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Nara period (710-794 CE)

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manner of Heian era palatial architecture

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fusuma; Japanese sliding screen

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shoji (paper sliding door)

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use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation

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large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)

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house; building

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merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper

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hybrid mulberry tree used to make Japanese paper (Broussonetia kazinoki x papyrifera)

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cultivation

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materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis

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to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke

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trial; test

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tool; implement; means; furniture

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to obtain; to procure

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to plant; to grow; to insert; to transplant; to inoculate (e.g. an infectious agent); to instill (idea, value, etc.)

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from the place (where); from the fact that ...; caused by the fact that ...; because

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sunset hibiscus (Hibiscus manihot)

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root (of a plant); stump (of a tree); root (of a problem, etc.); base

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adhesive; glue

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grass; weed; (arch.) ninja; not genuine; substandard; LOL

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to sow seeds; to sow the seeds of ... (e.g. conflict)

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wiles; sinister design; trick; conspiracy; intrigue

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market price; speculation (e.g. on stocks); reputation (according to conventional wisdom); estimation

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young priest; scamp

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Enryaku era (782.8.19-806.5.18)

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to use one's influence; to pull strings; to take measures; to make the necessary preparations

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town; block; downtown; main street; street; road

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setting on fire; setting afire

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established; fixed; prearranged; predetermined

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matter; item; facts

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pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says

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paper store; paper merchant; paper seller; papermaking; papermaker

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craftsman; artisan; tradesman; worker; workman

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keeper of imperial archives; worker skilled in the brewing of sake or soy sauce

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counter for places

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main office; this office

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formation; combination

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lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)

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chief seat; seat of honor; seat of honour; head of the table

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new; fresh; new item (e.g. customer, regulation); newly created object; new customer

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trader; dealer; businessperson; fellow trader; people in the same trade

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by means of; due to; because of; according to

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coming down from one's seat and prostrating oneself (to pay obeisance); musicians' box on the left side of the stage; lower seat

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city

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the six virtues (perfections) a Buddha elect practices to attain supreme enlightenment

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Mino (former province located in the south of present-day Gifu Prefecture)

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Ōmi (former province located in present-day Shiga Prefecture)

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smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)

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