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bowstring; string (of shamisen, guitar, violin, etc.); bail (arched pot handle); diagonal levelling wire across the top of a masu

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direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)

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to draw an arc (e.g. with a compass); to describe an arc (e.g. through the air)

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to leave a trail; to leave traces; to have a lasting effect

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to be smashed up

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to disappear; to vanish; (arch.) to die

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drop of water; vessel for replenishing inkstone water

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to thunder

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to cover up the sky (e.g. smoke)

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evening; early night hours

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to wet; to moisten; to dampen; to soak; to dip

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bursting out (laughter); breaking out (applause); in a rush; in a surge; suddenly; all of a sudden

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to dump (e.g. onto the floor); to empty by overturning; to throw out (contents); to tell everything; to reveal everything; to open one's heart

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waterfall; (arch.) rapids

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to take the blame; (lit.) to cover oneself in mud

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raindrop

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to nail; to knock; to bang (e.g. one's head); to throw (e.g. a rock); to fling

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underwater

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breathing; respiration; knack; trick; harmony; balance

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unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to

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thunderstorm

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to erase; to drown out (e.g. a voice); to make disappear

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to soak (in); to steep; to dip; to dunk

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after a short time; in a short while; a short time later

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light rain; drizzle

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dark clouds; threatening signs; ominous indications

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interval; break; rift (in clouds)

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to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in

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a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago

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silver (color, colour)

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echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound

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to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort

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castle (in place names); castle; fortress

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to crumble away; to collapse

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work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production

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fiction

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actual existence; real existence; existing in real life

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group; party; team; organization; organisation; association

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all; everything; entirety; absolutely (not); (not) at all; (none) whatsoever

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navy blue; deep blue

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white; unseasoned; undyed; very much; precisely; playing dumb

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finance corporation

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Mie prefecture (Kinki area)

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Doshisha University

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department (faculty) of literature

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low-ranking soldier; graduation; moving on (from); outgrowing (something); low-ranking samurai (1870-1872); death (of a noble, etc.)

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journal; magazine; periodical

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short story; novella

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Rookie of the Year award

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being selected (for a prize, exhibition, etc.); being accepted; winning

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