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waka; classic Japanese poem, esp. a tanka, often 31 morae

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speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...

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Izumi Shikibu (Poet of the Heian period, included in the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu)

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to compose (a Japanese poem); to write; to use as the theme of a poem; to recite (e.g. a poem); to chant; to intone

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song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry

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mountain stream; valley; dale; wetlands; swamp; marsh

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my; our; one's own

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relative; relation

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evil; wickedness; (role of) the villain (in theatre, etc.); the bad guy

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coming out; going out; attending (work); appearing (on stage); start; beginning; origins

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ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pitch (e.g. in baseball); pile (of noodles, etc.)

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to worry about; to be worried about; to fret about; to not know what to do; to be at a loss (as to what to do)

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to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)

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ode in reply

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to return; to come back; to turn over; to become extremely; to become completely

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to boil; to seethe; to roil (e.g. waterfall, torrent); to foam; to well up (of emotions); to overflow (e.g. fighting spirit)

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slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)

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crane (any bird of the family Gruidae, esp. the red-crowned crane, Grus japonensis)

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waterfall; (arch.) rapids

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called; known as; that; to say

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shallows; shoal; rapids; current; position; place

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arsenic (As)

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remote mountain; mountain recesses

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drop of water; polka dots

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fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)

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encouragement; cheering on

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to take back; to get back; to regain; to recover; to restore; to recoup

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matrimonial happiness; happy marriage

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Shimogamo

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tolerant; generous; lenient; broad-minded; magnanimous

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(regular) route; fixed route; specified route; suggested route

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thin; slender; fine; unlucky

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late; slowly

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trouble; bother; annoyance

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near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon

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to bring someone along

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lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision

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to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)

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half step; half a step

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night wind; night breeze

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cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull

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to confide; to reveal; to disclose; to lay bare; to speak frankly; to open (one's heart)

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being startled; getting a shock

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in that way; like that; that way

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(a) jump; splashes (usu. of mud); upward turn at the bottom (e.g. of a vertical stroke of a kanji or of a hairdo); close (e.g. of a theatrical performance); breakup; hane (move)

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withdrawal; retraction; revocation; repeal

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trembling slightly; quivering softly; swaying gently; softly; springy

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to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye

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rumbling; (ringing) cadence

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