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poet

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history of Japan; Japanese history

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Sei Shonagon (Poet of the Heian period, included in the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu)

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Japanese beautyberry (Callicarpa japonica)

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800; eight hundred; multitude; large number

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chitter; chatter; giggle; screeching; squealing

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guardian; protector; patron; parent

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straight; straightforward; direct; neat (e.g. spirits); black (e.g. tea, coffee); entering university directly from high school; fast ball

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flirting; making out

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sense of guilty pleasure; feeling of naughtiness

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unheard-of; unprecedented; unparalleled in history (unparallelled); record-breaking

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real thing; original; actual

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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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look here; I say; well; I know what; I'll tell you what; just a minute

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to put to use; to make good use of; to exploit

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to be helpful; to be dependable; to stand by (someone)

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to fail to hear something; to miss; to act as if one didn't hear something; to let a remark slide

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to have meaning; to be meaningful

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rare; uncommon

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to hold hands; to join hands; to do together; to go arm in arm; to join forces; to link hands

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observation; survey; watching

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to get distracted; to jump off the track

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please!; I'm asking you; for heaven's sake

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brush

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good

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songs with samisen accompaniment; musical performance

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a little; a bit; slightly

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despite being a woman; woman as she is; (in a way that is) unbecoming to a woman; (in a way that is) uncharacteristic of a woman; in an unladylike way

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making one's debut; making one's first appearance; (just) showing one's face; showing up; introductory kabuki performance (to introduce the actors); December kabuki performance at Kyoto's Minamiza Theater in which all famous actors perform

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to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread

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memory; ability to remember

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to have gooseflesh (e.g. from cold or horror)

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to not know what to do with; to be at a loss with; to have difficulty with; to be put out

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capital city; metropolis

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moving; relocation; change of address; transfer (of deeds, property, etc.); demise

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forced emigration

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wealthy; rich; affluent; well-off

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to claim lives; to cause deaths; to result in fatalities

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misdeed; wrongdoing; wickedness

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migration; immigration

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rational; reasonable; logical

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rationality; reasonableness

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(not) anywhere; nowhere; everywhere; anywhere

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dust; one ten-billionth

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to benefit; to profit; to gain; to reap rewards

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knowing; (an) acquaintance

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to break down; to fail; to fizzle; to flop; to peter out; to fall flat

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draft (for a speech, bill, etc.)

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stamp; seal

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sovereign's seal

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