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traditional Japanese wind instrument resembling panpipes; free-reed instrument used in Japanese court music

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to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer

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to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around

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to imitate; to copy; to enter someone as a candidate; to press (e.g. a weapon against someone's back); to compare; to liken

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means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull

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Atsutajinguu

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Sumiyoshi Shrine

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fourth day of the month; four days

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(in Japan) 6th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. G); sōjō mode (one of the six main gagaku modes)

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thick; deep; kind; cordial; serious (of an illness); abundant

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barbarian tribes surrounding ancient China

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(in gagaku or noh) middle section of a song

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leaving (e.g. work at end of day); withdrawal (e.g. from a noble's or superior's presence); exit (e.g. from a market)

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corridor connecting an annex to a pond-side building (in traditional palatial-style architecture)

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main office; this office

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letter; writings

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bag; sack; skin of an orange (and other like fruits); dead end; plot of land surrounded by water

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unpromoted (piece); limit orders that become market orders at the closing auction if not already executed

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to continue (for a long time); to occur in succession; to come next (e.g. on TV)

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gagaku training place (Heian era); place for playing instruments

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silent

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to order; to command; to appoint

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heralding

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Japanese reading of a kanji (sometimes esp. in ref. to readings that do not correspond to the orig. Chinese meaning of the kanji)

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literal translation; direct translation

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to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with

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disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant

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overwhelming victory; crushing victory; sweeping victory; landslide victory

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beginnings; origins

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here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up

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lip service; mere words; professions; lips; mouth; snout

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to put forward a theory

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to stereotype; to squeeze into a pattern; to regiment

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official document; archives

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patron god; tutelar deity; guardian deity; local deity

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imperial villa; royal villa; detached palace

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house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building

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this way; here; the person in question; he; since (a time in the past); prior to (a time in the future)

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stuffing; packing; end (esp. the foot of a bridge); lowest-ranking guest at tea ceremony; tea master; endgame (esp. in shogi or used figuratively); sweet eel sauce

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flower garden

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thousand years; very long period; forever

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to replace; to substitute; to shift; to change places

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garden (esp. man-made); orchard; park; place; location

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to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for

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ignorance; innocence; stupidity

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pleasant; charming

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to speak with an accent; to be corrupted (of word); to mispronounce

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spare time; free time; leisure

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mochi; (sticky) rice cake

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traditional (folk) song

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