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traditional Japanese handball game

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to blow (of autumn wind); to fall out of love

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dried fish; stockfish

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to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash

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seeming lonely

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many; a lot; much; multitude

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autumn breeze; fall breeze

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dried fish; stockfish

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beach; seashore; captured pieces (in the game of go); captured stones; Yokohama; (arch.) riverbank

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to run into; to collide with; to come to the end of (a street); to run into (difficulties, problems, etc.); to run up against

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taste; elegance; appearance; air; the likes of ...; lowly people such as ...

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essence; quintessence; spirit; soul; heart; pith

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black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty

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to dash against (of waves); to billow; to roll; to wave (e.g. in the wind); to heave; to pound (of a heart)

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roof tile; tiled roof; objects crowded together (e.g. houses)

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gabled, hipped roof

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hipped roof; hip roof; hipped roof construction; hip roof construction

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molding; moulding; shaping; modelling (i.e. plastic arts); modeling

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one may well say so, but ...; even more than

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thatching; thatch; thatched roof

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weapon; arms; ordnance; weapon (something used to gain an advantage); asset

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cypress bark

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to roof (a house with some material); to thatch; to shingle; to tile

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nevertheless; still; however; yet

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always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively

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to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with

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gloomy; obscure

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100; hundred

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spreading; laying out; security deposit; Japanese mattress

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to recollect; to remember; to reminisce; to imagine; to guess; to infer

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remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively

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everyone; anyone; no one; nobody

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(Ogura) Hyakunin Isshu; classical Japanese anthology of one hundred Japanese waka by one hundred poets; hyakunin isshu karuta; hyakunin isshu poetry cards

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end of a book

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house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building

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song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry

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as a child; when one was a child; childhood

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close fitting trousers; working trousers; long johns; long underpants

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association (of ideas); being reminded (of something); suggestion

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washing; laundry; relaxing; taking a break

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dressed up; decked out

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to hang down (from); to dangle; to be within one's reach; to dangle (before one's eyes); to be completely reliant on; to be entirely dependent on

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if that is the case; if it becomes so; when it becomes so

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much more; still more; single layer (or storey, etc.); (arch.) rather; (arch.) sooner

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damp; humid; wet; gloomy; melancholy; depressing

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miserable; wretched; unhappy; sad; pitiable

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seeming very

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to catch sight of; to come into view; to happen to see

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passing shower; streaks of pouring rain

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garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area

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