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writing (esp. commissioned calligraphy); drawing; painting

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to beg; to ask; to request; to pray; to wish

1

personal affair; one's own affair

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had better; is advisable

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skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath

2

Musashi (former province located in parts of present-day Tokyo, Kanagawa and Saitama prefectures)

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imitation; fake; phony; pseudo-

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yesterday

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tomorrow; near future

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how far; to what extent; up to what point

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determination; resolution

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innermost secrets (of an art or skill); mysteries; essence; heart

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trivial; not amounting to much; not a big deal

1

prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante

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after; post; ex-; after the fact; ex post

1

to be playful; to gambol; to flirt with; (arch.) to have elegance; (arch.) to have refinement

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feeling of tension; air of tension; tension; nervousness

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Hosokawa Tadatoshi

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memo; memorandum; note; (diplomatic) memorandum

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presence (e.g. of an observer); observation; trading session (at an exchange); rising from a crouch to charge; initial charge

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other party; opposite party; opposing team; one's opponent; one's adversary

1

work style; way of working

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eyeball

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how much; how many; however

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discerning eye; an eye (for something); public eye; (in) the eyes of others; appearance; sight

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feelings; thoughts; meaning

2

to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)

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to advise strongly; to insist (on something)

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historical viewpoint

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to be present (esp. during a birth); to be witness to; to attend

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to give (an example); to list; to summon up (e.g. all of one's energy); to gather; to arrest (a criminal); to capture; to nominate (e.g. for a position)

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to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around

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to go away; to become more distant; to fade away; to be estranged

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being extremely fond of; having a weakness for; having no eye for; being a poor judge of; having no chance (of succeeding)

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this and that; this or that; one thing or another; this way and that

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scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops

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movement (of the body); action; bearing; carriage; operation (of a machine, software, etc.); running

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sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment

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lower part; foot; lower direction; left part of the stage (audience's or camera's POV); stage right (actor's POV)

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to smell sweet; to be fragrant

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to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)

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master; expert; Meijin (professional title); Meijin (highest title for male players in competitive karuta)

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critical eye

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to stare at; to look hard at; to look up and down; to scrutinize; to scrutinise

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does not seem (to be)

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to find it hard to say

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literary history; history of literature

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still; even now

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strength and weakness; (degree of) strength; stress (of a sound); loudness

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elevation; rise; improvement; advancement; progress

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