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Heisei era (1989.1.8-2019.4.30)

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example; illustration

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literary work

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historical materials; historical records; historical sources; archives

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Buddhist scriptures; sutras

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extensive; wide; broad

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collecting; gathering

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source (e.g. quotation); authority

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formation; establishment; conclusion (e.g. of a deal); reaching (e.g. an agreement); being valid (of a theory, argument, etc.); holding

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to affix; to append; to entrust; to refer; to follow (the leader); to submit (a document, etc.)

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national language; Japanese language (often as a school subject in Japan); native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords)

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dialect; provincialism

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loanword; foreign-origin word

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other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but

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each; every; all

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field; sphere; realm; division; branch

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(specialist) terminology

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person's name

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place name; toponym

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to dedicate; to make an offering; to supply; to store; to finish; to bring to a close; to restore (something to its place)

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encyclopedia; encyclopaedia

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as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...

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nature; property; disposition

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to have two things (at the same time) (e.g. good and bad points); to also have something (in addition to something else)

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digital

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Daijisen (Japanese dictionary published by Shogakukan)

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title

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mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but

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the good you do for others is good you do yourself; those who are kind benefit themselves; (lit.) compassion is not for other people's benefit; you can't save others (from themselves)

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flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event

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rod; pole; neck (of a shamisen, etc.); shamisen; beam (i.e. the crossbar of a balance); single line (esp. as a flying formation for geese); penis

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honorific/polite/humble prefix

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thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love

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this time; now

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the very thing; itself

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understanding; comprehension; appreciation; sympathy

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to be the case that

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myself

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to disgrace oneself; to make a fool of oneself

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because

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historical event; ancient event; tradition; folklore; legend

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folk belief

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large dictionary; comprehensive dictionary; unabridged dictionary

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second

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to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count

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oh, yes?; really?

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the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...

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concrete example

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to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)

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first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole

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