guy; influential person (esp. in the yakuza); sumo wrestler

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I'm sorry to have kept you waiting

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daimyo in the Warring States period

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immediate follower (of the shogun)

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to relate at great length; to dwell eloquently (on)

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old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago

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tonsure; shaving one's head (upon entering the Buddhist priesthood)

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to put one's trust in

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native-born; trueborn

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pointed knife; logging; cutting; (beef) scraps; starting to speak; extraction (of a portion of a media file)

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one's descendants; one's offspring; posterity

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emergency; accident; rare possibility; unexpected occurrence

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various matters; everything

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hair

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monk; priest, particularly a high-ranking Zen monk honored by the imperial court

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a little embarrassing; slightly embarrassed; somewhat ashamed; extremely embarrassing; extremely embarrassed

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tale; narrative

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rice bowl; tea cup; teacup

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watching (esp. during an emergency); being on alert; guard; watchmen

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high priest; highly-ranked priest; virtuous priest; priest of great sanctity and learning

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statement; account (of something); declaration; allegation

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quarter; a fourth; square (piece of) cloth

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warrior; soldier; courageous person; strong person

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to take root

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person of culture; cultured person

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to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem

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castle construction; building a castle; fortification

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mountain god; one's wife (esp. a nagging wife); roughskin sculpin (Trachidermus fasciatus)

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house-sitting; house-sitter; caretaker or keeper (official post in the Edo period)

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Thailand

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to be aware of; to know about; to be concerned in; to have to do with

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contribution (to a temple, shrine, etc.); donation

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