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culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)

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unnecessary; needless

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to act violently; to rage; to struggle; to be riotous

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reason; reasoning power; (one's) sense

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decline; ebb; failure; decay; decrease; loss

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true character; real nature

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for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now

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to change (one's clothes)

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entrance (on the stage); appearance (in a book, film, etc.); appearance (on the scene); arrival (on the market); emergence

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even more; still more; one layer; lowest floor (of a building); rather; sooner

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bride

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here and there; various places; all around; muddled; confused; in the wrong order

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to rain incessantly; to downpour

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example; instance; precedent; custom; habit

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perfectly; right on the mark; spot on; enough; sufficiently; thoroughly

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to astonish; to astound; to stupefy; to flabbergast; to strike a person dumb; to dumbfound

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cloth; fabric; material; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)

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stature; height

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pedestal

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to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive

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taking a quantity (of time, people, etc.); similar to ...; dependent on ...; reliant on ...; while ...; when ...

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suspicious object (e.g. potential bomb); suspicious substance

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everyone

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all eyes (of the public); (in) full view of the public; (with) everyone looking on; (focus of) public attention

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to make an appearance; to show up

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tower; steeple; spire; stupa; pagoda; dagoba

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slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)

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Leaning Tower of Pisa

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Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times

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Europe

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belfry; bell tower

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(bearing a) close resemblance; vivid reminder (e.g. of the past); dim; faint; vague

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step; stair; shelf; layer; grade; level; dan (degree of advanced proficiency in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.)

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pile; heap; counter for things that are stacked, piled up (or layered, etc.); layers of clothing worn under one's overcoat; combination of colors created by layering of garments (colours)

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standing upright; standing straight; standing erect; rising perpendicularly; rising straight up; towering high

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Romanesque architecture

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pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.

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arch; home run

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busyness; a lot of things to do; frequent use; heavy use (of); many uses

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structure; construction; makeup; framework; organization; pattern

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semicircle

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regular; well-regulated; systematic; orderly

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geometrical

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marble

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reappearance; reemergence; return; reproduction; reenactment; recreation

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one-by-one; separately; in detail

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arrangement of stones in a garden

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to carve into; to cut into; to engrave into; to inscribe

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fine (grain, workmanship, etc.); close (weave); delicate; precise; accurate; careful

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work; workmanship; craftsmanship; artifice; trick; device

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