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suitable; appropriate; fitting; appropriately; accordingly; as required

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restoration; repair; mending

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to be crushed; to be smashed; to become useless; to cease functioning; to go bankrupt; to go out of business

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Japanese-style house

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weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)

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vivid; clear; distinct

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to impress (someone)

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Aichi prefecture (Chūbu area)

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common cattail (Typha latifolia); common bulrush; common reedmace

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grilling (fish) with salt; broiling with salt; boiling seawater to get salt

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hut; cabin; small theatre (theater); temporary playhouse; one's own house

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Ise (former province located in the major part of present-day Mie Prefecture and parts of Aichi and Gifu prefectures); Ise (city)

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bay; gulf; inlet

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saltpan; field for drying salt

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itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally

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to reclaim; to fill up

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kyōtei; boat race; hydroplane racing event and gambling sport in Japan

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place; spot; grounds; arena; stadium; range

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bizarre; strange; eccentric; odd; queer

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long and narrow

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apartment building; apartment block; apartment house; apartment

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parking lot; car park; carpark; parking garage

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to be noticeable; to notice; to catch one's eye

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long, narrow strip of paper on which Japanese poems are written (vertically); tanzaku; thin rectangle

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form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence

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ownership; dominion; ownership rights; proprietorship; property rights

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land reclamation

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to take over; to hand over

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in the city

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townhouse (i.e. house in the middle of a town); traditional townhouse; tradesman's house (esp. a home with a shop in front); merchant's house; merchant's family

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site; plot; lot; grounds

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multi-floor building; multi-storey building; bill

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to build; to construct

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renovation (e.g. a house); redecoration; makeover; updating

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Kyoutoshisakyouku

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shallows; shoal; rapids; current; position; place

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urban areas; the streets; town; city

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north-east; Tōhoku (northernmost six prefectures of Honshu); Tohoku

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from long ago; from old times; from time immemorial

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wood and charcoal; fuel

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food of the mountains (wild game, mountain vegetables, mushrooms, etc.); fruits of the land

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to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in

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outskirts; environs (of a city); surrounding area; surroundings

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agricultural community; farm village; rural

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typical; representative; archetypal; quintessential; stereotypical; model

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to stand in a row (e.g. shops on a street); to line in a row; to line

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bungalow; one-story house

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two-storied building

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addition to a building

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very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary

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