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eternalness; forever unchanging; distant land over the sea; world of the dead

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Ryukyu; chain of southwestern Japanese islands comprising Okinawa Prefecture

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paradise across the ocean (folk belief of Okinawa and Amami)

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general; conceptual

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uh-oh; oops; sorry

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sad; melancholy

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to recall; to remember

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nostalgia; homesickness

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first-class; top grade; characteristic; peculiar; school (e.g. of a performance art); one flag

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god of wealth; (arch.) monk's wife

2

long talk; long-winded speech

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flutter; linger

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clear insight; resignation (to one's fate); acceptance

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a sight for sore eyes; seeing something beautiful or precious

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well; in good health; safe; free from accident

1

manners; courtesy; etiquette

1

ward; borough; city (in Tokyo); district (e.g. electoral); section; zone (e.g. postal)

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eagerly; earnestly; ardently

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consideration; thoughtfulness; sympathy; compassion; feeling; kindness

1

to meet face to face

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to shut a door

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in truth; as it is; as you are; in practice

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long, thin, roofless small boat (used as a river taxi during the Edo period)

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matryoshka; Russian nesting doll

2

metallic sound; metallic clank

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ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)

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nest (of boxes); nesting; concealed information; adopting a child after one's own has died; child adopted in this manner; cavity in an oar (fitted onto a peg as part of a traditional oarlock)

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threshing (e.g. rice)

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to escape from; to get out

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remains; leavings; remnant; surplus

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homa; Buddhist rite of burning wooden sticks to ask a deity for blessings

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banknote; bill; note; paper money

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pain; ache; soreness; damage; injury; wear

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and so on; and so forth; et cetera; comment; criticism

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possession by a fox spirit; person possessed by a fox spirit

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(ceremony of) driving out evil spirits

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to go beyond the limit; to pass the limit

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long; eternal

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monkey arm; long arm

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losing weight; slimming; lean person

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windpipe

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hydrophobia

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to be ill; to suffer from; to have trouble doing ...; to be unable to ...; to fail to ...

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crossbow (incl. large models operated by a number of people); netted apparatus atop a wall containing large stones, which were dropped onto attackers by cutting the net; slingshot; catapult

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no trouble; easy; simple

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(with a) slamming noise (door, telephone receiver); (with a) banging noise; (with a) clash (broken dish); (with a) clank; (with a) bang

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sound; noise; acoustics; reverberation; echo; audio

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expansion; extension; elongation; stretching

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important point (e.g. on a route); important role (responsibility, etc.); opposition

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charge; rush; dash; assault; attack

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