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dismantling a (family) tomb

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Sasakura

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vine; creeper

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oyaki; fried round wheat or buckwheat flour cake with various fillings; imagawayaki; thick pancake containing bean jam, served hot

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boil in water

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lie detector

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gigantic peak; kyoho grape; large purple-black slip-skin grape variety, like Concord grapes

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cocoa powder

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to be violated; to be corrupted; to be polluted; to be stained

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local history

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uncleanness; impurity; disgrace; shame; uncleanliness from contact with death, pregnancy, menstruation, etc.

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tea bag

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to be settled; to be brought to an end

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hiragana; cursive Japanese syllabary used primarily for native Japanese words (esp. function words, inflections, etc.)

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folklore studies; folkloristics

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destination

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prudence; judgement; sense; discipline; care; control

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view of life

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very much; exceedingly; extremely

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miko; shrine maiden; young girl or woman (trad. an unmarried virgin) who assists priests at shrines; medium; sorceress; shamaness

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Shinshū (alt. name of former Shinano province)

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cooperative body; cooperative system; collective; community

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to close up; to shut up (e.g. behind doors); to cut off (e.g. because a deadline has expired); to close off (e.g. subscription list)

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seminar

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saying something (to someone); greeting; approaching (someone)

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producing area

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Netherlands; Holland

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merger (of companies, towns, etc.); combination; union; amalgamation; consolidation; coalition

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having special circumstances (e.g. problems, issues, advantages, flaws, defects, etc.); imperfect (merchandise); with defects

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Izu (former province located on the Izu Peninsula in present-day Shizuoka Prefecture, and the Izu Islands)

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municipal office; council; city hall

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if I'm forced to say something; if anything; if I must say; if I must choose

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memorial service for the dead; holding a service

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type of household amulet or talisman, issued by a Shinto shrine, hung in the house for protection

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to be completely absorbed in; to fall for (something)

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living person; the living

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to read thoroughly; to read repeatedly; to express (e.g. emotion in poetry); to read (extra meaning) into (something); to fetch (e.g. CPU inst.); to read (data into a system)

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utility value

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agricultural community; farm village; rural

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place name; toponym

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hood; kerchief

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visit to a grave

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to cool down one's anger

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halfway up (down) a mountain; mountainside

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cone (e.g. pine, hemlock)

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dust

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to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence

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origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material

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very fast; in a twinkle; before one's eyes

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cousin (male)

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