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this year

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pilgrimage to sacred places; visiting the real-life locations used in an anime, manga, etc.

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Tōmi City (Nagano)

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burr (e.g. chestnut); bur; cupule; case

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creation of the world

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farming; agriculture; cultivation

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myth; legend

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according to (someone)

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the five grains (wheat, rice, beans, millet (awa and kibi))

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seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause

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Kudakajima

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to go down and stand; to alight; to get down

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Okinawa (city, prefecture)

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east coast

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

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14; fourteen

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place; point; part; counter for places, parts, passages, etc.

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sacred place; holy ground; the Holy Land; real-life location used as a setting in a novel, film, anime, etc.

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voyage; passage; travelling

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big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)

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cut; reduction; curtailment

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religion and politics; church and state

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to swing; to wield (physically); to exercise (e.g. power, ability); to exhibit; to flourish; to prosper

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political measures; policy

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organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)

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weakening

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logical; cogent; well-reasoned; logically consistent

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to play a central role; to take a leading part

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pleasant; agreeable; comfortable; refreshing

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school; sect; party

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to come to light

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to fear; to doubt; to have misgivings about; to worry about; to be anxious about; to be apprehensive about

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to look back on (the past); to reflect on; to look behind (at); to turn round (and look); to consider; to concern oneself about

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secret techniques (of an art or skill); inner mysteries; essence; quintessence; heart

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unity; consolidation; uniformity; unification; compatible

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rule; reign; peaceful times

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weathering; fading (of memories); efflorescence

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(surface of) field; plain; unworked surface of (quarried) stone; (rough) surface of plank

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arch; home run

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historic ruins (remains, relics); archeological site

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duration; continuance; survival; persistence; retention

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to awake from one's sleep

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decapitation; beheading

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to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)

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twilight; sunset; dusk; evening

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exclusion of males; (being) closed to men

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funeral hall; ceremony site

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to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)

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even at the best of times; already; (even) under normal circumstances; in addition to; as it is

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secret; clandestine; covert; spy (for a daimyo, shogun, etc.); secret agent

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