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to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of

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and then; in addition to that; also; even so

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cherry tree; cherry blossom; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder; horse meat

10

(flower) bud; promising young person; budding beauty

2

considerably; greatly; a lot

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to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated

2

perhaps; maybe; possibly

2

third day of the month; three days

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to bloom; to flower; to blossom; to open

2

cherry blossom viewing; flower viewing

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peach (Prunus persica)

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Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)

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flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda

2

general; popular; common; typical

2

is that so? (generally rhetorical)

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country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)

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a long time ago; in those days

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each; every

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-less; lacking; non-existing

2

people; (all) persons; you (usu. plural); various

1

to love; to cherish; to admire; to appreciate

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having done ... by mistake; having messed up ...

1

abrupt; sudden

5

with a start; with a jump

1

slightly; faintly

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explanation; commentary; exposition; elucidation

2

let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...

3

Man'yōshū (8th century anthology of Japanese poetry)

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bush clover; Japanese clover (any flowering plant of genus Lespedeza); dark red exterior with blue interior (color combination worn in autumn); Hagi (city in Yamaguchi)

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

7

forty; 40

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only; just

3

major subject; special study

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English(-language) literature; British literature

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classical literature

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detailed; full; minute; knowing very well; knowledgeable (about); well-acquainted (with)

7

out of one's line; out of one's field

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pharmaceutical department; college of pharmacy

3

in proportion to; according to; depending on

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culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)

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supremacism

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tide; current; tendency; trend

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China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryo system)

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influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on

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to increase; to multiply

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Kokin Wakashū (Heian period collection of poetry)

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to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread

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ancient and modern times; all ages; past and present

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Heian period (794-1185)

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was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...

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