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something that comes too late and is useless; like a chrysanthemum prepared for the ninth day of the ninth month of the lunar calendar for the Chrysanthemum festival but that blooms only on the tenth

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lizard; skink lizard (Scincidae spp.)

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illustrated news magazine; pictorial

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attack; charge; raid

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forest; shrine grove

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Minatoshi

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Iichirō

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former; previous; old; first move (in go, shogi, etc.); opening move

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model; dummy; model (profession); fashion model; model (of a vehicle, machine, etc.); version; model (e.g. mathematical)

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Hosoe Eikou

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photo book (esp. one featuring photos of female celebrities, models); photobook

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penalty; sentence; punishment

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gathering of talented people; group of geniuses

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seat; place; position; status; gathering; party; stand

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koto (13-stringed Japanese zither); (arch.) stringed instrument

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performance (of a play, opera, etc.); staging; presentation

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suspension; stoppage; discontinuance; interruption

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decision; determination

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Asahi Shimbun (newspaper)

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you (people); gentlemen; ladies and gentlemen; my friends

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open letter

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withdrawal (e.g. from an organization); secession; leaving; pulling out

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raisin bread

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water fountain

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towing (a ship)

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silk

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discernment; penetration; insight; intellectual acumen

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(fine) art; the arts

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dispute; contention; conflict; controversy

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towards; against; regarding; in contrast with

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district court

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plaintiff; accuser; prosecutor

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lawsuit; complaint

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author (usu. of a particular book); writer

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consolation money; solatium; reparation; damages; settlement

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judicial decision; judgement; judgment; sentence; decree

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defendant; the accused

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Tokyo High Court

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appeal to a higher court; intermediate appeal

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after death

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formation; establishment; conclusion (e.g. of a deal); reaching (e.g. an agreement); being valid (of a theory, argument, etc.); holding

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public opinion; unbiased criticism; unbiassed criticism

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Mino (former province located in the south of present-day Gifu Prefecture)

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child (esp. a boy); viscount; founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius); master; masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature); (arch.) you; -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing...)

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one's own work; making by oneself

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starring in one's own play, movie, etc.; directing one's own play, etc.

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start; commencement; beginning; initiation

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peafowl (incl. the male peacock, female peahen, and young peachick)

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border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region

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criticism; critique; review; commentary

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