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language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking

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only; nothing but

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every night; nightly

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Hirata Atsutane (1776-1843)

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flat; even; level; plain (speech, etc.); simple

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hot (thing); passionate (feelings, etc.); ardent; hot (e.g. temper); zealous; enthusiastic; intense

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writing brush; paintbrush; writing with a brush; drawing with a brush; writing (composing text); the written word

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to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint

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loyalist to the emperor; imperial loyalist

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

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two; 2

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Yamagata (city, prefecture); mountain shape; chevron; cone

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to write (prose, etc.); to compile (an anthology)

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Chinese classical writing; Chinese classics; writing composed entirely of kanji

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stone monument bearing an inscription (esp. memorial for future generations); stele; stela

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so; like that; that's right; indeed; let me see...

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to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose

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history; pedigree; lineage

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class; order; et cetera; etc.; equal; iso-

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inscription; epitaph; epigraph

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dilettante; person of fantastic taste

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plotting (of maps); mapping; compilation

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prizing; valuing highly; esteeming

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reason; pretext; motive

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writer of haikai poems

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koku; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180.4 litres; measure of a Japanese-style boat's loading capacity (approx. 278.26 liters)

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print from stone; rubbing; rubbed copy

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estimate; guess; direction; bearings; registration mark (printing); approximately

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company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)

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far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)

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rotation; making the rounds; spreading; effect; efficacy; by way of; via

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to wait and see; to see how the land lies

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Hōreki era (1751.10.27-1764.6.2)

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Water Horse (19th year of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1942, 2002, 2062)

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kidney

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summer

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April; fourth month in the lunar calendar

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anthology (of poetry, etc.); compilation; collection; selection

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from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth

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how many years; how long; what year

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house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building

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let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...

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about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite

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three years

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four years

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paper

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in a crowd; in droves; crawling (of insects); swarming; dragging (e.g. along the ground); trailing

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to go out and away; to leave

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Shinto shrine

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to turn; to revolve; to visit several places; to function well; to pass a certain time

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