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raw silk thread

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original home; birthplace; originator

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new; unused; new

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Nagano prefecture (Chūbu area)

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Kamiinagun

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Shimoinagun

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fat; thick; deep (of a voice); thick; daring; shameless

1

declining; refusal; rejection; announcement; notice

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properly; tightly; firmly; strong

3

one more; another; the other; not quite; not very good; lacking

1

antique; historical object; pre-Meiji period drama; period piece

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godan (verb, verb conjugation); fifth rank (in martial arts, go, etc.)

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scarecrow; figurehead; dummy

1

old man; venerable gentleman

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posthumous manuscripts

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verdant pine; green pine

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garden (esp. man-made); orchard; park; place; location

1

head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host

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school; proof (of a book, document, etc.); counter for proofs

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assistant ...; probationary ...

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Inari (god of harvests, Uka-no-Mitama); Inari shrine; Fushimi Inari shrine (in Kyoto); fox (said to be messengers of Inari); fried tofu (said to be a favourite food of foxes); inarizushi

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Japanese puppet theatre (theater); bunraku

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autumn moon; harvest moon

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deep snow

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eaves; narrow aisle surrounding the core of a temple building

3

politics; government; peace; (arch.) medical treatment; (arch.) cure

3

firefly watching; firefly catching

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Miyagi (prefecture)

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running away from home; elopement; (arch.) outing; (arch.) going out; (arch.) becoming a Buddhist monk; (arch.) entering the priesthood

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both eyes

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to cry; to weep; to sob; to howl

10

to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher

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vagrancy; wandering; nomadism

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pompadour-like hair style, popular for unmarried women in the Edo period; shimada coiffure

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inn

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well

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step; stair; grade; rank; counter for breaks in written language (or speech, etc.); dan

4

to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being

1

blighted love; disappointed love

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famous; noted; renowned; celebrated; well-known

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to disgrace oneself; to make a fool of oneself

2

origin; genesis; opening; start; beginning

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developer

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annual (plant); first-year student

2

child

2

classmate

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surname; family name; last name

3

wrong; bad; not allowed; not possible; failing grade

3

quarrel; argument; row; (verbal) dispute

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to settle (a dispute)

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