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annual New Year's poetry reading (held at the Imperial Court)

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fishing village

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dawn; daybreak; beginning

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talk; dialogue; conversation

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linked verse; couplet

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Akemi

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critical biography

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education and learning

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bureau; department; office (e.g. post, telephone); broadcasting station (e.g. television, radio); affair; situation

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central broadcasting station; central radio station; central television station

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trial listening (e.g. to a record before buying); audition

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in a train (car, bus, etc.); on a train

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great (waka) poet; immortal poet

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recitation (of a poem); chanting; composition (of a poem); composed poem; classical Chinese poetry form; stress of sound in noh song

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LOL; haha

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Beijing (China); Peking

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Pacific War (1941-1945)

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responding to a call-up for military service; answering a call-up

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convening; calling together (e.g. parliament); call-up (for military service)

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cancellation; rescinding; release; calling off; lifting (sanctions); delisting

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loyalty; devotion; fidelity; inspector of the Imperial Prosecuting and Investigating Office (ritsuryo system)

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National Diet; legislative assembly of Japan (1947-); Imperial Diet; legislative assembly of Japan (1889-1947); legislative assembly; parliament

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five and seven; 35th day after a person's death

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board of directors; board of trustees

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emperor; living god; god incarnate; miracle-working god (who appears as the occasion demands)

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learned society; scientific society; academy; academic meeting; academic conference

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establishment; founding; organization; organisation

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president (of a society); chairman

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bulletin; (party) organ

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(editorial) supervision; general editorship; supervising director

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to go in the direction of; to proceed toward; to become; to face (facts, circumstances, etc.); (arch.) to abide by; (arch.) to agree to

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enlistment

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celadon porcelain

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student; follower; students and pupils

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going into battle; departure for the front

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reading for another

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you; Mr; Mister; older brother; elder brother

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(Buddhist) lecture meeting; religious association; mutual assistance association (i.e. for financial assistance)

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(presidential) message

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study of foreign languages; linguistics

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assistant chief of staff, g1

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sulfur (S); sulphur

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taking up a new post

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guarantor; surety; sponsor; reference; bondsman

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adoptive heir

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entry in family register

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wind blowing down, coming over a mountain; immediately after one's draw; winning off a discarded tile from the player to one's right or across the table on the turn after letting one's winning tile go by from the player to one's left

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Amitabha (Buddha); Amida; ghostleg lottery; ladder lottery; wearing a hat pushed back on one's head

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art motif

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long poem

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