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small eggplant; Japanese yellow loosestrife (Lysimachia japonica)

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brush tip; first on a list; head; chief

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(contained) within

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furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality

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hand-moulded earthenware teacup

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to warp; to bend; to contort; to be perverted; to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.); to be distorted

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novel; original; striking; strange; eccentric; fantastic

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novel; original; new; innovative

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to jest; to joke; to play the fool; to act indecently; to be silly over; to talk foolishly

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to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol

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low-quality goods; inferior goods

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Japanese clothes

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long kimono; ankle-length traditional Japanese garment

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haori (Japanese formal coat)

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to shine; to glow; to look attractive; to look nice; to be set off (by)

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speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...

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short sleeved kimono (worn as an undergarment during the Heian period); padded silk garment

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one layer; single layer; monopetalous; unlined kimono; single-edged eyelid; eyelid with an epicanthic fold

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underwear; undergarment; underclothes; lingerie

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plain; unfigured; patternless; solid (color)

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cuff; armhole

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Heian period court clothing

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to put on; to wear; to be clad in; to twine around; to twist around; to coil around

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often; again and again; frequently; repeatedly

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agile; nimble; casual (clothing); light (e.g. luggage); carefree; with limited responsibility

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coat; tunic; jacket; outer garment

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full dress; formal dress; uniform

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Oichinokata

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portrait

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women's bridal robe with trailing skirts worn over a kimono; ending play for the day; leaving a game unfinished (esp. Go)

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formal dress

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samurai costume; old ceremonial costume

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wholly; solely; entirely; principally; mostly; chiefly

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hierarchy of samurai, farmers, artisans, and merchants in Edo society

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to pour into (liquids); to pump into

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color tone; colour tone

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long-sleeved kimono

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twelve-layered ceremonial kimono (worn by a court lady); ajuga (Ajuga nipponensis); bugle

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ending; conclusion; join; union; knot; knotting

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very common way of tying a woman's kimono sash

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wearing a kimono with the right side over the left (normally used only for the dead); going badly (one's business, one's fortune, the economy); being in a bad financial situation; front left; front and left

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front right; front and right; before and right; right side under (clothing)

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married

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unmarried; not yet married

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rule; established routine; standard operating procedure; SOP

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to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)

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Fujiwara No Motohira

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colloquialism; colloquial language; slang

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Pali (language)

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translation into (classical) Chinese; translation into kanbun; kango translation; translation into Japanese using kanji

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