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genuine article; real thing; real deal

2

one's own strength; one's own efforts; self-salvation

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to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple

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to take; to carry (something) away; to bear

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recorder (e.g. tape recorder, time recorder); recording device; recorder (musical instrument); English flute

2

insurance; guarantee

1

spirit photography; ghost photography

2

waterfall; (arch.) rapids

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O-Bon; Obon; Bon Festival; tray

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returning home; visiting one's parents; new bride's first visit to parents

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China

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shaku; flat wooden or ivory baton carried in the right hand when in ceremonial imperial or Shinto garb

1

lake (in place names)

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perhaps; maybe; possibly

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reference data

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presentation (of documents); submission (of an application, report, etc.); production (e.g. of evidence); introduction (e.g. of a bill); filing; turning in

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demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire

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article; goods; fine thing; fellow; (arch.) prostitute; (arch.) price

2

telephone call; telephone (device)

1

six o'clock

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evil spirit

2

extermination (esp. pests); expulsion; destruction

1

that is to say; so that means

2

sake made from rice or other cereal which is chewed before fermentation

1

something like ...; something called ...

1

to ripen; to mature; to be ready for action; to be the right time (to act); to be in common use; to come to sound natural

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grain; cereal; corn

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to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid

1

saliva; sputum

1

enzyme

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force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort

4

conversion to sugar; saccharification

1

ancient times; distant past; antiquity

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Ryukyu; chain of southwestern Japanese islands comprising Okinawa Prefecture

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Taiwan

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Shinto ritual

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duty; role; function

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miko; shrine maiden; young girl or woman (trad. an unmarried virgin) who assists priests at shrines; medium; sorceress; shamaness

2

to carry on one's shoulder; to shoulder; to bear; to bear (burden, responsibility, etc.); to take upon oneself

1

to detach; to decapitate; to cut loose; to let loose; to dismember

1

three; 3

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then; in that case; considering; if that is the case; if so

1

quite right; indeed; truly; well said

1

badness; evilness; bad; evil

1

soul; spirit

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to appease; to suppress; to calm

1

repetitious; long-winded; heavy (taste); (overly) rich; gaudy (colour, design, etc.); loud

1

nothing; naught; nought; un-; non-

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to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)

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(mental) agony; anguish; suffering; distress

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