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rhythmical; well-paced

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to have an interest (in)

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congeniality; satisfaction; gratification

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result; effect; performance; workmanship; execution; shape and quality (of an article)

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not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)

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nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not

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dry taste (e.g. sake, wine); a liking for sake; one who likes sake; salty (taste); harsh; scathing

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criticism; critique; review; commentary

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to irritate; to grate on one's nerves; to aggravate; to be galling; to be invidious

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(Ogura) Hyakunin Isshu; classical Japanese anthology of one hundred Japanese waka by one hundred poets; hyakunin isshu karuta; hyakunin isshu poetry cards

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anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case; all kinds of this

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direction; district; area; field (e.g. of study); sphere; quarter

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study; diligence; discount; reduction

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bitter (e.g. criticism); sharp; biting; severe; scathing; harsh

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hypermeter; excess syllables in haiku, waka, etc.

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waka, haiku, etc. with insufficient syllables

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section (i.e. of text); sentence; phrase; verse (of 5 or 7 mora in Japanese poetry; of 4, 5, or 7 characters in Chinese poetry); haiku; first 17 morae of a renga, etc.

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severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)

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all that one has; all that there is; the whole

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word; language; speech

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to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve

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to straddle; to sit astride; to mount; to extend over; to spread over; to span

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to add (numbers); to add (something); to top up (with something); to take care of (e.g. one's business)

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twelve; 12; queen (playing card)

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quarrel; argument; row; (verbal) dispute

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five-seven-five syllable verse (haiku, senryu, etc.)

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sense of rhythm; rhythmical sense

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completely (beaten, defeated, etc.); thoroughly; utterly; black and blue; to a pulp

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master's thesis

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theme; topic; subject matter; motif; project; slogan

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metre (of a poem); meter; rhythm; prosody

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to discuss; to talk about; to argue; to dispute; to take into consideration; to make an issue of

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things left (to one) by the deceased; inherited item; estate; lost item; lost property

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page

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book; booklet; story book; pamphlet; notebook

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memento (esp. of a deceased person); keepsake; heirloom; remembrance; souvenir

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level; standard; level (plane); floor; spirit level; (surveyor's) level

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in (e.g. secret); with (e.g. success)

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self-taught method; one's own way; one's own style

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unexpectedly; unusually; considering all that

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(on the) right track

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woodpecker

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Terayama Shuuji (1935.12.10-1983.5.4)

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genius; prodigy; natural gift

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generally; in the main; (more or less) everything; all parts; ordinary; usual

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to pout

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leveling up; raising the level (of); boosting; improving; improvement; rising to the next level

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to wedge one's way in; to push in (between); to step in (between); to interrupt (a conversation, quarrel, etc.); to intervene

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soon; before long; shortly; close (by); near; nearby

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bringing; taking; carrying

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