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to entwine; to twine around; to coordinate (with); to arrest

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clap (sound of wooden clappers); chop vigorously; slight movement (e.g. poke, small bird alighting); the end; originally end of a play, marked by clap of clappers; dot (esp. typographical)

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to pull in (fish); to land

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technique; art; skill; move

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to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray

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Ikazakichō

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to pitch camp; to set up camp

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both parties; both sides

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kite string

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edged tool; cutlery

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to fight with swords; to cross swords

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skillful; adroit; craft; craftsmanship; plot; scheme

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to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet

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boisterous dance

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dispute; strife; quarrel; dissension; conflict; rivalry

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rule

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Niigata (city, prefecture)

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south district

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approach (to a castle gate); front of a structural member

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event

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Jōhei era (931.4.26-938.5.22); Shōhei era

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Japanese name (often of plants and animals, and written in kana)

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collection of similar objects; classification by similarity

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toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything

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cuttlefish; squid

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The Life of an Amorous Man by Ihara Saikaku (famous novel from the Edo period)

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Tenna era (1681.9.29-1684.2.21); Tenwa era

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hot flash; rush of blood to the head

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to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry

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to be found

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doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness

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Shōtoku era (1711.4.25-1716.6.22)

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Illustrated Sino-Japanese Encyclopedia (1712)

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labor; labour; toil; trouble; pains; work

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Kanto; region consisting of Tokyo and surrounding prefectures; Kanto; north-eastern half of Japan (during the feudal era)

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octopus

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when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)

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generic name; common name

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dialect; provincialism

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lower reaches (of a river); bottom; lower part; lower half (of the body, esp. the privates); feces (faeces); end

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sea basses; groupers

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strait; channel

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Jos

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traditional Japanese treadle-operated tall loom

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the Dragon (fifth sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Dragon (around 8am, 7-9am, or 8-10am); east-southeast; third month of the lunar calendar

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Gotou Archipelago

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Iki (former province located on Iki Island in present-day Nagasaki Prefecture); Iki (island)

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antiquity; ancient times

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Yaeyama Islands

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Tokugawa Munemasa

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