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tasting; sampling

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tea-ceremony procedures

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(instruction) manual; operations manual; basic rules (pertaining to how a job should be carried out); (car with) manual transmission

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cliche; platitude; formula; set phrase

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effect; result; worth; use; avail

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talkative; loose-lipped; persiflage; frivolous talk

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raku ware; hand-moulded, lead glazed earthenware pottery fired at low temperatures, esp. used in tea ceremony (molded)

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exactly; nicely; to a tee; to be fitting

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Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo

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mountain air

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Japanese chestnut (Castanea crenata)

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manjū; steamed yeast bun with filling

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mumbling; chewing one's words; chewing (food); squirming; wriggling

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delicious; tasty

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astringency; tartness; austere elegance; elegant simplicity; subdued style

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tea room; tea ceremony

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conduct; behaviour; movements; gesture; performance (on stage, etc.); dance

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grandchild

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naughty; mischievous; unruly

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near one's knee; (by) one's side; (at) one's hand; place under the protection (of one's parents, etc.); (under) the care (of); territory of a powerful person

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impudent; cheeky

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old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)

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meaning; significance

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aforementioned; above-mentioned

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to take part in; to be a party to; to side with; to support; to agree with

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neutrality

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opportunism; waiting and seeing (how the wind blows); sitting on the fence; straddling

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the next era

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to win and advance to the next round

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observer

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dwelling; house; residence; address

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to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)

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to keep watch; to stand guard

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closet

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countertop; tabletop; baking tray; baking sheet

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to boost; to force up; to push up

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above the ceiling

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the same as it was long ago; unchanged; traditional

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wooden building; wooden architecture

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attic; loft

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lumber; timber; wood

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to peer into the darkness

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length and width; length and breadth; four cardinal points; every direction; as one wishes; as one pleases

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snoring; snore

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horizontal stripes; lateral stripes

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nightcap

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hold; catch; connection; relationship; unease; discomfort

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to be delirious with fever; to have a feverish dream; (fig.) to be crazy about something

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to collect oneself; to cool off; to recover oneself

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pushing forward (undaunted, bravely); working vigorously towards an aim; struggling on; striving towards

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