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model; standard; pattern; norm; criterion; example

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playwriting

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Kokusen'ya

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collaboration; joint work

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taking a quantity (of time, people, etc.); similar to ...; dependent on ...; reliant on ...; while ...; when ...

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three-person operation of a puppet (bunraku)

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realistic; graphic; true to life

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Yoshitsune Senbonzakura (kabuki play)

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Japanese kana copybook

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(story of the) Forty-seven Rōnin; the Treasury of Loyal Retainers; Chūshingura

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golden age; golden era

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accomplishments; taking lessons (in dance, music, tea ceremony, flower arranging, etc.)

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Uemura

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play; drama

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show; performance; act; entertainment industry; show business

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actor; actress; man of wits; clever person; cunning fellow

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signboard; sign; draw; attraction; reputation (of a shop); name

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very; extremely; extreme; excessive; splendid; impressive

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pride; boast

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disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment

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rather; sooner; preferably

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had better ...; had better not ...

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reaction; response

5

the whole company; the party; attendance (at a gathering); presence; banquet; dinner; troupe

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to correct; to touch up; to smarten up; to put one's hand in (e.g. pocket)

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wise woman; clever woman

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the solar calendar; the Gregorian calendar

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to be indicated as the winner of a bout by the raising of the referee's fan; to be declared the winner

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stop

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Shōtoku era (1711.4.25-1716.6.22)

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midway; halfway through; in the course of

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Akifusa

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middle part; medium depth (water); medium layer; medium-size; mid-level; medium-rise (building)

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consultation; conference

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decomposition; putrefaction; putrescence; corruption; degeneracy; decay

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spread (e.g. of a disease); rampancy; infestation; proliferation; being widespread

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to go back to the start; to reset; to restore; to return to the point (of a discussion); to return something (that has been moved) to previous place; to reconstitute

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poor-quality; low-quality; shoddy; low-grade

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qian (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: heaven, northwest)

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Shigehide

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large ship

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trade; commerce

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new example (precedent)

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bid; tender; bidding

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form; method; system; formula

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wife of a shogun or a highest-ranking nobleman

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dangerous; in danger; facing imminent danger; precarious (situation); perilous (state, balance, etc.); in doubt

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to be in danger of; to be liable to

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house of a prince of the blood

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offering an opinion (to a superior, the government, etc.); proposal; suggestion; advice

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