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Columbus

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opera

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reciting Chinese poems

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messy; confused; chaotic; complaining about various things

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opera

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synopsis; outline; plot

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one by one; in detail; minutely

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threshold; breaking point

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oblong stand for trays of food; weighing table

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thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward

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the same as it was long ago; unchanged; traditional

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layman (esp. as opposed to a Buddhist monk); laity; local manners; modern customs; common; popular

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fairy tale; fairy story; nursery tale

13

to change (with the passage of time); to fade; to wane; to decline

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each day; from day to day; day-to-day

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hollow; cavity; hole

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meditation; contemplation

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form is emptiness; matter is void; all is vanity

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emptiness is form; illusion of the reality of matter

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merit; success; meritorious deed; achievement; accumulated experience

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10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various

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knack; skill; bone; skeleton; cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes

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early morning; dawn

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appearance; look; a 'seeming' that fortune-tellers relate to one's fortune; aspect; phase (e.g. solid, liquid and gaseous)

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state (US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.); province (e.g. Canada); continent; (arch.) dear

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original; primitive; primary; fundamental; raw

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incense

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prajna (wisdom required to attain enlightenment); noh mask of a grinning, horned demoness (represents a woman's rage and jealousy); family crest designed after the Hannya noh mask; dreadful face (esp. of a woman driven mad by jealousy); terrifying facial expression

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acrobatic

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telephone call; telephone (device)

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presence; sitting with; being with

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prefectural office

4

second marriage; remarriage

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cares; ill feeling; reserve

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person in charge (of an area of work); person responsible; contact (person)

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to worry (about); to fret (over); to be anxious

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to press forward; to forge ahead; to push on

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counter; window; teller window; contact person; point of contact

4

night wind

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star

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(a) step ahead; (a) jump ahead

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first (of its kind) in Japan

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rash; thoughtless; imprudent; careless; frivolous

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fragmentary

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to happen to have on hand or in stock

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to cast a shadow

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from what I've heard; according to reports; from what they say

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great love; passionate affair

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in a whisper; in a low voice; in undertones

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intuition; instinct; insight; hunch; immediacy

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