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everlasting; immortal; eternal; enduring; undying; imperishable

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eternal slumber; everlasting rest; death

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old promise; old agreement; old covenant; Old Testament

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constellation; astrological sign; star sign; zodiac sign

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military training

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western part; the west (of a region); the West (United States)

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and; as well as

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coastal waters; adjacent seas

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archipelago; group of islands

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Nara (city, prefecture)

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from long ago; from old times; from time immemorial

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manjū; steamed yeast bun with filling

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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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naturalization; naturalisation

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clear; pure; noble

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something to rely on; aid; someone to rely on; relative; reminder; memento

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Japan

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authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers

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Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo

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bridge

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old system; old order

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the four grand national holidays (Prayer to the Four Quarters, Empire Day, the Emperor's Birthday, Emperor Meiji's birthday; 1927-1948)

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eleventh day of the month; eleven days

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people (of a country); nation; citizen; national

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national holiday; public holiday

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to celebrate; to congratulate; to present (a gift) in celebration; to drink in celebration; to wish for (a happy future, good fortune, etc.); to pray for

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Emperor Jimmu; Jimmu Tenno

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(ancient) Japan; Yamato (former province located in present-day Nara Prefecture)

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evergreen oak

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field; plain; prairie; tundra; moor; wilderness

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palace; tonic (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); ancient Chinese punishment (castration for men, or confinement for women); zodiacal sign

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National Foundation Day (national holiday; February 11)

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Buddhism

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term; terminology; wording; choice of words; phraseology

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creation; formation; foundation; establishment

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erection (usu. penis); standing erect; stiffening

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Christian era

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millennium; one thousand years; (fig.) long time

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pilaf topped with bechamel or other cheese-based sauce, then oven baked

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tribe; clan; (taxonomical) tribe; group (of the periodic table)

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founding of a nation

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ancient Greece

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city-state

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Sparta

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industry; diligence; frugality

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militarism; warlike spirit

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nationalism; statism

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maxim

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subjective

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principle; theory; fundamental truth

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