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to sharpen; to hone; to wash (rice); to scour; to polish

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line (of text); row; carya (austerities); samskara (formations); semi-cursive style (of writing Chinese characters); running style

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thief; burglar; robber; theft; burglary; robbery

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picture drawn on a folding screen

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about to start out; just about to leave or go out; outing; trip

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but; however; provided that

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cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing

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knowledge; understanding; rules; regulations; deputy; acting

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tour round the country (Japan) (visiting from province to province)

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to be unusual (of a person or of a thing); to be uncommon; to be peculiar; to be crazy; to be eccentric; to be different

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to turn the rudder of a ship; to change direction (of policy, etc.)

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in order to do; for the purpose of doing

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to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range

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to suspend between two points; to build (a bridge, etc.); to put up on something (e.g. legs up on table)

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bridge

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both countries; Ryōgoku (area of Tokyo)

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sly; cunning; sneaky; crafty; unfair; dishonest

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particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty

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collection of waka poems; anthology; songbook

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comb

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to torment; to harass; to tease

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daddy; father; husband

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to stand in the way (esp. with legs spread out); to block the way; to stand in the way (e.g. of progress); to obstruct

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still; yet; more; still more; as ...; like ...

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to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)

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departed spirit; soul of the dead; ghost; apparition

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country in civil war; country disarrayed by war; Warring States period (Japan, China); competiton in which there are several evenly-matched participants; hotly-contested game (match, market, etc.)

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explosion; detonation; eruption; eruption (of discontent, etc.); outburst; outpouring

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smokescreen

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great teacher (i.e. a buddha, bodhisattva or high monk, esp. Kobo Daishi)

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pole; climax; extreme; extremity

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absolutely; positively; decidedly

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loyalty; devotion

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to give; to present; to offer; to do for someone's sake

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apathetic; lackadaisical; spiritless; physically weak; feeble; effeminate

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world reformation

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coincidentally; by chance; unexpectedly; rarely; unusually; seldom

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to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin

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to treat with medicinal steam (a swelling, etc.); to dry the bottom of a ship (to prevent insect damage)

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gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy

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forest; shrine grove

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slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark

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tanuki (Nyctereutes procyonoides); raccoon dog; sly dog; sly old fox; sly fox

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there is nothing more that can be done; it's all over

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hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently

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(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when

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fabrication; pipe dream

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to apologize; to apologise

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regret; repentance

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to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged

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