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beginning of month

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middle of the month

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Uriwari

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to freeze; to be frozen over; to congeal

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dryness; aridity; drying (e.g. clothes); insipidity

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to freeze; to be frozen over; to congeal

3

ice house; ice room; cold room

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clothing; garment; dress

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to take off (clothes, shoes, etc.); to undress

2

to peel; to skin; to pare; to hull; to bare (e.g. fangs); to open wide (e.g. eyes)

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so far as

2

skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath

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mulberry (tree)

3

to cramp; to be cramped; to contract

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to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate

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mulberry field; mulberry plantation

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tooth hardening toy (for infants); teether; teething ring; tooth hardening meal; New Year's feast

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tradition; legend

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very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)

2

to knead into

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to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud

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duck; easy mark; sucker; sitting duck

3

(one's) self; oneself

2

a bath; bathing

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to cleanse oneself

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interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance

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purifying oneself (religiously) by abstaining from eating meat

3

to go under; to pass under; to dive (into or under the water); to evade; to get around; to survive

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to adorn; to decorate; to dress up; to build up

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to master (e.g. a skill); to become accustomed to (e.g. a lifestyle); to acquire (e.g. a habit); to retain

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cogon grass ring (through which people pass during summer purification rites)

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experient; person who has experienced something

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Hatsuzou

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degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences; strength (of glasses); glasses prescription; alcohol content (percentage); alcohol by volume; extent

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mother

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Kobayashi Issa (1763-1827)

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careful; scrupulous; thorough; conscientious; elaborate; deliberate

2

peace; tranquility; tranquillity; Heian period (794-1185)

2

a line; a streak; one item (in an itemized form); one clause; one matter (affair, event, case, incident); (arch.) the same logic

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to arrive; to reach; to adhere; to insist on; to put on; to wear

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political operations; (Heian Period) political operations and ceremonies of the Imperial Court; (Edo Period) civil suit

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root; source; origin; cause

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bhava (becoming, existence)

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field; plain; prairie; moor

2

audacious; daring; bold; throaty (voice); rough; deep

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spell; curse; dharani; mantra

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bystreet; side street; back street; alley; lane

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dead of night; midnight

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family crest shaped as a hemp leaf; motif made from entwined hexagons

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end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)

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