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to clatter; to flap (noisily); to rattle; to walk around being unable to settle down

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large front gate

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to have an air of sublimity; to appear majestic

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large bird; peng (in Chinese mythology, giant bird said to transform from a fish); fenghuang (Chinese phoenix)

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roof tile

4

framed picture or motto (usu. horizontal, hung over gates or lintels)

1

splendour; splendor; pompousness; magnificence

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aspect; phase; condition; modality (philosophy)

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structure; building

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vivid (memory, description, etc.); fresh; graphic; fresh (blood, scar, etc.); still new; recent

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coarse; rough

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shaving; planing; cutting; shavings; flakes

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fingernail mark; scratch; scars (e.g. of war); traces (of damage); ravages

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local Shinto deity; tutelary god

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to prosper; to flourish

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stone monument

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railing; guard rail; (arch.) (shining) brightly (of the moon or stars); (arch.) (flowing) endlessly (of tears)

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miniature shrine with double doors (used to store important Buddhist items such as sutras, etc.); cabinet with double doors (used by the nobility to store books, etc.); (in Okinawa) carved and decorated stone container for storing the bones of one's ancestors

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all things in nature; Creation; the Creator; Maker

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disorderly; promiscuous

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true Tokyoite; Edoite; person born and raised in Edo

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great god; gracious deity; miracle-working god

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tomoe; heraldic design composed of two or more interlocked comma-shaped figures

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grand shrine; famous shrine; Izumo Grand Shrine

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double doors opening from the centre

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floating ball of fire (said to be the soul of a dead person); meteor; shooting star

1

enshrinement

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Gozu Tenno (deity said to be the Indian god Gavagriva)

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mediation; agency; agent; mediator; middleman; go-between

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miraculous god; wonder-working god

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Yasaka Shrine (in Kyoto)

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Gion Festival (in Kyoto during the month of July, with high point on the 17th)

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event; function

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capital (esp. Kyoto, Japan's former capital); seat of government; capital (of music, fashion, etc.); city (e.g. of light); location of the Imperial Palace

1

heavy flooding; disastrous flood; deluge; great flood (sent by a deity); flood myth

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to exorcise; to cleanse; to purify

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festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy

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top of the head; vertex; parietal

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caramel-coloured cow

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to get jealous; (lit.) to grow horns

1

epidemic

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to fear; to be afraid of

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valiant courage

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fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet

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affection (esp. parental); love; fondness

1

union; coalescence; amalgamation; copulation; penetration

1

vigorously; swiftly

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shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes

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to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)

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(not) a soul; (not) a single person

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