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(Shinto) shrine

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to blindstitch the inside of a fold with (equally spaced) threadings (i.e. pulling shoe lacing tight)

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Kojiki; Records of Ancient Matters; Japan's oldest historical record

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first volume (in set); volume one; book one

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to be associated (with); to be connected (with)

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crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers

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gods

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fortune-telling; divination

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synopsis; precis; summary; gist; outline

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original text

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or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...

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(arch.) ice; hail

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half-sibling (with a different mother)

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persecution; oppression

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ancestor; forefather; foremother

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to avoid misfortune; to escape danger

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prediction; prophecy; prognostication

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ancient time; age of the gods

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Izumo (former province located in the east of present-day Shimane Prefecture)

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Susanoo-no-Mikoto (deity, younger brother to Amaterasu)

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grandchild

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the whole world; the whole country; society; the public; supremacy over a nation; government of a country; having one's own way

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to govern; to manage; to subdue

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medicine; Pharmaceutical and Food Safety Bureau

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country; territory; domain; realm

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descendant of a god; heavenly grandson

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Ninigi no Mikoto (Japanese deity, grandson of Amaterasu)

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seclusion; reclusion; retirement (from activities)

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grand shrine; famous shrine; Izumo Grand Shrine

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missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown

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from time immemorial; ancient; time-honoured; time-honored

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tengu; long-nosed goblin; bragging; conceit; braggart

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mountain god; one's wife (esp. a nagging wife); roughskin sculpin (Trachidermus fasciatus)

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to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience

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dominion; territory; possession

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sovereignty

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drawstring purse; money pouch; pouch of fried tofu stuffed with var. ingredients, used in oden; (arch.) unlicensed prostitute (Edo period)

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tobacco container (esp. a tobacco pouch)

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inro; seal case; pill box; medicine case

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end of a string

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coral

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horn; antler; antenna; feeler; horn-like projection (e.g. peaks of whipped cream)

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ivory

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to be delayed

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Tango (former province located in the north of present-day Kyoto Prefecture)

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abnormally and inhumanly greedy; cruel and rapacious

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rich person; millionaire; the wealthy

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millionaire; one's superior; one's elder; (arch.) virtuous and gentle person; (arch.) female owner of a whorehouse in a post town; (arch.) chief of a post town

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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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origin; source; history; originally; from the start; by nature

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