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November; eleventh month of the lunar calendar

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Emperor's Birthday (national holiday held from 1868 to 1948)

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hot spring; onsen; hot spring resort; hot spring spa

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wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes

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to obtain; to get; to procure; to win; to secure

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imitation; fake; phony; pseudo-

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twilight; sunset; dusk; evening

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to solicit; to demand; to extort

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to peel; to skin; to pare

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peeled persimmon cured in the sun for stronger taste; dried persimmon; partially dried fish; half-dried fish

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to dive (into or under water); to get under; to get into; to hide oneself (esp. from the government); to conceal oneself

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gods and Buddha; Shinto and Buddhism

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contrary to one's expectations; to one's surprise

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prayer

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to concentrate; to focus on; to devote; to stiffen; to become tense

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irritating; impatient; annoying; frustrating; vexing

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hasty; rash; rushed; hurried; impatient; impetuous

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hard to do

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eaves; edge of the eaves

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endless; boundless; fathomless; eternal

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getting tired of; getting sick of; getting bored with; getting fed up with

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to be perturbed; to be agitated

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(arch.) alone; spilling tears in large drops; crying out in anguish; crying out in sorrow

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sensibility; (having) many worries and regrets

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generous; soft-hearted; having a good personality

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(many) mountains; very much (wanting to do something one cannot); greatly; so many; a lot of

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order; request

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to bend (the truth); to distort; to yield (a point); to depart (from a principle); to pawn

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to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)

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saddle

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village

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by nature; naturally; by birth; innately; congenitally

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in the city; within the city

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poor village; desolate village; lonely village; remote village

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farmer's home

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snail; cochlea

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to build oneself a hermitage

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snail

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four and a half tatami mats; four-and-a-half-mat room; small room esp. for assignations

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Japanese league; ri; neighbourhood (under the ritsuryō system; orig. of 50 homes); unit of area (approx. 654 m by 654 m)

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counter for leaves in a book (esp. one with traditional Japanese-style binding); counter for blocks of tofu; counter for servings in a restaurant; even number; chō (unit of length, approx. 109.09 m)

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frontal attack

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handwoven; handspun; weaving by hand

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brass button; golden button; boy's school uniform; male student

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uniform

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snugly (into hole, container, etc.); tightly (fitting, covering); firmly; with a pop (e.g. a cork being pulled out); with a plop; (fall) straight

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fallen leaves; leaf litter; leaf fall; dropping leaves; deciduous

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Nangou

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highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)

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leaf (of a tree); tree leaves; foliage

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