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vivisection

1

straight flush

1

cosmology

2

pluralism; diversity

2

(hamburger) buns; bun

1

museum

1

Japanese beautyberry (Callicarpa japonica)

2

Hikaru Genji; The Shining Genji

4

hitting the ball squarely; matching correctly (e.g. engaging a clutch)

1

Kyoto

1

heated swimming pool

2

sharing a room, flat, apartment, or house (with roommates, flatmates, etc.)

1

Amitabha's Pure Land; Sukhavati

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(Ogura) Hyakunin Isshu; classical Japanese anthology of one hundred Japanese waka by one hundred poets; hyakunin isshu karuta; hyakunin isshu poetry cards

1

Hikaru

2

nonfiction

2

well-versed (in); profoundly knowledgeable (about); high in the attainment (of)

1

I've got to be going; I must go

1

Romeo and Juliet

1

parallel world; parallel universe

1

ruffian; villain; peculiar person; idiosyncratic person; tricky thing; something that is more than it seems

1

The Tale of Genji (Heian period classic)

5

imaginary

2

to break by hand (e.g. a flower); to break off (a twig); to pluck (a flower, a bud); to make a young woman one's own thing

1

noisy voices

1

unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to

1

forgetfulness

1

to come; to go; to participate; to perform Zen meditation

1

solo exhibition; one-man exhibition; one-woman exhibition

1

at your own discretion; as you see fit

1

(after) bouncing around from one place to the next

1

alien

3

to end one's life; to end one's days; to die

1

leaving (it) to others

1

Heian period (794-1185)

2

fashion; fad; vogue; prevalence (e.g. of a disease)

1

Mont Blanc (chestnut and cream dessert)

1

woman

3

Thu

1

good health

1

rice cakes; pounded mochi rice

1

to miss (a train, bus, etc.); to fail to keep up with (e.g. the times); to be left behind by

1

(mountain) ridge

2

good job

1

Genji (the character in the Genji Monogatari); the Minamoto family

6

waka; classic Japanese poem, esp. a tanka, often 31 morae

2

to call out; to ask someone to come

1

Creator

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to be confusing; to be different from what one is used to

1

supporting role (actor); minor role

1