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the child is father to the man; (lit.) the soul of a child of three (is the same) at 100

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negative; minus

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desire; wish; aspiration

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ceremony of allowing the hair to grow at age three

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Kamakura shogunate (1185-1333)

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Japanese medieval text that chronicles events of the Kamakura Shogunate

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hair (on the head); tresses; locks

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child's sash

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Sanjounishi

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Chōkyō era (1487.7.20-1489.8.21)

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little girl; maiden; young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryo period)

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specialization; specialisation; differentiation

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fixed form; regular shape; standard-size mail

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top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes

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string; cord; man who is financially dependent on a woman; gigolo; restrictions; conditions

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tooth blackening; tooth-blackening dye

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(any) particular; special; material; perceptible; noticeable

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whole family; entire family; all over the house; throughout the house; retainer of a daimyo; feudal domain

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loincloth; waistcloth; kimono underskirt

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undersash; belt

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provincial city; provincial town; suburban city; regional towns and cities

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dry riverbed; river beach

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bill; bill of sale; tab (for later payment); credit; contact move (in go); direct attack to an enemy stone; sound effect produced by striking with clappers a wooden board in kabuki

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adult (esp. person 20 years old or over); grownup; becoming an adult; coming of age; growing up (to be a man, woman)

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preliminary step; first step

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test; trial; probation; ordeal; tribulation

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writing down what one hears; account of what one hears

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unexpected; surprising

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grandchild

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oneself; myself

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is it not so?

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on the least pretext; at the drop of a hat

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approach run; run-up

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generation; the world; the age

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school age

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Kesennuma (city)

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feather; plume; wing; shuttlecock (in badminton)

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Hata Shrine

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summit (of a mountain)

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accompanying; being accompanied by; going with

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uncle

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to attend on; to wait on; to accompany; to escort; to chaperone

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a help; assistance

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penance; austerities; mortification; asceticism

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to encourage; to cheer; to raise (the voice)

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childbirth; (giving) birth; delivery; production (of goods)

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help; assistance; aid

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grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)

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foster parent; expedient parent

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we; us; I; me; my store (business, etc.)

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