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shrine office; office of a Shinto shrine

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one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary

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to talk on and on; to rattle on; to keep on talking (without pause)

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to train; to discipline; to teach manners

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slapping; splashing; splatting; banging shut; flat (refusal, denial, etc.)

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to disappear; to vanish into thin air

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new; fresh; novel

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natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder

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noon; midday; daytime; lunch

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cart (esp. a food cart); stall; festival float; portable shrine dedicated to a god and shaped like a house; stage prop fashioned after a large building; framework (of a house, etc.)

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ingredient; foodstuff

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gas stove; gas cooker; gas range

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to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to pretend; to feign; to affect

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trailer towed by bicycle, etc.

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once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat

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side street (often parallel to a main street); back street; alley; alleyway

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to disturb; to prevent; to obstruct; to hinder

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best; ideal; perfect

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going to and fro; back and forth

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to be all out (e.g. of people); to be all elsewhere; to be all in use (e.g. of cars); to be sold out; to have none left

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to get distracted; to jump off the track

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miko; shrine maiden; young girl or woman (trad. an unmarried virgin) who assists priests at shrines; medium; sorceress; shamaness

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suspicious person

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unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd

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nature; character

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to assist; to help out

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to close up; to shut up (e.g. behind doors); to cut off (e.g. because a deadline has expired); to close off (e.g. subscription list)

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touch; contact

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temptation; allurement; lure; enticement; seduction

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total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects

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writer; painter; drawer; skilful writer; skilful painter

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sepia (colour, color)

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clattering; rattling

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moving picture

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caption (photo explanation, video subtitle, headline); legend; cutline

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and; thereupon; because of that

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image (on a screen); picture (e.g. on a TV); video; film; reflection; image (in one's mind)

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explanation; commentary; exposition; elucidation

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how kind of you; that's very nice of you; kindly

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to project; to show; to portray; to depict; to describe

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tiled roof

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cart; wagon

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to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)

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dressing in kimono without hakama (for a man); dressing casually

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Western style

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peddler; pedlar; hawker

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Inari Shrine

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to change completely; to switch (to); to shift (to another mode)

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health; healthy; sound; fit

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prayer (for something); supplication

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