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Tokaido (Edo-period Edo-Kyoto highway)

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sending or passing along

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Teruo

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first flower of the season or year; first flowering on a plant; first menstruation; woman who has just reached adulthood

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adultery; illicit intercourse

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shelving (a play, movie, etc.); closing down; cancelling; rice storehouse of the Edo shogunate

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agglutination; adhesion

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measurement; size; extent; plan; intention; arrangement

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depending on; dependent on

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center; centre; metropolis

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to misread; to read wrongly; to misinterpret

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principal object of worship at a temple (usu. a buddha or bodhisattva); principal image; idol; the man himself; the person at the heart of the matter

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marriage proposal; marriage talks

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lady; (female) pervert

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expulsion; ousting; ejection; dismissal; banishment

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guardians; parents; father and older brother

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physical punishment; beating; smacking; severe scolding; chastisement; discipline

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branding iron

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responsibility; liability; blame; torture; torment; persecution

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drawing water

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fixed or appointed date

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jeweler; (arch.) soap bubble vendor

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fawn colour; fawn-colored horse

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entry; approach; penetration

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lapis lazuli; lapis lazuli (color); beryl; mall blue passerine bird (esp. the blue-and-white flycatcher and the Siberian blue robin, but also the red-flanked bluetail); glass

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horseback riding; sitting astride; straddling

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carriage; movement (of the body)

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addition; annexing

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owner of a horse (esp. racehorse); registered owner (of a racehorse)

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way to die; means of dying; quality of one's death

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foundation of a temple; laying a foundation (stone); open base

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the House of Tokugawa; the Tokugawas

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regional governor in ancient China

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to rescue; to free

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(arch.) ice; hail

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to pledge; to vow; to promise; to have sexual intercourse (esp. between husband and wife); to share a bed

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continuation; persisting; lasting; sustaining; enduring

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long way; great distance

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Kohagi

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strut; short vertical post; thickness (of a book minus the cover, a sheaf of paper, etc.); (arch.) handbreadth; (arch.) bundle

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shin; shank; lower leg

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express messenger; postman; mailman; courier

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flight; escape

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ankle; malleolus; ankle bone

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eta; group comprising the lowest rank of Japan's Edo-period caste system and whose work usually involved handling human bodies or animal carcasses

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both feet; both legs

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four-footed (animal)

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rag; scrap; fault (esp. in a pretense, pretence); defect; run-down; shabby

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breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting; overcoming; exceeding; passing

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popliteal fossa; popliteal space; area behind the knee

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