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folk tale; folktale; folk story; folklore

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old tale; folk tale; legend; reminiscence

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to be common

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fox (esp. the red fox, Vulpes vulpes); fox (i.e. a sly person); soba or udon topped with deep-fried tofu; light brown; golden brown

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tanuki (Nyctereutes procyonoides); raccoon dog; sly dog; sly old fox; sly fox

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connection (to a person, place, etc.); relation; affinity

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to become a wandering ghost; to appear as a spirit

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to be possible to occur

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mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary

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measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy

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usual state of things

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angle; square; cube; bishop; third degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Chinese "horn" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); jiao (monetary unit of China; one-tenth of a yuan)

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testimony; (verbal) evidence

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to follow in succession; to happen one after another

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agreement; concurrence; conformance; compliance

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tradition; legend

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cannot (do); it is impossible that...; it is (highly) unlikely that...

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strict; close; precise; scrupulous

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ghost story

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gossip

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cause unknown

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good-natured; of good character

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(power of) imagination

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sprout; shoot; bud; germinal disk (in an egg)

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to pick; to pluck; to snip; to cut; to nip

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difficult to understand; unintelligible; abstruse

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weed

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Kshitigarbha (bodhisattva who looks over children, travellers and the underworld); Ksitigarbha; Jizō

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to fall to one's knees; to go down on one's knees (e.g. to express respect)

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to imitate; to follow; to emulate

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rice reaping; rice harvesting

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slack season for farmers; leisure season for farmers

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to come near; to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to; to overhang; to hang over

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trip; excursion; outing

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to worry (about); to fret (over); to be anxious

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to cheer (someone) up

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tending a store; salesperson; sales clerk; shop assistant

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starting to work in a shop; joining a shop as an employee; going inside a shop; opening up a shop (in a building, etc.)

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abacus; soroban; calculation (esp. of profit and loss); reckoning

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miscellaneous; mixed; unorganized

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foodstuff; groceries

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to smell; to smell of; to have a smell

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friendly; easy to get on with; easy to talk to; easy to like

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growth; breeding; growing up (in, as); upbringing

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business trip; official trip

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discovery; detection; finding

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cashier's desk; counter (where you pay in a store); cash desk

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wood carving; woodcraft

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ornament; decorative object; object placed in a tokonoma; figurehead; leader without real power

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sit down; sit up; Sit! (to a dog)

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