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opening; beginning; commencement

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to dance (orig. a hopping dance)

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temple festival; fair; fete day; day related to a particular deity and thought to bring divine blessing to those who celebrate it

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Shimane prefecture (Chūgoku area)

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money in one's possession

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absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively

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clear and beautiful (of a woman's voice)

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to smile cheerfully; to crack a smile

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awareness; realization

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dried fish (or shellfish, etc.)

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prison

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desolate; dreary; bleak

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ground; earth; the solid earth; the (vast) land

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finish; completion; the end

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(editorial) supervision; general editorship; supervising director

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diplomatic message sent by a head of state; sovereign letter; book written in Japanese (as opposed to Chinese, etc.); Japanese book; national literature (of Japan)

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publication society

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collation editing; proofreading and annotation

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library; book collection; paperback book

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essays; miscellaneous writings; literary jottings

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completion; accomplishment; attainment of greatness or success

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editing; compilation

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Imamura

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Yoshio

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annotation; explanatory note; comment

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the East; the Orient; (East) Asia; Japan

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

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translation with notes; translator's notes

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

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morning sun

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high; high school

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blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature

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storytelling (of war chronicles, revenge tales, etc.) with highly dramatic delivery; story

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secret method; secret process; secret formula; esoteric rituals (in Shingon Buddhism)

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separate volume; extra issue; supplement; additional volume; supplementary volume

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reading-book; reader; guidebook; textbook (esp. a pre-war elementary school Japanese language textbook)

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Buddhism

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high priest; highly-ranked priest; virtuous priest; priest of great sanctity and learning

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bureau; department; office (e.g. post, telephone); broadcasting station (e.g. television, radio); affair; situation

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revision

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(full) name; identity

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(unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario); (lit.) 10000 to 1; (if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that

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word; remark; statement

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public holiday; celebration (of)

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Yamaguchi Masaya (1954.11-)

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one's mind

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change; transformation; inversion

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multiplication table; times table

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burr (e.g. on a machined edge)

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Island; insula; island; islet

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