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sewamono (Edo-period drama about contemporary life)

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antique; historical object; pre-Meiji period drama; period piece

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large-scale

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living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood

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subject; theme

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great (i.e. great-grandson, great-grandmother)

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small peninsula; cape; promontory; headland

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one's heart; the mind; inner feelings; inmost thoughts; true motives

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the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life

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Nara (city, prefecture)

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peace; tranquility; tranquillity; Heian period (794-1185)

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Kamakura (city)

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old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago

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period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness

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Yoshitsune Senbonzakura (kabuki play)

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Japanese kana copybook

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(story of the) Forty-seven Rōnin; the Treasury of Loyal Retainers; Chūshingura

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original document (not a copy or adaptation); book in its original language (esp. a European language)

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translation; deciphering; decoding; translation

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edition; version; plate; block; editions of a publication

3

to finish reading; to read through

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to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out

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Japanese (language)

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furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more

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English (language)

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two times; twice; two degrees

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relief; peace of mind

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nuance

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surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency

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clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.

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honor; honour; glory; (arch.) prosperity

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to; traditional unit of volume, approx. 18 litres; square bearing block (at the top of a pillar); Chinese "Dipper" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

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sub-; -ous (indicating a low oxidation state); -ite; Asia; Argentina; Arabia; America

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stationary point

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French (language)

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star (usu. not including the Sun); planet (usu. not including Earth); star (glyph, symbol, shape); star (actor, player, etc.); small dot; spot; star point (in go)

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star (cinema, sports, etc.); celebrity; star symbol; asterisk; (celestial) star

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appropriate; adequate; suitable; fitting; worthy

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copy; photocopy; blurb on a book jacket; catch copy

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to come to like; to become fond of; to fall in love

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natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary

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to be conspicuous; to stand out

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to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem

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feel good (pleasant)

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great debt of gratitude; great obligation

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founder of a religious sect

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autumn; fall

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nirvana; supreme enlightenment; death; death of Buddha

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cloud

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life and death; samsara (cycle of death and rebirth); death

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