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Metal Rooster (58th year of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1921, 1981, 2041)

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final third of a two-hour period

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Naruse

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in the company of; accompanied by ...; as a group comprising ...; likes of ...

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tableland; plateau

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(arch.) large river (esp. the Yangtze); Lake Biwa

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composition; piece of music; tune; melody; enjoyment; fun

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Juurou

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three minutes

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koban; small oval gold coin used in the Edo period; oval; elliptical; small size (of paper)

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circumstances; condition; to arrange; to manage; to lend money; to raise money

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twenty; 20

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the rest; the others; in addition (to that); besides that; and so forth; and the like

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high-ranking noh actor; head of a school of noh performance; high ranking courtesan (esp. in Yoshiwara) (Edo-period); jōruri narrator; manzai narrator; female role actor in kabuki; low ranking priest in a Shinto shrine

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descending (mountain)

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rural local self-government (Muromachi period)

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nth son; lang; official title in ancient China; (arch.) man; (arch.) young man; (arch.) my husband

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old river

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writing with the brush in one's mouth; foreword; preface; affidavit; written confession (of a commoner in the Edo period)

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vocal message; speech; statement; prologue at the start of a kabuki performance

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padre; title for Portuguese Jesuits (in Japan in the 16th century); Christianity; Christian

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one's remaining years

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year of the Sheep

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making a person, pet, etc. wait (before being permitted to do something); postponement; putting on hold

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year of the Rooster; year of the Cock

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this month

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fasting

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trouble

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medicine; the healing art; healing; doctor

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Ishio

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road; path; way; set of practices; Buddhist teachings; Taoism; modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)

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medicinal use

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but; however; even though; even if

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sign; indication

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to get heavy; to worsen (of illness); to grow serious

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last (year); yesterday

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seven; seven years of age; four o'clock (old time system)

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little while; short time; (arch.) an hour; half-hour; half an hour

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past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)

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to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)

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Shinano (former province located in present-day Nagano Prefecture and parts of Gifu Prefecture)

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to finish; to end; to be completed; to fulfill one's obligations

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to bury; to inter; to entomb; to cover up; to hush up; to shelve

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Genshuu

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entering the priesthood; priest; monk; bonze

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vehicle; conveyance; transport; ride (playground, fair, carnival); playground facility

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having a fetish for ...; specializing in ...; (arch.) first; (arch.) foremost; (arch.) doing as one pleases; (arch.) acting selfishly

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clear; pure; noble

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truth; reality; seriousness; logical truth; printed style writing; star performer

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