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start; beginning

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shaking (e.g. a container); milkshake; shake

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vibration; vibrato; trill

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to feel right; to sit well with one; to be happy about; to suit to a T; to fit well together

2

metabolic

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Sindbad

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syndrome

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Jetavana Monastery (India); Jetavana-vihara

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I Am a Cat (1906 novel by Natsume Soseki)

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once upon a time; a long time ago

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heavy (feeling, etc.); gloomy (weather, etc.); oppressive (atmosphere, etc.); stifling; strained

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unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected

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old man; venerable gentleman; venerable; old; father

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from morning to evening; all day long

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inkstone

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hills and fields; hill and dale

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to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest

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sumi; India ink; squid ink; octopus ink; carpenter's inking string

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to rub; to chafe; to strike (match); to lose (e.g. a match); to forfeit; to squander one's money (e.g. through gambling, Pachinko, etc.)

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washing machine (laundry)

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Sanuki (former province located in present-day Kagawa Prefecture)

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(arch.) I; (arch.) me; (person having) thin or shaved eyebrows; affectionate suffix for names of young men or pets

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Sanuki udon; thick udon from Kagawa prefecture

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emphasizes direct object of action

1

buttocks; lower back; waist; kimono underskirt

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subtleties; niceties; fine points; subtle; sensitive

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dango; dumpling (usu. sweet); ball-shaped object; something round; lump; group

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overheating; overexcitement

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Jōmon period (ca. 14000-1000 BCE)

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Azuchi-Momoyama period (approx. 1558-1600)

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Age of Discovery; Age of Exploration

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rough; wild; rude; harsh; gruff; violent

2

troubled times; turbulent times

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missionary

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the ocean; the great deep

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Nobunaga

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Toyotomi Hideyoshi

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Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543.1.31-1616.6.1), Shougun 1603-1605

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Kyoto (city, prefecture)

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imperial capital (esp. Kyoto); final word of an iroha poem; 10^16; 10,000,000,000,000,000

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proceeding to the capital

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taikō (esp. Toyotomi Hideyoshi); title for a regent, later for the grand chancellor, also for the father of an Imperial adviser (advisor) who passed the role to his son

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to muster (e.g. one's courage); to call forth; to rouse up; to be enlivened; to be invigorated

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wars; disturbances

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unity; consolidation; uniformity; unification; compatible

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Azuchi-Momoyama period (approx. 1558-1600)

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young motorcycle-riding delinquents; bōsōzoku

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useless employees (shunted off by a window to pass their remaining time until retirement)

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to run; to dash; to gallop (on horseback); to canter; (arch.) to advance (against one's enemy); (arch.) to charge (on horseback)

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feel; touch; impression (of a person); most impressive passage; highlight; beginning

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