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autumn fern (Dryopteris erythrosora); Japanese shield fern; Japanese wood fern; copper shield fern

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silky wisteria (Wisteria brachybotrys)

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Japanese cinnamon (Cinnamomum japonicum)

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broad-winged damselfly (of family Calopterygidae)

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Pleioblastus chino (species of bamboo grass)

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headlong rush; rushing recklessly

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Ficus erecta (species of ficus)

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prefecture-by-prefecture map; atlas of Japan divided by prefecture; map of a single prefecture

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quarrelsome; easy to anger

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eyelet

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Machilus thunbergii (species of laurel)

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sense of humour (humor); funny bone

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Yoshinobu

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too much intellectual training; overemphasis on intellectual education

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silica

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poverty rate

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wearing one's pants low (so that they hang from the hip rather than the waist)

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Japanese privet (Ligustrum japonicum)

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sarong apron; waist-down apron

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solid wood (as opposed to veneer); natural wood

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scholarship society; educational society; honor society

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red lead; minium; lead(II,IV) oxide

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single parent; one parent

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to be really angry

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non-inflammability; incombustibility

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Campari

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Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development; OECD

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piece of plastic

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Onshi Park

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residential road; residential street; neighborhood road

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capacity; volume; capacitance

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Burberry

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greenway; greenwalk

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iroha poem

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breaking and entering

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keypad

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push-button quiz; buzz-to-answer quiz

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anonymous scholarship system for orphans whose parents have been killed in traffic accidents (from Daddy-Long-Legs, a 1912 novel by Jean Webster); harvestman; daddy longlegs (arachnid of order Opiliones)

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single door (as opposed to a double door)

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(telephone) area code (non-local)

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dark roast (coffee)

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dragonfly naiad; dragonfly nymph

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lump-sum payment

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one's school; school one attends or works at

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salt and pepper hair; dark hair streaked with gray

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flavorful; flavorsome

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Eiko

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stockout; out of stock

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child born out of wedlock; illegitimate child; love child

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fatsi (Fatsia japonica); paperplant; Japanese aralia

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