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Kozaemon

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colleague

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Shinsuke

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help; rescue; assistant

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to be main; to be principal; to be important

5

minimum; (very) least; at least some (comfort, etc.); only (consolation, saving grace, etc.); sole

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subject; national; citizen

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anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever

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Japanese and Chinese poetry; poetry; poems

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presenting (to)

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to allow; to forgive

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presentation of a poem (to the Court or a shrine)

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in the prefecture; prefectural

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boys and girls

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celebration

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piece (e.g. poetry); poem; essay; book; story

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traditional Japanese poem with verses of five and seven morae repeated at least three times, usu. ending with a verse of seven; long epic song with shamisen accompaniment (developed in Kyoto in the late 16th century)

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emperor; prince; princess

4

as a god; as was done in the age of the gods

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to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience

5

to enclose (with); to surround (with); to turn (one's head, heel, etc.); to rotate; to think over; to consider

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(Shinto) shrine

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imperial tomb

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mountain path

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here and there; various places; all around; all over; everywhere; throughout

1

to get better; to get well; to recover (from an illness); to be cured; to be restored; to heal

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to stake; to risk; to bet; to wager

1

courtier

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or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean

1

through; by way of; after; via

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capital (esp. Kyoto, Japan's former capital); seat of government; capital (of music, fashion, etc.); city (e.g. of light); location of the Imperial Palace

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Yamanashi (city, prefecture); wild nashi (Pyrus pyrifolia var. pyrifolia); wild Japanese pear

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territory (pre-Taika: under the Yamato court; Heian: under a provincial governor, etc.); (arch.) countryside

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paralysis; palsy; numbness; loss of sensation; standstill; state of paralysis

2

Fukashi

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mikoshi; portable Shinto shrine carried through the streets during festivals; palanquin; litter; lower back; waist

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yew plum pine (Podocarpus macrophyllus)

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root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature

2

five colors (esp. red, blue, yellow, white and black); five colours; many kinds; varied; melon; gourd

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mountain stream

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riverside; riverbank; edge of a river

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rock; boulder; crag

2

filthy; squalid; dirty; foul; sordid

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(many) trees; every tree; all kinds of trees

1

gathering

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face and eyes; look; expression; features

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strange; unconventional; eccentric; odd; odd number

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negative; minus

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precipitous; rugged; inaccessible; grim; severe; stern

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looking; viewing; (please) try (to)

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