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to learn by hearsay

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(husked grains of) rice; staple (product, etc.); necessity

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last year

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to manage; to deal with; to cope with; to sentence; to condemn; to punish

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seeing off; sending off; funeral; escapement

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crime; sin; penalty; sentence; fault; responsibility

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to wound; to murder

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to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to mislead; to misguide

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(United States of) America; USA

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wife (esp. one's own wife); court lady; female court attache; (arch.) woman (esp. as a love interest)

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Denshichi

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indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)

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daddy; father; husband

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excellence; genius

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

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to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into

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whirlpool; swirl; eddy; vortex; maelstrom

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with ... as a start; taking advantage of; inspired by

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to love

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certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)

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same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case

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surname; family name; last name

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once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time

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translation; version (e.g. "English version")

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to visit; to call on; to arrive (season, time, situation, etc.); to come; (arch.) to make a sound; (arch.) to send a letter

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visit to a shrine or temple; paying homage at a shrine or temple

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people; men and women; each person; everybody

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

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company; association; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.

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to be erected; to be built

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grounds (esp. of shrines and temples); compound; churchyard; precincts

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Edo period (1603-1868)

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high-status Shinto shrine with connection to imperial family; imperial Shinto shrine

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good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)

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new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)

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west

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to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)

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to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent

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fictitious; imaginary; fanciful; aerial; overhead

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common people; ordinary people; masses

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to pity; to feel sympathy for; to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to commiserate with; to have mercy on

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one theory (opinion); another theory (opinion)

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before long; even now

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historical materials; historical records; historical sources; archives

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to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember

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attendance; participation; presence

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tens of thousands

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funeral service

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to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along

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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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