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to hold up over one's head; to hold aloft; to hold over something; to hold (one's hands) out (e.g. towards a fire); to hold up to shade one's eyes, face, etc.

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Japanese calligraphy paper (approx. 25cm by 35cm)

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to pour (into); to sprinkle on (from above); to water (e.g. plants); to shed (tears); to concentrate one's energy (strength, attention, etc.) on; to devote to; to flow into (e.g. of a river)

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water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout

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glass; glassware; diamond

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first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole

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assistance; help; helper; babe; chick; broad

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dream

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the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...

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to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for

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comeback; recovery; restoration; rally; reflexive (in grammar)

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inlet; seashore; beach

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archer's left-wrist protector

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Bingo (former province located in the east of present-day Hiroshima Prefecture)

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vagrancy; wandering; nomadism

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to; towards; for

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Kii (former province located in present-day Wakayama and southern Mie prefectures)

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Kawachi (former province located in the east of present-day Osaka Prefecture)

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exile; banishment; eviction; elimination (e.g. of poverty); removal

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to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)

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earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)

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flight; rout; debacle

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to remain; to be left

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Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times

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to take out; to carry out; to bring out from where it belongs; to mention something; to broach a topic; to bring up (a subject)

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wartime fire; war; wartime destruction; horrors of war

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to deify; to enshrine; to pray; to worship

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guardian deity

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Vaisravana (guardian god of Buddhism)

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capitulation; surrender; submission; yield

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disappointing (end, result, etc.); sad; miserable; tragic; fleeting; transient

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to invade; to attack; to breach; to penetrate

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military forces; hosts; troops

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to lead; to spearhead (a group); to command (troops)

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to rise in revolt; to raise the standard of revolt

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was

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yew plum pine (Podocarpus macrophyllus)

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to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up

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island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf

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wherein; therein; thereinto

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pond

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Ookura

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to flow into; to pour into; to stream into

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river; stream; River; the ... river

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

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producing area

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tea; tea plant (Camellia sinensis); tea preparation; making tea; brown; (arch.) mockery

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love; adoration

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military commander

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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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