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collection; compilation

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six; 6

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seven

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counter for books; volume

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Goryouken Arubeshi

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Meiwa era (1764.6.2-1772.11.16)

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Tenpō era (1830.12.10-1844.12.2)

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20 years old; (arch.) twenty

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first half

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first generation; founder

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Karai Senryuu (1718-1790) after whom "senryuu" (comic haiku) are named

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not exceeding; and downward; below (e.g. standard); under (e.g. a level); the below-mentioned; the following

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five generations; fifth generation immigrant; gosei; the fifth (e.g. George V)

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for generations; hereditary; generation after generation

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selection (e.g. of poems, texts); anthology; selected extracts

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criticism; commentary; review

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section (i.e. of text); sentence; phrase; verse (of 5 or 7 mora in Japanese poetry; of 4, 5, or 7 characters in Chinese poetry); haiku; first 17 morae of a renga, etc.

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gō; traditional unit of volume, approx. 0.1804 litres; gō; traditional unit of area, approx 0.33 metres square; one-tenth of the way from the base to the summit of a mountain; conjunction; sum

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to omit; to leave out; to exclude; to curtail; to save; to cut down

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to be open (to traffic); to lead to; to flow (liquid, current); to pass; to be understood; to be comprehended; to be honored

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small; small-sized; small-scale; miniature

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book; volume; this; present; main; head

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method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)

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style of a haikai or haiku poem

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type of comic haiku

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to take the name of; to call oneself; to pretend; to feign; to purport

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literature

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establishment; settlement

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book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter

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(subject to the) cool light breeze in early summer

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of the time; at the time; of the hour; in vogue; sought after

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to smell sweet; to be fragrant

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talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor

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singer

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songwriter; song writer

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Ogura Kei (1944.1-)

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Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker

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cyclamen (esp. species Cyclamen persicum)

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carving; engraving; chiselled features

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title

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right; correct; proper; righteous; just

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historical kana orthography (used before 1946 reform); old kana orthography

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face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour

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noun

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form; tense; adjective; i-adjective (in Japanese)

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incense

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there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you

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that is; namely; i.e.

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residence

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theory; doctrine; opinion; view; rumour; rumor

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