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(Shinto) shrines and (Buddhist) temples

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capital (esp. Kyoto, Japan's former capital); seat of government; capital (of music, fashion, etc.); city (e.g. of light); location of the Imperial Palace

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cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet

1

reason; cause; circumstances

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to strain or exert oneself; to go all out

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huge; enormous; great big

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slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark

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tower; steeple; spire; stupa; pagoda; dagoba

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good old; good old-fashioned

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starting in advance; starting first; going first; starting (in team sports)

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arrival

6

to check; to hold back; to keep at bay; to stop; to prevent; to stem

4

drawer; withdrawal (of money from an account); variety of knowledge and experience useful for handling things impromptu

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national treasure

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important cultural property; important cultural asset

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hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker

1

crossing swords; competing against; contending with; fighting against

1

percent; percentage

5

orders; instructions; directive; command

1

to take; to carry (something) away; to bear

1

Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo

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the way it was; the way it used be; as of old; in former times

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pupil; disciple; adherent; follower; apprentice; young person

1

cheating; fraud; trickery; fake; bogus; quack

1

party (of people); set (of people); clan; family; fellow

1

acute ear; good ear

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house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family

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important; momentous; essential; principal; major

4

cultural assets; cultural property

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theft; stealing; larceny

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invitation; introduction; temptation

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to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)

4

an eye for people; the ability to judge character

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to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie

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old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago

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deferred payment

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You'll regret this!; I'll get you for this; Just you wait

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kernel

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The End; Finis; completion; conclusion; providing fully

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nape (of the neck); nucha

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good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do

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playhouse; theatre; theater

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village

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clink; clank; clang

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just kidding; not!; ersatz; imitation; phony

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wig; hairpiece; toupee

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meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club

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Tsu (city in Mie); harbour; harbor; ferry

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feudal domain (Edo and early Meiji periods, precursor to current prefectures); fiefdom; province

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under custody; under supervision; undecided match; draw; tie

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