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framework raising ceremony

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sericultural equipment

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benevolent fox (in mythology)

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pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model

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praiseworthy; commendable; laudable; strange (person); weird; odd

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marriage due to unintended pregnancy; shotgun wedding

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Kanna era (985.4.27-987.4.5); Kanwa era

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Garlic butter

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useless member of society; hopeless case; failure

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exorcism rite; purification

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Dear Sir or Madam; Dear Sirs; Gentlemen

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fasting; abstinence; confinement to one's house on an unlucky day

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descendant

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purification; exorcism

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Makki; McKie; Mckee

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person (or their spirit) who died with no one to tend their grave

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profuse sweat

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chopped burdock root (and sometimes carrot) cooked in sugar and soy sauce

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your acquaintance; people who know

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household account book

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small fish; small fry; (a) nobody; small fry; unimportant person

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to seclude oneself; to shut oneself away

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caustic words

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host club; club that provides male company for female customers

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househusband; stay-at-home dad

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criminal, administrative and civil codes (forming the basis of ancient East Asian law; orig. Chinese); legal codes of the Nara and Heian eras based on Chinese models

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bread crust

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shabby; mean; sorry; dingy

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child one is expecting; child in one's womb

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pale fiery light seen in the fields and mountains at night; will-o'-the-wisp

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Sirs; Mesdames; around (the time that, etc.); about

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postmark; (postal) cancellation mark

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fox with supernatural powers

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fried dish

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pansy (Viola tricolor var. hortensis); garden pansy

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both (people)

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to be stingy; to be tightfisted

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matter causing distress; something causing worry

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put down

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to draw (water); to scoop up; to dip up; to understand (someone's feelings, etc.); to grasp; to surmise

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curse; divine punishment; wrath (of an angry spirit)

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red rice (beans and mochi) for auspicious occasions

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recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement

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to have a warped view; to be jaundiced; to feel that one has been unfairly treated; to be jealous; to be envious

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to curse; to cast a spell; to haunt; to cause a bad result; to bring about a negative outcome

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offering (e.g. to the gods); votive offering

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traveling expenses; travelling expenses; carfare

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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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Heian period (794-1185)

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(husband and wife) both working; dual income

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