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crow dipper (Pinellia tuber); 11th day after the summer solstice; last seed-sowing and rice-planting day

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I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that

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to sprout; to put forth buds

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cylindrical

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bract (leaf)

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crow dipper (Pinellia ternata)

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heavy rain

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flood; flooding

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criterion; standard; yardstick; rough estimate; approximation

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grain; bead; drop; counter for small round objects including grains, seeds, pills, drops

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to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate

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season (e.g. fruit, fish); in vogue; popular; fresh

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workmanship; craftsmanship; grades; results; quality (e.g. of a crop); dealings

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poison; toxicant; harm; evil influence; ill will; spite

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vegetable

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bamboo shoot; inexperienced doctor; quack

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to lose hair; to become bald; to become bare (e.g. a mountain becomes bare of trees)

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on one occasion; once; at one point; at one time

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hard worker; hardworking person

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to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)

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sleeping during the day; (afternoon) nap; siesta

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to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend

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to stick into (of something with a sharp point); to prick; to pierce; to resonate emotionally; to move

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strange; wonderful; weird; outrageous; mysterious

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lust

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flesh; meat; flesh (of a fruit); pulp; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); flesh; thickness

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to taste; to eat; to drink; to speak (of); to refer (to); to say

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Kanbun era (1661.4.25-1673.9.21)

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increase

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blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe

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unlucky day

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Nanbokuchō period (of Japan; 1336-1392); period of the Northern and Southern courts; period of the Northern and Southern dynasties (of China; 5th-6th c.)

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(bargain) sale

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printing

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scattering; leaflets; sushi rice in a box or bowl with a variety of ingredients sprinkled on top; writing in an irregular hand

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(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style

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since when; from when; how long

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to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!

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public bath; bathhouse

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public bathhouse; bathhouse proprietor

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day of the ox in midsummer (during the hottest season); dog days of summer

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earthenware baking pan; parching pan; form of punishment in which a person is forced to walk on an oiled pipe over a charcoal fire (ancient China)

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faith-healing; incantation

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prickly heat; heat rash; miliaria

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opposition; rivalry; competition; antagonism

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southern sky; heavenly bamboo (Nandina domestica); nandina

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sulfur (S); sulphur

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to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry

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mochi cut thin, dried, and baked or fried

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shiitake mushroom (Lentinula edodes)

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