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training; practice; discipline; ascetic practices

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I; as for me

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Konjaku Monogatarishū (abbr) (31-volume collection of stories written during the late Heian period); The Tale of Konjaku

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to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on

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even; but; however

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rugged; scraggy; angular; gnarled

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to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged

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seasonal word (in haiku); seasonal topic (in haiku); seasonal word used as a theme (at a haiku gathering)

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source; origin; cause; beginning; genesis

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to dress stylishly; to joke; to play on words

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renga poet

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to put effort into; to strain; to put strength into; to put forth effort

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acquaintanceship; vijnana; consciousness; written by...

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hence; for that reason

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to just appear; to be half out; to be on the tip of one's tongue

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to fling; to throw off (clothes); to kick off (boots)

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that is to say; so that means

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somehow or other; for some reason or another

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to become vulgar; to coarsen

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Saohime; goddess of Spring

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urine

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interest; fun; inspiration

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elasticity; flexibility

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low-life; sleazebag; boor; person of humble rank; humble person; peasant

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how (beautiful, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name

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field (for fruits, vegetables, etc.); cultivated land; field (of specialization); sphere; womb; birth

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Genroku era (1688.9.30-1704.3.13)

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several people; some people; a few people; a number of people

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absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively

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to expose; to disclose; to lay bare; to confess

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arm; skill; efforts; ability

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after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)

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unpleasant; disagreeable; nasty; lewd; lascivious; obscene

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lowborn; humble; vulgar; coarse; shabby; greedy

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to flutter (in the wind); to wave; to turn over; to flip over; to suddenly change (attitude, opinion, etc.); to suddenly switch

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relief; peace of mind

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criticism; blame; censure; attack; reproach

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after all is said and done; no matter what people say; in the end; definitely; undeniably

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this much; this amount

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perhaps; maybe; possibly

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is there anything else?

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speciality; specialty; subject of study; expert; area of expertise

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(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion

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side job; sideline; subsidiary business

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crafty; tricky; sly; sinister (look)

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improvement; reform

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servant (esp. a samurai's attendant); chivalrous man (Edo period); cubed tofu (often served cold); kite shaped like an Edo-period footman; Edo-period hairstyle worn by samurai's attendants; enslavement (of a woman; Edo-period punishment for her own or her husband's crime); (arch.) he

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finally; in the end; on top of all that

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to live through; to survive

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Onitsura

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