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directly opposite; right in front

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irradiation; radiation; beaming; exposure (to light); illumination

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Emishi; historical term for non-Yamato peoples in northern Japan

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baa (sound made by sheep); meh

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Nara (city, prefecture)

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large statue of Buddha (trad. at least 4.8m high)

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approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction

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(mental) agony; anguish; suffering; distress

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chewing; mastication; digestion (e.g. of words); assimilation; comprehension

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1,000; thousand

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200; two hundred

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year; age; years; past one's prime; old age

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children

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main temple building; nave

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cypress bark roof; hinoki bark thatching

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temple; monk

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principal object of worship at a temple (usu. a buddha or bodhisattva); principal image; idol; the man himself; the person at the heart of the matter

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eleven-faced Avalokiteshvara; eleven-faced Kannon

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next; hypo- (i.e. containing an element with low valence); order; sequence

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coward; sissy; weakling; loser; milquetoast; good-for-nothing

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red; crimson; Red; communist; (arch.) beautiful

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in deep black; in jet black

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profound; deep; grave; solid; dignified; stately

4

spinning top

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centrifugal force

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weeping cherry (Prunus spachiana); shidare cherry

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overload

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cloudiness; turbidity; nebula (medical)

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clip-clop (esp. of geta)

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hazy; dim; faint; minced fish or meat that is seasoned and fried

4

fine line; weight of thread; slit-eyed

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youth; young man

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earnestly; immediately; exactly

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zigzag-shaped paper streamer often used to adorn Shinto-related objects; hornbeam (deciduous tree in the birch family)

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historical play; period drama

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each other; one another

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from out of nowhere; from who knows where

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leaping through time; time travel

1

home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains

1

salmon (Salmonidae spp.); chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta)

2

delivery (of a package, goods, etc.)

5

just now; at this moment; at this point of time

3

motif

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Edo period (1603-1868)

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low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)

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wooden; made of wood; wooden construction

2

private house

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to crowd together in a confined space; to gather and make a commotion

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crossroads; intersection; crossway; carrefour

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ryotei; traditional Japanese restaurant (esp. a luxurious one)

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