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15th day of the 8th lunar month

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the road home

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to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner

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new moon; crescent moon

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every month; each month; monthly

3

full moon

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full moon; 15th day of the lunar month

2

first day of the month; (arch.) first ten days of the lunar month

3

new moon; crescent moon

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(arch.) first day of the month; first ten days of the lunar month

1

sunset

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full moon

2

time around sunset; early evening

1

to become clear (water, air, etc.); to become transparent; to resonate clearly (e.g. voice); to become serene; to become tranquil; to pronounce as an unvoiced sound

1

evening glow; red sunset; afterglow (of sunset)

1

reverberation; swelling (of a hymn); lingering memory; aftertaste; suggestiveness (of a book, poem, etc.)

1

to be tinged red

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to be clear; to be distinct; to be skillful; to be skilful; to be well-executed; to get cold

1

fair copy; clean copy

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poet (of tanka poems)

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Yanagizawa Yoshiyasu

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poetry; versification

2

oak tree; (arch.) imperial palace guard

1

being two sides of the same coin; being the same (while appearing different); Very sincerely yours; (arch.) peerless; (arch.) unparalleled

1

night lighting; nighttime illumination

1

Kandasurugadai

1

minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)

1

slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late

3

Machii

2

being (somewhere); sitting

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moon of the 19th day of the lunar month

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to be tired of waiting; to wait impatiently

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harvest moon (trad. 15th day of the 8th lunar month)

12

mid-autumn festival (in China and Vietnam)

4

Tang dynasty (of China; 618-907); T'ang dynasty; (arch.) China; (arch.) foreign country

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collected waka poems (of a single poet)

1

Taketori Monogatari (The Tale of the Bamboo-Cutter)

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Kaguya-Hime (main character of Taketori Monogatari); Princess Kaguya

1

the court; palace circles; palace floor

1

bell cricket (Meloimorpha japonicus); (arch.) pine cricket (Xenogryllus marmoratus)

1

moon viewing (esp. during the eight month of the lunar calendar)

5

thick growth of plants; plantation; shrubbery; thicket

1

garden; trees and flowers in a garden

3

sandbank; sandbar

1

stream (in a Japanese garden); narrow stream flowing through a traditional garden (esp. in a Heian period villa); watering (potted plants, bonsai, etc.)

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cormorant fishing; cormorant fisherman

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the other; the other one

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sandy beach; sandbar that projects into the ocean, particularly in a wavy form; designs and objects with a wavy pattern; sweet mochi cake

2

golden lace (Patrinia scabiosifolia); scabious patrinia; yellow patrinia

1

Naniwa (former name for Osaka region)

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