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kendo; Japanese martial art using bamboo swords

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to take a class

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implication; nuance; shade of meaning; connotation

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selection; choice; option

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florist's scissors; flower scissors

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bracken

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you can do it if you try

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tea-ceremony procedures

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small silk wrapper; small cloth for wiping tea utensils; crepe wrapper

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abbreviation; omission; outline; gist; plan; strategy

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portable stove used for tea ceremonies during the summer

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process; procedure; sequence; protocol; instruction

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to fly; to race away; to vanish; to disappear; to rush over; to hurry over

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to read thoroughly; to read repeatedly; to express (e.g. emotion in poetry); to read (extra meaning) into (something); to fetch (e.g. CPU inst.); to read (data into a system)

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to be confusing; to be different from what one is used to

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manners; etiquette; propriety; manner of production (esp. of prose, poetry, etc.); way of making

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tatami mat; Japanese straw floor coverings

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number of steps

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in a day; in a brief space of time

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way of arranging flowers

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depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program

8

economical; bargain; good value; good-value

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Buddhist (household) altar

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iron pot; kettle

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ladle; dipper; scoop

3

stifled laugh; chuckling; snickering

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tea room; tea ceremony

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paper folded and tucked inside the front of one's kimono (esp. for use at the tea ceremony); paper used for writing tanka

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The Runaway Riceball (book)

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even now; still; as yet

9

sense of stability

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growth; breeding; growing up (in, as); upbringing

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sasanqua (Camellia sasanqua)

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last resort; desperate measure taken under pressure of necessity

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common camellia (Camellia japonica)

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to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray

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ending without incident; being successfully brought to completion; finishing something without a hitch

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ponytail

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gasping for breath; puffing and panting; wheezing

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gasp; pant

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along

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horizontally; flat; across; crossways; crosswise

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back seat (of a car); rear seat

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honest; respectable; respectable occupation (i.e. not yakuza, prostitute, etc.); person in a respectable occupation

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as you see; as you can see

7

to run out of breath; to be short of breath; to run out of steam; to be unable to continue; to die

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stepping (in place); stamping (up and down); stomping; standstill; stalemate

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pedestrian; walker

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prudence; discretion; thought

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Jamaica

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