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Hachiman Tarou (name taken by Minamoto No Yoshiie)

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being once divorced; one-time divorcee; (lit.) one x mark (i.e. one name struck from the family register)

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dung fly (any fly of family Scathophagidae)

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ground beetle; carabid (esp. of superfamily Caraboidea, but excluding subfamily Carabinae); Anisodactylus signatus (species of ground beetle)

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low place; low-lying area; flat

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the pain brought on by the five skandha

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for amusement; by way of diversion (distraction from grief)

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Gilgal

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deuterium

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conjunction; joint

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instrumentalism

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The Dead Zone (novel)

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pertaining to Europe; towards Europe

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arms reduction

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Reiichi

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selfishness; bias; personal feelings

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ghostleg lottery; ladder lottery; lottery in which participants trace a line across a lattice pattern to determine the winner

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high-functioning autism

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Bloody Mary (cocktail)

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study hard while you are young; (lit.) boys grow old easily but getting learned is harder

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emperor-centered historiography (of Japan)

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to profit at someone else's expense; to rob Peter to pay Paul; to take risks with other people's money

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half-soled straw sandals; straw sandals which are designed only for the front half of the foot

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the pain of meeting people one dislikes

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dirty; unclean

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horse mackerel, cut open and dried

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skill of superhuman level

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rites conducted by the emperor

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come hell or high water

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soba in hot broth; soba without any trimmings

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waiver

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opacity

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to go to the bottom of an affair; to inquire into the origin

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object representative of a divine spirit; object to which a spirit is drawn or summoned; object or animal occupied by a kami

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law-abiding society

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noh mask used for old man roles (usu. black)

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the pain of not getting what one seeks

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young tree sprouts; young tree buds

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dosa (ill will, antipathy)

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large silvery fly

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direction finder

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heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling, atmosphere, etc.); serious; gloomy

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redoing

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fear; dread; fright

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blemish; flaw; defect

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Joshua (book of the Bible)

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truth of suffering

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to fester

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the eight kinds of suffering (birth, old age, disease, death, parting from loved ones, meeting disliked ones, not getting what one seeks, pains of the five skandha)

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trial by ordeal

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