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(arch.) peoples formerly of northern Japan with distinct language and culture (i.e. the Ainu); provincial (i.e. a person who lives far from the city); brutish, unsophisticated warrior (esp. used by Kyoto samurai to refer to samurai from eastern Japan); foreigner; barbarian

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Ebisu; god of fishing and commerce

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festival held on January 10 in honor of Ebisu, the god of fishing and commerce

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lucky bamboo branch (sold during the Toka Ebisu festival in early January)

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to shut; to close; to block (a street, entrance, etc.); to shut in (with snow, ice, etc.); to shut off; to consume (with negative feelings)

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Ebisu (local dialect forms)

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live fish; fresh fish

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salted fish

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fete in honor of Ebisu (honour)

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for use of customers or guests

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blackened; black-painted; black-lacquered; blackened thing

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serving (of food) piled high; large serving

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konoshiro gizzard shad (Konosirus punctatus)

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first business conducted by retailers in the New Year

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price; cost; charge; payment; bill; fee

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arrangement

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to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor

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contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade

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earnings

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to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake

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to cut (grass, hair, etc.); to mow; to clip; to trim; to prune; to shear

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to watch over; to watch attentively

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god of fortune; god of wealth

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the Seven Misfortunes; great number of faults or defects

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Zen (Buddhism)

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bamboo thicket; bamboo grove

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the Seven Wise Men (of Greece); the Seven Sages of Greece

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petitioner; person who prays; beggar-priest

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to spread; to propagate; to popularize; to broaden; to extend; to widen

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fishing rod

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treasure ship; picture of a treasure ship bearing the Seven Gods of Good Fortune

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northwestern part; the northwest

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China (sometimes also used in ref. to Korea or other foreign countries)

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everywhere; all over; throughout

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highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)

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along

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alley; alleyway; teahouse garden; path through a gate (or through a garden, etc.)

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body; physique; shape; form; substance; identity; field

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platform; home; home base; home plate

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Ebisu; god of fishing and commerce

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to drift together; to drift to the shore

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outside world; physical world

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(arch.) peoples formerly of northern Japan with distinct language and culture (i.e. the Ainu); provincial (i.e. a person who lives far from the city); brutish, unsophisticated warrior (esp. used by Kyoto samurai to refer to samurai from eastern Japan); foreigner; barbarian

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barbarian tribes surrounding ancient China

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to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)

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corpse; remains

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polite; courteous; hospitable

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myself; oneself; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) you (referring to one's inferior)

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writing in kana; something written in kana

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going south

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