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reign of an emperor of Japan

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light blue; pale blue

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grant; bestowal; giving something to someone of low social standing (by a person of very high social standing)

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to see; to look; to watch

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poetry party or competition; gathering of tanka poets

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modern style; contemporary style; current fashion; verse form from the Heian and Kamakura periods consisting of 4 lines each divided into two parts of 7 and 5 syllables

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desolate field; withered field

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Suma

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Hikaru Genji; The Shining Genji

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excessive or unjustifiable self-defense (defence)

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Kyoto

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kemari; type of football played by courtiers in ancient Japan

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lovers' quarrel

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(another person's) younger sister

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skillful; adroit; craft; craftsmanship; plot; scheme

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top recommendation; (something) highly recommended

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Minister of the Right (official in Nara and Heian periods)

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foreign country; foreign land; strange land; far-off land

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France; French (language)

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daytime; noon; broad daylight

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playboy

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(vengeful) ghost; specter; spectre

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green grass; young (fresh) grass

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uncommon; rare; extraordinary; matchless

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burr (e.g. on a machined edge)

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criticizing; lambasting; pointing out faults; calling for a retake; ordering (somebody) to redo something

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large text that appears in ads or brochures to catch the reader's attention (in copywriting)

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eboshi; black-lacquered headgear (made of silk, cloth or paper) originally worn by court nobles in ancient Japan

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ox carriage (for Heian era nobles); oxcart

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bamboo screen; rattan blind; bamboo mat (for rolling sushi)

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archer; shooter; bowman

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bamboo blind

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having gone too far to turn back

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incense

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any beech tree of genus Castanopsis; chinquapin; chinkapin

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notification sound

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used article (esp. clothes)

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medicated bath; (medical) decoction; infusion; medicinal hot spring

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ceremony; celebration; law code

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metal bat

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season; the times; opportunity; occasion

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Amitabha

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pile; heap; counter for things that are stacked, piled up (or layered, etc.); layers of clothing worn under one's overcoat; combination of colors created by layering of garments (colours)

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woman

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inkstone

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dyeing; printing

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circumstances

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stinging hair (of a nettle, caterpillar, etc.)

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person that annoys or causes trouble; false alarm

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to sing; to chirp; to twitter

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