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deductive reasoning; deduction

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perpetual youth and longevity; immortality

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origin

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time (three times, each time, etc.); times

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eternity; permanence; perpetuity; Eikyū era (1113.7.13-1118.4.3)

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immortal; undying; indestructible

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(arch.) Lord (title of respect for nobility, etc.); Sukune (third highest of the eight hereditary titles)

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other; another; over; more than; I; me

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good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial

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longevity

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Japan; Japanese-style

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800; eight hundred; multitude; large number

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bhikkhuni (fully ordained Buddhist nun); travelling female entertainer dressed as a nun (Kamakura, Muromachi periods); lowly prostitute dressed as a nun (Edo period); female servant hired to take the blame for a noblewoman's farts

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Hitachiboukaison

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old story; reminiscence

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nearby

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blindness

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hand drum

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piece (e.g. poetry); poem; essay; book; story

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to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into

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thin-culmed dwarf bamboo (growing in clusters); Japanese transverse bamboo flute (high-pitched; usu. with seven holes); sliver (strand of loose fibers)

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Sanuki (former province located in present-day Kagawa Prefecture)

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tanuki (Nyctereutes procyonoides); raccoon dog; sly dog; sly old fox; sly fox

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Genji and Heike clans; two opposing sides

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to have a talk; to tell a story

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(inferior) imitator; epigone; poor imitation; follower; adherent; person belonging to the same school (e.g. of thought)

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past events; bygones

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to tell (a story); to give an account of (an event, experience, etc.); to relate; to tell of; to show; to indicate

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travels; pilgrimage; itinerancy

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to spread; to propagate; to popularize; to broaden; to extend; to widen

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Wakasa (former province located in the south of present-day Fukui Prefecture)

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to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)

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death anniversary; Buddhist anniversary service

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Seijuurou

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fiance; fiancee

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traveling throughout the country (travelling)

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to start a journey; to embark on a trip; to set forth; to hit the trail

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oddity; eccentricity; peculiarity

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old age

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to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience

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disillusionment

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Japanese style

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reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery or detective genre

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incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; I don't get it; I'm confused; I'm lost

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general term; generic name

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blindness; blind person; illiteracy; illiterate person; ignorance; ignoramus

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to be in opposition; to be in private life

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to go along; to walk along; to follow

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temporary manifestation of a Buddha (or bodhisattva, etc.) in the form of a Shinto kami

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east and west; Orient and Occident; East and West; ladies and gentlemen!; your attention, please!

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