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drive; trip by car; to (go for a) drive; to go on a trip by car; to drive (e.g. a car); to drive (innovation, change, etc.)

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singing of insects (esp. in autumn); sound of insects

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cemetery; graveyard

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quickly; calmly; intently

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area covered in volcanic ash

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to set foot into; to enter; to step inside; to cross the threshold

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Japanese person

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what; so-and-so; such and such; what?; wait; well, well

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shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof

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border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region

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Japanese pagoda tree (Sophora japonica)

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to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till

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grave marker; gravestone; headstone; writing on a headstone (name, date of death, etc.)

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modest; reserved; quiet; humble

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quiet (place); still; silent; inconspicuously; modestly; quietly

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dead person; (the) deceased; (the) dead; casualties

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disparity of wealth; wealth inequality; social inequality

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haughty; arrogant; supercilious

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indicates concession or compromise; indicates permission

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riches; wealth; resources; lottery

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(social) position; status

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to sever relations (with somebody; esp. a relative or spouse); to break off (with)

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mallet; pestle; pounder

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to taper to a point; to become pointed; to become sharp; to look displeased; to look sour; to be on edge

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paper-knife

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to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)

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century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time

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to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved

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clover (Trifolium repens); white clover; Dutch clover; clubs (card suit)

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one face; one surface; the whole surface; one aspect; one side; (on) the other hand; one broad, flat object

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to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)

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one shō (approx. 1.8 litres)

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to roll; to tumble; to fall over; to roll over; to lie down; to be scattered about; to be lying around

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newsprint; newspaper used for wrapping, packing, etc.; newspaper

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foxtail millet (Setaria italica); Italian millet (also Hungarian, German)

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barnyard millet (Echinochloa esculenta); Japanese millet; sanwa millet

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to offer; to sacrifice; to dedicate

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corpse; dead person

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to bury; to inter; to entomb; to cover up; to hush up; to shelve

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O-Bon; Obon; Bon Festival; tray

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visit to a grave

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custom

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to go; to come

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burial; interment

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to dig; to excavate; to delve into; to dig up (e.g. vegetables); (for two men) to have anal sex

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burying a dead person's personal belongings with the body

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long sword (esp. the tachi, worn on the hip edge down by samurai); large sword; straight single-edged Japanese sword (from the mid-Heian period or earlier)

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ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet

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archaeology; archeology

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reference; consultation

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