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disadvantage; handicap; unfavorable position

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haiku; 17-mora poem, usu. in 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 morae

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five characters; five letters; five-syllable verse of a waka, haiku, renga, etc.; first five syllables of a waka, haiku, renga, etc.

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seven

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rhythm

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word game; wordplay; playing with words

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angel; angel investor

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title; name; degree

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to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)

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canopy (esp. the cloth or canvas used for it); awning; top (of a convertible); hood

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conviction; belief; confidence

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sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)

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to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty; to say well; to say cleverly; to say often; to say frequently

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seasonal word (in haiku)

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sense of the seasons; feeling of seasonality

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quickly (e.g. pushing up one's glasses); with a light pull; with a sharp tug (e.g. at a sleeve)

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ridiculous; stupid; laughable

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to shake one's head

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June; sixth month of the lunar calendar

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locker room; changing room; dressing room

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bathing suit; swimsuit; swimmers

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

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water (esp. cool or cold); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout

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distinctive of; characteristic of; uniquely applying to; but; except; without

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to hold one's nose; to pinch one's nose

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panties thief; knickers bandit

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to float; to be suspended; to rise to the surface; to appear; to come to mind; to have inspiration

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to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)

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eight o'clock

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meeting up; gathering; assembly; set

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season; time of year

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age; era; period; date

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in those days

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keenly; deeply; calmly; quietly; fixedly (gazing, staring); intently

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defeat; loss; failing to live up to (one's name, looks, etc.); discount; loss (on a sale)

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supremacy

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joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing

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thousand years; millennium; (fig.) long time

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innocent; naive; artless; unaffected; genuine; childlike

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dice; die

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(rolling) along; (rolling) over and over; with a bright, ringing sound (e.g. of a bell); (laughing) in a bright, high-pitched tone; (changing) frequently (of opinions, conversation topic, etc.); constantly; (losing) all too easily

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to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize

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wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane

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person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute

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frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed

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bashfully; hesitantly; fidgety; restlessly; squirming; wriggling

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remind me; I forget; was it?; was that what happened?

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to point at

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trot; half run; jog; girl in charge of menial tasks in a samurai family

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shh!; shush!; hush!; shoo!; scram!

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