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to have a rumor circulating

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high priest; highly-ranked priest; virtuous priest; priest of great sanctity and learning

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to recommend; to endorse (e.g. a candidate); to infer (from); to deduce; to think (something) through; to ponder deeply

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smoke; fumes

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to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)

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is it not so?

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target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.)

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famous temple

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my; our; one's own

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to stub out (e.g. a cigarette); to crush out; to smother (fire); to hush up; to cover up; to stifle

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to haul in (hand over hand); to pull in; to draw in; to trace (history, threads of a story, etc.); to retrace (e.g. memories); to go over

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essence; true nature; substance; reality

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full; complete; entire; total; sincere; wholehearted

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nevertheless; still; however; yet

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sharing one's lot with another; being in the same boat

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only because ...; definitely not; certainly not; if actually

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exchange; conversion

2

scolding

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victory or defeat; match; contest; game

2

two groups; two bands

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exemption; exoneration; discharge

1

truth or falsehood; genuineness; authenticity; veracity

1

indefinite; hazy; vague; unsettled; undecided

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prince; subordinate Kumano shrine

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along the river; riverside

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banquet; dinner party

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money and goods

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giving and receiving; transferring; transfer; changing hands

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convenience; accommodation; advantage; benefit; expediency

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conversation

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tatami room; tatami mat room; formal Japanese room; dinner party in a tatami room (esp. when a geisha or maiko attends)

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entertainment (of guests; esp. in the corporate world); treating (to food and drinks); wining and dining

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east and west; Orient and Occident; East and West; ladies and gentlemen!; your attention, please!

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news (from somebody); letter; contact; (somebody's) whereabouts; (somebody's) movements

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one's employer's house; one's employer; place of apprenticeship

2

change; transition; return present

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bell (often globular)

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to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell

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eyeball; special feature; centerpiece; special program; loss leader; sunny-side up fried egg

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big and round (eyes, shaven head, etc.)

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face

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quite indifferent; looking blank; looking as though one has nothing at all to do with what is going on

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a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)

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now that you say that; now that you mention it

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amount of drink; one's drinking capacity

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grass; weed; (arch.) ninja; not genuine; substandard; LOL

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where to?; whither?

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to be disheartened; to lose heart; to be sprained; to be snapped; to be broken

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good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)

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end; verge; extremity; miss; failure; blank (e.g. lottery ticket)

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