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nothing costs as much as what is given to us; there's no such thing as a free lunch

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inquiring the Buddha way

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cicada singing at dusk

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Emperor of Japan

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passing the examination

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to kidnap

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to be covered in grass; to be grassy; to be verdant

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Tom-ic Energy

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fully raising the curtain when an actor enters or exits (noh); curtain with a family crest

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to exorcise; to escape evil

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toe guards on clogs; footwear doorman

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attenuating; fizzling out

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caravan (e.g. of Hui Muslims in China)

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Chia

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delusion; misconception; illusion

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skills acquired through hard training; feats of practice

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patient with pulmonary tuberculosis

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things depend on how you look at them

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masturbation (male)

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Japanese babylon (species of shelled mollusk, Babylonia japonica); Japanese ivory shell; spinning top (traditionally made from a Japanese babylon shell)

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ugly woman

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there is no leisure for the poor

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Buddhist country; the land of Buddha; Buddhist paradise

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to have a stomach ache; to get on one's nerves; to cause offence

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work song

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buzzword; popular expression; vogue word or phrase

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Hougetsu

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bauble; trinket; gimcrack; gewgaw; tchotchke; tsatske

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to declaim; to string together all sorts of flowery words

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elegant words; refined diction; poetic expression; classical poetic language (esp. of the Heian period)

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influenza

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earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)

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Riku

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brute; beast; monster; inhuman person; ungrateful person

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clay pot used to collect night-soil

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louver slat; louvre slat

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place (to run a business, e.g. street stall)

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bamboo door; door or screen made of fine bamboo strips, allowing air to pass through

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Hikuma

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Kiyohime

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the happiness (good fortune) of being an actor; feeling blessed for being an actor

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street vendor; peddler; hawker

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discount; reduced rate

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writing in red

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pregnant woman

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restraining (someone); restraint

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working without pay; free service; work for nothing

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reward; monetary expression of thanks

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about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite

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samurai costume; old ceremonial costume; top and bottom; up and down; high and low

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