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amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute

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pregnant

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all for the best; what is right

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gift; boon; godsend; (good) result; fruit (e.g. of one's efforts)

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to redeem; to take out of pawn; to buy a geisha or prostitute out of bondage (by paying off her debt to her employer)

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during absence from home

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marrying into the wife's family

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married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; set of two (one large, one small); pair (for husband and wife); his and hers (e.g. teacups)

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wishes of a deceased person; dying wish

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presenting (to)

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to shift (something) from one hand to the other; to carry in a different way; to change one's grip (on); to exchange (what one is holding for something else)

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inlet; cove; creek; bay

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Nagata

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riding ground; racecourse; racetrack

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Hiyoshi

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guardian deity of one's birthplace

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shrine parishioner

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grand festival

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Shinto priest; chief priest (of a Shinto shrine); Welsh onion

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under a tree

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citizen; resident; person; user (of a website, esp. as a collective, e.g. Twittersphere)

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

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to forbid; to ban; to prohibit; to suppress (a feeling, laughter, etc.); to hold back (e.g. tears)

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machiya; traditional wooden townhouse; tradesman's house (esp. a home with a shop in front); merchant's house; merchant's family

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dress circle (of a theatre); (first) balcony; box; stands (seating for spectators)

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gorgeous; gaudy; dazzling; gay; resplendent

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rough fence of bamboo, logs, etc. constructed at battle sites or execution grounds

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to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)

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sacred horse

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long handle; long-handled spear; long shaft

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accompanying; being in attendance on; inner offerer (any of the 10 high-ranking monks serving at the inner offering hall)

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armor; armour

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to arrive; to reach; to adhere; to insist on; to put on; to wear

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many priests; (Heian era) monk-soldiers

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counter for horsemen

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cart (esp. a food cart); stall; festival float; portable shrine dedicated to a god and shaped like a house; stage prop fashioned after a large building; framework (of a building)

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first torii gate of a shrine

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to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on

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passage; passing through

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Hanzou

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Fukiage

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Takebashi

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Honchō

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Hongokuchō

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small boat

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Koamichō

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cold look

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place where the sacred palanquin is lodged during a festival

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offering a wand with hemp and paper streamers to a Shinto god

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young lady of noble birth; princess (esp. in Western contexts, tales, etc.); girl; small; cute; (arch.) prostitute

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