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Shinto shrine precincts; holy precincts; sanctuary

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confinement

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to creep in; to steal in; to sneak in

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modern person; people of today

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rogue; thug; hoodlum; punk; racketeer

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trusting to chance; having a go at something

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to show respect for; to revere; to honour; to honor; to worship; to hold in esteem

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small theatre; kabuki performed in a small theatre; little performance; short acted scene; act

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haste makes waste; anger and haste hinder good counsel

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sit down; sit up; Sit! (to a dog)

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progress

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rule of thumb

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major incident; major happening; big scandal

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accident; disaster; incident; uprising; emergency

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hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory

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absurd; ridiculous; silly; ludicrous; nonsensical; asinine

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falsehood; lie

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swindler; fraudster; trickster; con man

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foolish; stupid; silly

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left (esp. in vertical Japanese writing); the following

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lieutenant general; vice-admiral

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participation in government; state councillor (in the ritsuryo system); state councilor; vice-minister (early Meiji period); Cabinet Councillor (1937-1943); Cabinet Councilor

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(arch.) slave; retainer; servant; captive; varlet; I

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Yoshiteru

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barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty

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(courteous) invitation; call

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audience (with a person of high standing); eye-level

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ability; capability; skill

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repair; improvement

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attendance; serving

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fate; chance

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pardon; forgiveness; exemption; permission

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certificate; certified document; (the) thumbs up; seal of approval; paper with signature of the shogun or lord

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just cause; good reason; pretext; duty (to one's country, sovereign, etc.)

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overall finish; mop-up

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to talk; to carry meaning

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(dead) body; corpse

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state-of-the-art; cutting-edge

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indirect

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powerlessness; helplessness; incompetent

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decline; degeneration; decay; waning; ebbing

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exaggeration

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counter for leaves in a book (esp. one with traditional Japanese-style binding); counter for blocks of tofu; counter for servings in a restaurant; counter for long and narrow things such as guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars, etc.; even number; 109.09 m

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world-leading

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how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how

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closely-guarded secret; top secret

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damage

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loss

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capture (of enemy weapons, supplies, etc.); seizure; plunder

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to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind

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