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Kiyoyasu

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using one's chopsticks to jump from side dish to side dish without pausing to eat rice in between (a breach of etiquette)

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Hymenoptera

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Tadanari

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Tadaakira

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fur coat

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challenging members of a dojo to a fight and demanding money upon winning

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invisible mending (of clothes)

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creeping bugleweed (Ajuga decumbens)

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Kangi era (1229.3.5-1232.4.2); Kanki era

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Japanese pond smelt (Hypomesus nipponensis)

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workshop; Heian and Kamakura-period furniture workshop (established in temples and various government bodies); Edo period office which administered tenders for arms, armor, etc.

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leggings

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biography of a monk or history of a temple told in pictures

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tea jar; tea urn

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ceramic spoon; fallen lotus petal

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ayumi-ashi; walking forwards or backwards with a sliding motion (kendo)

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Fushimichō

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brat; kid; urchin; little devil

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Kinzaemon

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instigation; incitement

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to marry off; to espouse to

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how it came about; how it originated; how it happened; the origins of the imbroglio

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cutting horizontally into the torso (with a sword)

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Aizu lacquer ware

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to grumble over one's wine cups

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tip-off (to the authorities); information (on); anonymous report

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day of the Boar

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dwarf mondo grass (Ophiopogon japonicus)

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return to midwinter cold; cold spell in spring

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training performed by an attacker and a defender, involving intentional openings

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constant quarreling; constant quarrelling; bickering; wrangling

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alcohol (esp. sake) served in a small wooden box; alcohol (esp. sake) sold in a small wooden box

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brown-headed thrush (Turdus chrysolaus); Japanese dace (Tribolodon hakonensis); Japanese fire belly newt (Cynops pyrrhogaster); dysentery

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Kyuuhaku

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hijacking

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snowflake-shaped family crest

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picture book

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pattern made from chrysanthemums with disordered petals (esp. used on family crests)

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gentian blue; salvia blue

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without making waves; softly; (lit.) (like) a willow in the wind

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rosegold pussy willow (Salix gracilistyla)

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Brassica campestris var. laciniifolia (variety of wild mustard)

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dango eaten during cherry blossom viewing (esp. pink, white, and green)

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runaway; absconder; eloper

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widespread fires in Edo (often after earthquakes); (lit.) flowers of Edo

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The Tale of Genji (manga)

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sake drunk while viewing cherry blossoms

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talisman; amulet; charm

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a cold can lead to all sorts of illnesses

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