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Miho

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grandfather; male senior-citizen

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Family Registration Law

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four administrative positions (of the ritsuryo system: kami, suke, jou, sakan)

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Kagen era (1303.8.5-1306.12.14)

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Ōwa era (961.2.16-964.7.10)

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pool (in river)

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trees and grass; vegetation

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Kanshō era (1460.12.21-1466.2.28)

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soldier's socks

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festival; feast; carnival

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stress disorder

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administrative and civil code

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Hōtoku era (1449.7.28-1452.7.25)

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to be

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Japanese calendar; Japanese imperial year

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Katsurai

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reversing the order of (relative) importance (of); putting the cart before the horse; the tables being turned; mistaking the insignificant for the essential; mistaking the means for the end

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question mark

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severity (of an illness)

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public official stationed outside the capital (under the ritsuryo system)

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guerrilla

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former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators)

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button (clothing); push-button

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Tengyō era (938.5.22-947.4.22); Tenkei era

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Greece; Greek; Greco-

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ritsuryo system (ancient East Asian system of centralized governance; in Japan: esp. 7th-10th century)

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harsh tasting; strongly alkaline tasting; excessively strong-willed; fiercely individualistic; strongly idiosyncratic

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this and that; this or that; one thing or another; this way and that

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having absolutely nothing (left); being out of everything; absolutely nothing

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extreme masochist; very masochistic

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Herculean task; next-to-impossible undertaking

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to scratch; to claw

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staying up all night two nights in a row; double all-nighter

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free-for-all; open-to-all; optional (to participate in); non-compulsory

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without getting annoyed; without being bothered; diligently; properly; carefully

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gabled roof

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person who moves a lot for their job; family who moves a lot for the primary breadwinner's job

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15th day of the 8th lunar month; eighth month of the lunar calendar

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to rinse (one's mouth); to gargle

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scoop (e.g. of icecream); scoopful; small ornamental spoon

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law and politics; justice administration

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encumbrance; burden; drag

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Juei era (1182.5.27-1184.4.16)

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sticky (situation); finding oneself trapped

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combined school (e.g. junior high and high school)

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unexpected

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female presence

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not getting a reply

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first impression

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