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tedium; boredom; ennui

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sound of water

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season; time of year

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to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up

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playing an entire composition without break; continually playing (in the background of a melody)

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confinement; imprisonment; incarceration

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Suruga (former province located in the central and northern parts of present-day Shizuoka Prefecture)

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Tegoshi

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head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major

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moving forward (e.g. vehicle); onward movement; advance (work, procedure, etc.); advancement; progress (of a disease); disease progression

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arranging in a line; standing in a row; parallel (electronics, computing, etc.)

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together with; same; both; all; including ...

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both; (not) either

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similar

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peace; quiet; tranquility; tranquillity

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recitation (of Japanese or Chinese poem)

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Tomohirashinnou (Prince) (964-1009)

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going down the road; travelling; lyric composition describing scenery a traveler sees on the way (traveller); eloping

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ensemble (e.g. orchestra, chamber group, etc.); concert

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variegated; varicoloured; varicolored; multi-coloured; multi-colored; diverse

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to get tired of; to lose interest in; to be fed up with; to have enough

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to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)

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to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge

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(pair of) wooden doors in the interior of a home; door to a pavilion in a Heian period palace

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double doors opening from the centre; double-opening from the centre (e.g. doors, casement windows, etc.); method of filleting fish, chicken, etc. with a central cut and peeling back the flesh

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door (Western-style, car, etc.)

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stiff and slackless; tense without any looseness; cling tightly; pulled or stretched as far as possible; creaking of a door or oar

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to push open

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decision; determination

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point (of a story, argument, etc.); point (e.g. in stock exchange movement); percentage point; switch; points; point; site

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to stop by; to drop in for a short visit

2

bamboo blind

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odour; odor; scent; aura; whiff; smacks of ...

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autumn colours; fall colors; leaves turning red; red leaves; leaves turning yellow; yellow leaves; (Japanese) maple (Acer japonicum)

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to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen

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sound of rainfall

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smell (esp. a good smell); fragrance; scent; aroma; perfume

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aroma; fragrance; scent; smell

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nose

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to drill; to bore; to hit the mark; to get to the heart of (the matter); (arch.) to put on; (arch.) to wear

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to become damp; to become moist; to become wet; to lack energy; to be in a slump; to be in low spirits

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air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all

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new leaves; young leaves; fresh verdure

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to choke; to be choked by; to be stifled by

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scene; sight; scenario; setting

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standing figure; standing posture; dancing pose

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tension; mental strain; nervousness

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casual; unconcerned; nonchalant

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to lose focus; to let one's mind wander; to relax one's attention

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written work (esp. a bound text, as opposed to a scroll); a text written entirely in kana; graphic novel (esp. one created between the 12th and 19th centuries); notebook (for practicing kana, drawing pictures, etc.); rough draft

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