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day and night

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to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep

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(public) notice; attention; public eye; public gaze

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to steal; to rob; to deceive; to trick; to graze (in passing); to skim; to appear and quickly disappear (a thought, a smile, etc.)

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bright red; deep red; flushed (of face); downright (e.g. lie); complete; utter

1

sightseeing; tourism

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enterprising man; businessman; industrialist

1

sleep-talking; nonsense; gibberish

1

rivers and mountains; landscape

5

gently sloping; gentle; easy; smooth

1

curve

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(Ogura) Hyakunin Isshu; classical Japanese anthology of one hundred Japanese waka by one hundred poets; hyakunin isshu karuta; hyakunin isshu poetry cards

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gold leaf

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foreword to a collection of poems; preface; explanatory notes; captions

2

Koshikibunonaishi

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childhood; infancy

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skillful; adroit; craft; craftsmanship; plot; scheme

1

contemporaries

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to suspect

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Izumi Shikibu (Poet of the Heian period, included in the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu)

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rhetorical flourishes

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poetry contest

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messenger; police and judicial chief (Heian and Kamakura periods); klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)

2

to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid

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immediately; right away; on the spot

1

to make; to manufacture

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person

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hindrance; impediment

1

excellent poem; famous poem

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Tanba (former province located in parts of present-day Kyoto, Hyogo and Osaka prefectures)

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route; road; distance travelled in a day; one's ... (age, e.g. 40s, 60s)

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traveller; traveler; wayfarer; tourist

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as (one) walks on, and on

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to chase; to run after; to pursue

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beautiful stretch of sandy beach dotted with pine trees; (lit.) white sand, green pines

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road approaching a shrine

1

to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend

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one's mood while traveling (travelling)

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to be resurrected; to be resuscitated; to be rehabilitated; to be recalled (e.g. memories); to be brought back

2

longevity; long life

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twentieth day of the month; twenty days

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precipitous

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moon viewing (esp. during the eight month of the lunar calendar)

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party; banquet; feast

2

to have a drink; to have a few drinks

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evening

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company employee; office worker; white-collar worker

1

bustling; busy; crowded; lively (party, voices, etc.); loud; noisy

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drinking bout; merrymaking

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to shift one's attention to; to shift one's focus on

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