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softness; tenderness

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Viennese waltz

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Siracusa (Italy)

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The Pretender (album)

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heaving; pulling

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so ... that ...; to that extent; to that degree

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Ono Komachi (Poet of the Heian period, included in the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu)

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flour dumplings in soup

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(flower) vase

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chicken wing

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cold cream

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Swedish gymnastics

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a drowning man will catch at a straw

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for a second time

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tying a person's limbs to two or four bulls and making them run in different directions (Warring States-era death penalty)

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old fashioned-style ice cream (icecream)

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juice pressed from a bitter orange; punch (drink)

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a matter of life and death

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in the prefecture; prefectural

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lacquerer; lacquer craftsman; lacquer artist

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kabukimono; Edo-period samurai who attracted public attention with their eye-catching clothes, peculiar hairstyle, and eccentric behavior

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blessings bestowed by the Buddha on all living creatures

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letting (a ball) pass; missing (a grounder); error

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weeping willow (Salix babylonica)

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quick and decisive; fast and daring

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how admirably; how wonderfully; how skillfully

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democracy

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stomach

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bad cold

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to put on stage

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to mature (esp. by fermentation); to ripen (e.g. wine, cheese); to be properly aged; (arch.) to rot

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handling the needle

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bicycle

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land

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Scotch egg

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cattail cotton; cattail fluff; bulrush down

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to adhere to one's principles; to preserve one's chastity

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out of hand; uncontrollable; out of control; messy

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(sign of) combing; comb pattern (esp. pottery)

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manzai; comic dialogue; two-person comedy act (usu. presented as a fast-paced dialogue, occ. presented as a skit)

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silly monk; foolish monk; I; me

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bucking horse; unmanageable horse

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style of classical Japanese swordsmanship involving use of two swords

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diversion; appropriation (e.g. of funds); misappropriation; re-use (e.g. old computer parts); recycling

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leading male role in kabuki

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a woman's natural inclination to care for others; big-sisterly disposition

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Moronobu

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Chinami

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in a way that is uncharacteristic of ...; in a way that is unbecoming to ...; in a way that is unbefitting of ...; despite one's position as ...; despite being ...

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just the two of them

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