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as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively

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period; Nihon Shoki (second oldest work of Japanese history, compiled in 720 CE); Nihongi; Kii (former province located in present-day Wakayama and southern Mie prefectures)

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to hunt (animals); to search (for a criminal); to go looking for (flowers, etc.); to gather (mushrooms)

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horsefly; gadfly

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quickly; swiftly; expeditiously; long ago; already

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elbow

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to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment

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mayfly; ephemerality (of life); (arch.) dragonfly

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Japan; Yamato Province

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(arch.) Mahito (highest of the eight hereditary titles); you

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to have come; to be here; to be popular; to be fashionable; to be angry; to have blown one's lid

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will (probably); intend (to do); will

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nth time

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to trample to death; to kill underfoot

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birds and wild animals; wildlife

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insects and fish

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plants; medicinal herbs

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deep knowledge; attainments; scholarship

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plants and animals; flora and fauna

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freely; at liberty; at will; as one likes

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consenting to; agreeing to; understanding; being convinced of; being satisfied

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redundancy; superfluity; useless addition

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selfish; self-centred; egotistical

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to be playful; to gambol; to be amused (with something); (arch.) to have elegance; (arch.) to have refinement

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rule; government; administration

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inside and outside; interior and exterior; inside and outside the country; home and abroad; around; about

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purpose for which money is spent; the way money is spent; how goods are used

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to conclude; to decide; to determine; to judge

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self and others; this and that; both sides; oneself and one's opponent; he and I

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to add (to what was said before); to say in addition

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miscellany (classification of Japanese poetry unrelated to the seasons or to love)

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dense; thick; close (relationship); intimate; minute; fine

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left (esp. in vertical Japanese writing); the following

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visit (from abroad); introduction (from abroad); importation

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chisel

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louse (esp. a sucking louse); lice

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hungry ghost realm; preta realm; magic; sorcery

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the same kind; accomplice; partner

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to respect; to honor; to honour; to esteem; to prize

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followers; subordinates; being under someone's command

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the Four Heavenly Kings (Dhrtarastra, Virudhaka, Virupaksa, and Vaisravana); the big four (i.e. four leaders in a given field)

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defense; defence; guard; policing; security

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war; campaign; battle; (arch.) unpaid work (ritsuryō system); (arch.) forced labor

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to use completely; to use up; to exhaust; to exhaust someone's civility; to give up (on someone)

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to slacken; to loosen; to relax; to slack off (e.g. one's work, attention); to not put one's heart in

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the reason is that ...; because

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Sakata No Kintoki

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same surname

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cunning; craft; wiles

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unbroken imperial line

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