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midnight; 12am

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the Rat (first sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Rat (around midnight, 11pm to 1am, or 12 midnight to 2am); north; eleventh month of the lunar calendar

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(logical) true; regular; 10^40; ten thousand undecillion; original; positive

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period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; strictness; cruelty

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child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot

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time; hour; moment

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the Ox (second sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Ox (around 2am, 1-3am, or 2-4am); north-northeast; twelfth month of the lunar calendar

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3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma

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to demarcate; to delimit; to divide (an area); to punctuate; to put an end to (e.g. a sentence); to insert pauses or breaks (e.g. when reading aloud)

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partition; division; separation; segmenting; splitting

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three; three years of age

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four; four years of age; ten o'clock (old time system); Burakumin; cross grips

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oh, yes?; really?

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to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention

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to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)

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date; dating

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the Rooster (tenth sign of the Chinese zodiac); the Cock; hour of the Rooster (around 6pm, 5-7pm, or 6-8pm); west; eight month of the lunar calendar

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grounds (esp. of shrines and temples); compound; churchyard; precincts

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to catch (someone's words); to make out; to follow; to ask about (a situation, circumstances, etc.); to inquire

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to answer a question

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a sentence; one sentence; (short) piece of writing

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to get (a joke or explanation); to strike home; to click; to know intuitively

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to have meaning; to be meaningful

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code; password; cipher

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whereabout; about where; how much

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to be open (to traffic); to lead to; to flow (liquid, current); to pass; to be understood; to be comprehended; to be honored

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under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side

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iroha poem

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traditional ordering of the Japanese syllabary; fundamentals; the ABCs of ...

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line; row; rank; list

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duplication; repetition; overlapping; redundancy; restoration

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song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry

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practice writing with a brush; study; learning

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period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness

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area; region

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version

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punctuation; pause; juncture; end; (place to) stop

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dust; trash; garbage; negligible amount; tiny bit; hustle and bustle (of life)

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to live a wicked life

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slip-up; mistake; fault; (arch.) waste; (arch.) needless expense

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condition; state; health; state (of health); way; manner

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primary school; elementary school; grade school

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memory; recollection; remembrance; storage

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text; textbook

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to drive in (e.g. nail, stake); to hammer in; to hit (a ball, etc.); to drive; to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles); to input (data)

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mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)

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The Tale of Genji (manga)

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string; cord; man who is financially dependent on a woman; gigolo; restrictions; conditions

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be; is

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good and evil; purity and impurity; voiced and unvoiced consonants

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