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counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter

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1000 yen

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once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat

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to pass (of time); to elapse

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counter for countries

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international; worldwide; cross-border; cosmopolitan

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(full-length) novel; long novel

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Japanese beautyberry (Callicarpa japonica)

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number of characters per line, page, etc.

1

Japanese writing paper (lined with a square grid, one square per character); manuscript paper

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to fade (of a colour); to grow dull in color (colour); to lose vividness; to lose freshness; to grow stale

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masterpiece

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when one was a very young child; very early in one's life

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Emperor Ichijou; Ichijou Tenno (980-1011 CE, reigning: 986-1011 CE)

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Shoushi

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wife (esp. one's own wife); court lady; female court attache; (arch.) woman (esp. as a love interest)

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private tutor; coach; governess

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Hikaru Genji; The Shining Genji

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death

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to conform to; to agree with; to be adapted to; to be based on

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acorn barnacle (Balanomorpha spp.)

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paulownia (Paulownia tomentosa); empress tree; foxglove tree

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(romantic) love

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beginning; start

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cicada; locust; small-sized pulley

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bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria var. hispida); calabash; moonflower (Ipomoea alba)

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Rokujou no Miyasudokoro (Genji Monogatari)

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history of one's love affairs

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second division; secondary division

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youngest daughter

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Grand Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager and the Empress Consort

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to marry (of a woman); to become a bride; to marry into (a family); (arch.) to have sexual intercourse

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one's legal wife

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purple; violet; Lithospermum erythrorhizon (species of gromwell); type of soy sauce

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pain; anguish; suffering; duhkha (suffering)

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to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die

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beloved; dearest

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nursing (a patient)

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oak tree; (arch.) imperial palace guard

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to fall in love

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pleasant smell; aroma; fragrance; pleasant-smelling vegetation

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to regret

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to age; to grow old

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entering the priesthood; priest; monk; bonze

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decision; determination; resolution

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folding book; counter for units of paper and nori (48 pages of Mino paper; 20 pages of hanshi; 10 sheets of nori); counter for folding books, folding screens, shields, etc.; counter for pairs (of curtains); counter for tatami mats

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text (of a book, document, etc.); body (of a letter); this passage; this sentence

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to be handed down from antiquity

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the third

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generation; the world; the age

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