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morning sun

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dawn; daybreak

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navy blue; deep blue

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blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature

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to bake; to plate; to print; to burn into one's memory; to sear into one's consciousness

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new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date

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turning point

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one's daily life; condition; well-being; standing and sitting; movements

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to live; to reside; to inhabit

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sacred precincts; sanctuary; consecrated ground; issue that is regarded as being off-limits; matter that is not up for discussion

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small fraction; small proportion

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entering; going into

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to be reflected; to harmonize with (harmonise); to come out (photo); to be projected; to be displayed (on a screen)

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to polish; to shine; to brush (e.g. teeth); to refine (e.g. a skill); to improve; to cultivate

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marble

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always; constantly

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limpid water

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water fountain

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ancient and modern times; all ages; past and present

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craftsman; skilled artisan

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ability; competency; talent; skill; capacity

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to compete; to contend; to vie; to contest

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household items; furniture; furnishings; (arch.) bow and arrow

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many; numerous; various; large number of

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luxurious; magnificent; extravagant; sumptuous

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palace

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call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)

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robust; brawny; muscular; strong; sturdy

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to follow; to accompany; to cleave to; to join up with; to obey implicitly; to flatter

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to be hard to deal with; to be an eccentric; to be idiosyncratic

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battleaxe

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large sword; long sword

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medium build

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muscular; lean (of a company's operations, etc.)

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both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold

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to carry a cane

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iron door

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before one's very eyes; under one's nose; imminence; close at hand

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goddess; female deity

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government service; the bureaucracy

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audience (with a superior, e.g. nobility)

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to make way for; to make room for; to get out of the way; to pave the way for; to open up opportunity

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banquet or reception hall

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systematic; regular; routine

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curtain; curtains

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to walk; to move forward; to make progress

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to be perfectly clear (water, air, etc.); to clear up

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appreciation; thanks; gratitude

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to be prolonged; to drag on

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that's so, however ...

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