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every evening; night after night

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emperor

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Yorimasa

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good thing; strong point; good family; prestigious school; the right moment; utter

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positive (result); positive (attitude); cheerful; optimistic

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(animal making a) monstrous apparition

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reading aloud; recitation; intoning

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opportunity; chance

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arrowhead; target of a flying arrow; brunt (of an attack); the very moment (when); the point (of doing)

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merry; joyful; gleeful

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to imitate; to copy; to mock; to trace; to forge

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because of this

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bar; saloon; pub; tavern; drinking establishment

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body and soul; mind and body

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to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake

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daughter of a person of high rank (esp. eldest daughter)

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the ancient imperial princesses serving at the Ise shrine

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determination; resolution

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the imperial line

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to extend; to stretch out; to attend; to participate in; to enrol; to enroll

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virgin; maiden

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to serve; to work for; to attend

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Shinto shrine precincts; holy precincts; sanctuary

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when it comes to; concerning

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purification

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Tuesday; fire (second of the five elements)

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fasting; abstinence; confinement to one's house on an unlucky day

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to obligate; to make compulsory; to require; to mandate

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the world; earthly affairs

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human habitation

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(arch.) it is not so; no; never mind

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portion; part; snapshot; glimpse

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autumn-leaf viewing; fall-leaf viewing

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rocky outcrop

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to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out

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sightseeing; tourism

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sakaki (species of evergreen sacred to Shinto, Cleyera japonica); evergreen (esp. one planted or used at a shrine)

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to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to

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in the following manner; as follows

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extremely

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fatty cut (esp. of tuna belly)

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sparsely growing cogon grass; short cogon grass

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calls and sounds made by insects

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(sound of) wind blowing through pine trees; (sound of) steam whistling in a kettle (at a tea ceremony); matsukaze; sugar-glazed cookie sprinkled with sesame or poppy seeds

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to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter

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the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since

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feeble; faint

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greatly; really

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insect; bug; worm; roundworm; one's emotions; one's feelings; nervousness

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to chirp (of a swarm of insects); to sing; to gather; to swarm

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