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to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem

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brilliance; splendour; splendor; lustre; luster

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lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)

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stream; brook; creek

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misfortune; short life; evil fate

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solitude; loneliness; isolation

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immortality; eternal life; undeath; undead

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crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers

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boundary; border; precinct; grounds

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confession; acknowledgement; confession of love; professing one's feelings; confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)

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to despair of; to see the vanity of

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grunt; grumble; pimples; spots; cutting into small pieces; simmering

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Unagami Tanehira

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period; Nihon-shoki

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to answer a request

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waka; classic Japanese poem, esp. a tanka, often 31 morae

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writing (esp. commissioned calligraphy); drawing; painting

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to drain; to flow (unobstructed); to sell well; to be in good demand; to exit the stage; to remove (a prop) from the stage

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(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season

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Tanehira

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long sword (esp. the tachi, worn on the hip edge down by samurai); large sword; straight single-edged Japanese sword (from the mid-Heian period or earlier)

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smoke; fumes

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sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)

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sharp sword

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knife; pointed carver

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dull or blunt sword

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high place; high altitude; heights; broad view

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to live; to reside; to inhabit

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solitary light

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to get torn; to tear; to rip; to be broken off (of negotiations, etc.); to break down; to collapse

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shoji (paper sliding door)

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study; library; den; home office; reading room

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glass window

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change; alteration; difference; distinction; something wrong; abnormality

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declaration; statement

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laughable; ridiculous; funny; comical

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very thin; flimsy; cheap; shallow

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a few years ago; some years back

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peace; tranquility; tranquillity; (arch.) happy-go-lucky

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on the sea; on the ocean; offshore

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the whole sky; firmament

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last day of the month

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storm; windstorm; gale

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fearfully; timidly; nervously; cautiously; gingerly

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deck (of a ship)

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to crawl out; to creep out; to begin to crawl

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left side; left-hand side

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terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific

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to whirl; to eddy; to be all jumbled together (feelings, thoughts, etc.); to surge; to sweep

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confirmed as completed; everything must go (e.g. in a sale)

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