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longevity

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ritual music and dancing in shrines and temples; rice dance; rice festival; tofu (or fish, etc.) baked and coated with miso; turning something in the manner one would use to cook dengaku-tofu on both sides

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recitative dance

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costume parade

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to ask after (someone's health); to visit; to attack; to strike; to meet with misfortune

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drama; theatre; theater; play

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everywhere; all over; throughout

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to carry; to transport; to come; to go; to wield (a tool, etc.); to use

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just before one's eyes; in one's presence; personally

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divine wind (esp. a typhoon thought to have protected Japan from a Mongolian invasion in the 13th century); kamikaze

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large stone; boulder; large group of stones (in the game of go)

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to turn; to revolve; to visit several places; to function well; to pass a certain time

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whelk (esp. Neptunea and Buccinum spp.); small spiral-shelled snail (esp. a pond snail)

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rotation; making the rounds; spreading; effect; efficacy; by way of; via

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to strike; to attack; to punish

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coast; beach

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rock; boulder; crag; cliff; anchor

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getting closer; drawing nearer; being not much different; being near (age, skill, etc.); becoming close (i.e. friendly); becoming intimate

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suddenly and precipitately; take a sudden turn

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to carve; to engrave; to sculpt; to tattoo

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foxtail millet (Setaria italica); Italian millet (also Hungarian, German)

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area of thick growth (of trees, grass, etc.)

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garlic chives (Allium tuberosum); Chinese chives; Chinese leek

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that; he; she; that person

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sprout; shoot; bud; germinal disk (in an egg)

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in order; in turn

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suffixed to words indicating a class of people to create a plural (esp. in impolite contexts)

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since the beginning; natural-born (salesman, etc.); absolutely (not); (not) at all

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one's possessions; ownership

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desire; wish; aspiration

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to dig; to excavate; to delve into; to dig up (e.g. vegetables); (for two men) to have anal sex

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to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach

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one party; one faction; one clique

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Japanese pepper (species of Sichuan pepper, Zanthoxylum piperitum); Japanese prickly ash

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determined purpose; an incredibly short span of time (i.e. the time occupied by a single thought); a single repetition of a prayer (esp. in Jodo-shu)

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retaliation; revenge; reprisal; retorsion; retortion

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group; crowd; flock; herd; bevy; school

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shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows

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one; one

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Japanese pampas grass (Miscanthus sinensis); maiden silvergrass; zebra grass

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neck; head; dismissal; discharge

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slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)

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cone (e.g. pine, hemlock)

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curtain; bunting; act (in play)

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Yachiho

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elbowroom; leeway; room; reserve; margin; allowance

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invitation; introduction; temptation

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thinking of; hitting upon

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reassuring; stouthearted

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reflection; reconsideration; introspection; regret; repentance; remorse

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