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general statement; outline

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before or since; neither before nor after; no other time in one's life; stressing a particular moment or event as being unique or most extreme

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sound argument; clever presentation

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iron (Fe); strong and hard (as iron); railway; railway enthusiast

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to spring or rush out

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person without a registered or fixed address

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(one's) father-in-law; (one's) employer; master; principal supporter of a temple; influential temple parishioner

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including; inclusive of; komi; extra points given to the white player as compensation for playing second (in go)

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to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)

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heresy

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to take off one's hat to a person; to acknowledge another's superiority

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religion and politics; church and state

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Taika era (645.6.19-650.2.15)

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to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)

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daimyo

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resentment; indignation; anger

2

self-support

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new acquaintance; newly-acquired territory; new ideas; advanced information

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to lend a hand; to help

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(arch.) trunk; (arch.) stem; shaft (of an arrow); handle

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songs with samisen accompaniment; musical performance

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prostitute; whore; tramp; floozy; slut

1

audacity; forwardness; effrontery; impertinence

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class (e.g. school); grade; rank; kyū; kyu; junior rank in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.

4

female line; matrilinear

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rampancy; prevalence; domination

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Dark Ages; dark age

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upper stratum (classes, stories, storeys); upper layer; layer above

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middle part; medium depth (water); medium layer; medium-size; mid-level; medium-rise (building)

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man

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practice; practising; training; discipline

2

tributary; branch

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to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear; to affix (a sword to one's hip); (arch.) to affix (a bowstring to a bow)

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to begin (doing); to start (doing)

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to spread; to be propagated

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thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward

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mimicry; imitation (of someone, something)

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always; usually

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(arch.) to place a hat, etc. on someone's head; to award clothing to someone as a reward or a souvenir; to place the blame or burden of responsibility on someone else; to use something as an excuse or a pretext

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to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; to toy with (one's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; to do with something as one pleases; to appreciate

5

top of ...; head of ...; the moment that ...

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lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification

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to exceed; to be even more (so); to exaggerate

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summer purification rites (held at shrines on the last day of the 6th lunar month)

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enshrinement; installation (of an image)

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wooden statue; wooden image; wooden idol

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hard to reach place; remote place

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letter; writings

5

free markets and open guilds; way of sitting on the ground with the sole of both feet pressed together

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wayside shrine

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