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to be conspicuous; to stand out

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to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up

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moment; brief space of time

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Eiroku era (1558.2.28-1570.4.23)

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calm; quiet; gentle; moderate; reasonable; amicable

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to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn

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please; kindly; I beg of you; by all means; without fail

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(possession of) one feudal domain and one castle; being independent (acting without compromise or assistance); establishing only one castle in each feudal domain (edict issued by the shogunate in 1615)

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looks (esp. of a woman); features; ability; capability; (public) estimation (esp. of a man); credit

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thousands of years; eternity; all generations

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unlucky year; critical year; year (esp. age 25 and 42 for men, 19 and 33 for women) that is considered unlucky (orig. in Onmyōdō); bad year; annus horribilis

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Avalokiteshvara (Bodhisattva); Avalokitesvara; Kannon; Kwannon; Guanyin; Buddhist deity of compassion

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prayer to a god

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depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program

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to put one's palms together (e.g. when praying or asking for something); to place one's hands together; to compete against somebody; to play (a game, match, etc.) against somebody

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Buddhist image used as jewellery or to decorate one's home

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heir; successor

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thousand-armed Avalokiteshvara; thousand-armed Kannon

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smallish; on the small side; somewhat small; short swing of a bat, racquet, etc.

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image; figure; figure; form; image

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many times

1

pregnancy; conception

1

supreme; greatest; highest; best

1

to wrap up; to pack; to cover; to envelop; to conceal (a feeling); to hide

3

Naraka; Hell; very bottom; the end; trap room (of a theatre); below-stage basement

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soldier's equipment

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ostentatious; gaudy; showy

1

hoof

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to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)

1

to leave behind; to put off; to postpone

1

to choose the best; to select carefully; to handpick

1

heroic; brave; majestic; soul-stirring; lively; gallant

1

to entrance; to possess; to enthrall

1

please; somehow or other; one way or another

1

return; welcome home

1

to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour

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pressing one's hands together in prayer; triangular frame of a thatched roof; yours sincerely; yours truly

2

appearing all together

1

seeing one off; farewell; escort

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absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.); neglecting

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precious; valuable

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heir; heiress; inheritor; successor

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(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion

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in addition

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the preceding year; the previous year; last year

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leather; hide

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payment (taxes, fees, etc.); supply (of goods); delivery

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law; regulation; rule; code; agreement; arrangement

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each place; various places

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to let out; to utter; to issue; to send; to leave; to depart

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