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(ship's) launching

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grave; solemn; serious; harsh (e.g. truth); hard; strict

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ceremony; rite; ritual; service

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eight-tenths; casting someone out; type of baggy tobi trousers with the baggy part taking up eight-tenths of the full length of the trouser leg

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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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for one thing ...

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the five grains (wheat, rice, beans, millet (awa and kibi))

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mon; one-thousandth of a kan (unit of currency 1336-1870); 2.4 cm (traditional unit used to measure shoe sizes); letter; character; scripture

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dice; die

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young bird; chick; fledgling; hina doll; doll displayed during the Girls' Festival

2

wooden plug

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guardian deity

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missus; missis

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on the way; someday

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to tease; to irritate; to tantalize; to keep (someone) in suspense

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disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant

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be (that) as it may; having said that

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success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence

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as a matter of fact; to tell the truth

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who

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hostel; dormitory; (arch.) bureau (government department beneath a ministry under the ritsuryo system); (arch.) tea-ceremony room; (arch.) villa

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to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed

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to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends

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pure; clean; untouched; innocent

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wild grasses; field grass; wildflowers

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to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations

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indescribable; inexpressible

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scarbreast tuskfin (Choerodon azurio)

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lake (in place names)

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degree; extent

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Awa (former province located in present-day Tokushima Prefecture)

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strait with a roaring tidal ebb and flow; whirlpool; kamaboko with a spiral whirlpool-like pattern; cooking technique where ingredients are cut in a spiral pattern; Naruto (city in Tokushima); Naruto Strait; Naruto wakame

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lake

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Iragomisaki

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open sea; ocean

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small island; islet

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Mikawa (former province located in the east of present-day Aichi Prefecture)

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Sakushima

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Himakajima

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thin-culmed dwarf bamboo (growing in clusters); Japanese transverse bamboo flute (high-pitched; usu. with seven holes); sliver (strand of loose fibers)

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one's way; one's path

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Ootsukumijima

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Kotsukumijima

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Shijima

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floating island (mass of floating aquatic plants); island that appears to be floating (due to the mirage effect)

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sedge (Cyperaceae spp., esp. members of genus Carex)

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Island; insula; island; islet

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inlet; bay; inland sea

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stopping at a port

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overhead; above one's head; high in the sky

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