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harmonious; peaceful; happy; amicable; smooth; free from trouble

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Sadatomo

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surname; family name; hereditary title (used in ancient Japan to denote rank and political standing)

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horse tack; horse gear; harness

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Hinamatsuri (March 3); Girls' Festival; Dolls' Festival

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girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman

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vigorous; healthy; sound

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seasonal festival

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turning point; critical juncture; knot (in a tree, etc.)

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hina doll; doll displayed during the Girls' Festival

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sweet white sake; doburoku (unrefined sake)

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rice-flour dumplings mixed with mugwort

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rhombus-shaped mochi

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peach (Prunus persica)

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to offer flowers (e.g. at grave); to leave flowers

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Doll's Festival (March 3); Girls' Festival; Peach Festival

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to bloom; to flower; to blossom; to open

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Doll's Festival (March 3); Peach Festival

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to cleanse oneself

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uncleanliness; dirtiness; (arch.) menses; (arch.) feces (faeces); bathroom

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doll; puppet; figure

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to stroke; to caress; to brush gently; to comb (hair); to smooth down

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uncleanness; impurity; disgrace; shame; uncleanliness from contact with death, pregnancy, menstruation, etc.

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disaster; calamity; misfortune; trouble; woes

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to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)

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paper, cloth, wood, etc. representation of a sacred object; paper doll used in purification rites

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meandering stream

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garden; park

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flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event

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those present; attendance

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sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages

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to go past; to pass; to pass by

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Japanese and Chinese poetry; poetry; poems

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to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress

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next; following; subsequent; stage; station

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separate building

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introduction of poems at a poetry party

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playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)

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purification; exorcism

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splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate

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to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish

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the five festivals (January 7, March 3, May 5, July 7 and September 9)

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day of a ceremony or event

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baby girl; primary schoolgirl

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September; ninth month of the lunar calendar

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ninth day of the month; nine days

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Chrysanthemum Festival (the 9th day of the 9th lunar month) (one of the five annual festivals)

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once more; again

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later; afterwards; future; after one's death; (arch.) descendant

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young bird; chick; fledgling; hina doll; doll displayed during the Girls' Festival

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