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bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)

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Doll's Festival (March 3); Girls' Festival; Peach Festival

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young bird; chick; fledgling; hina doll; doll displayed during the Girls' Festival

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farming implement; farm tools

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two (long cylindrical things)

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to deliver; to extradite; to stretch across; to hand over

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progress

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evergreen tree

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Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)

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extravagance; luxury

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stock; products; stolen goods; loot; spoils

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ceremonial piles of sand (placed on both sides of an entrance to greet an important personage)

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sand; grit

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going out (of a nobleman, etc.); visiting

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gods of heaven and earth

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mostly; almost; nearly; roughly; approximately; about

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unitary

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millet or rice cake, roasted and hardened with starch syrup and sugar (sometimes including peanuts, etc.)

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to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend

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Yasaburou

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publication; issue

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advertisement; advertising; announcement; notice

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journal; magazine; periodical

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Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7); reminiscent of the Shōwa era; Shōwa- nostalgic; old-fashioned

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page

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to pick out; to single out; to select; to extract; to draw out; to pull out

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Keio University

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professor; teaching; instruction

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lecturer

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work; book; (a book) by; obvious; striking

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first series

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folklore studies; folkloristics

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list price; regular price; established price

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A5; medium octavo; small octavo

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superior make; luxury binding

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refined; elegant; graceful; classic

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(a) collotype; photogelatin process

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eight faces; all sides

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illustration appearing in the first pages of a publication; frontispiece

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Japanese literature

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ten; 10

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sen (hundredth of a yen); coin made of non-precious materials; one-thousandth of a kan (as a unit of currency); (arch.) one-thousandth of a kan (as a unit of mass)

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aim; object; expectations; prospects; something that can be relied upon; snack served with alcoholic drink; pad

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increase

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new book; new publication

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carefree; optimistic; careless; reckless; heedless; happy-go-lucky

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publishing house; publishing office

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prefix for forming ordinal numbers

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complete set (of volumes); every volume; whole volume; whole film; whole reel

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Okayama (city, prefecture)

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