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to pass down (a story) from generation to generation; to hand down

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eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality

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ups and downs of life; vicissitudes of fortune

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attitude to life; form of existence; way of life

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man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend

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to go after one's dreams; to follow one's dreams; to pursue one's dreams

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to yearn for; to long for; to follow (someone); to idolize (for virtue, learning, status, etc.)

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to be enthralled by; to be disguised as

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woman; female; feminine gender

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to survive; to live long

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festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy

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the late emperor

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to collect; to assemble; to gather

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to be scattered; to straggle; to be found here and there

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efforts; exertion; endeavour; assistance; services

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people; men and women; each person; everybody

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home area; home town; local

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middle period; medium-term

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Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo

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gravesite; tomb

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to bury; to inter; to entomb; to cover up; to hush up; to shelve

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warm (treatment, reception, etc.); kind; cordial; hospitable; courteous; respectful

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to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)

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remains; corpse; (dead) body

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to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important

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to project; to reflect; to cast (shadow)

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desire; wish; request; entreaty; prayer; (written) application

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second place

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gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; division; phylum; counter for cannons

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sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)

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making; producing; appearance (attire, make-up, etc.); build; physique; sashimi

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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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to imitate; to copy; to mock; to trace; to forge

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to deify; to enshrine; to pray; to worship

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Emperor Antoku; Antoku Tenno (1178-1185 CE, reigning: 1180-1185 CE)

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battle; fight; fighting; engagement; contest

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end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once

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Genji and Heike clans; two opposing sides

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yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?

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early

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to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)

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yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's

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all present; all concerned; all of us

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to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise

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small; little; slightly less than; just about; somewhat; somehow

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to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that

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to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out

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trade; commerce

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to lay the foundation (for)

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finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little

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