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Edo-style kabuki

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admiration; wonder; astonishment

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to come together; to merge; to fit; to match; to be profitable; to be equitable

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China and Japan; the middle day; the equinoctial day

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haiku; 17-mora poem, usu. in 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 morae

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folding fan

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every direction

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to hand over; to transfer; to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way; to yield; to concede

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to take off (clothes, shoes, etc.); to undress

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frost; white hair; grey hair; gray hair

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ideal weather (for some action, event, etc.); perfect day

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draft (of a document)

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(Edo-period) account book

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the same; the said; likewise

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for generations; hereditary; generation after generation

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inheritance

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already; too late

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one hundred years ago; a hundred year previously

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every year; yearly; annually

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making one's debut; making one's first appearance; (just) showing one's face; showing up; introductory kabuki performance (to introduce the actors); December kabuki performance at Kyoto's Minamiza Theater in which all famous actors perform

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festive annual custom

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to dry

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sparse; distant (of a relationship); estranged; alienated

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strong; hard; manly

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joke; jest; banter

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old times; former times

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boy; son; man

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to look out on; to overlook; to face (a situation, crisis, etc.); to meet (e.g. death); to deal with (an issue); to attend (e.g. a function)

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ancestor

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to line up; to put in a row; to add (to a group); to accept (as a member of an organization, etc.); to link; to put together

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zun (ancient Chinese wine vessel, usu. made of bronze); (arch.) honorific prefix referring to the listener; counter for buddhas

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fishing; angling; change (for a purchase); clickbaiting; trolling; writing deliberately inflammatory posts online

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abstract

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adjective; i-adjective (in Japanese)

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to mow down; to scythe down; to knock someone off their feet

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I'm afraid to say; I'm sorry to say; unfortunately

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bronze statue

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familiar; well-known; regular (e.g. customer); old stand-by

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suō (ceremonial dress of lower-class samurai)

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sappanwood (Caesalpinia sappan); sappanwood dye (red in colour); layered colour (light brown on the front, dark red beneath)

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extra-long sword

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to shake; to waver; to tremble

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7 or 3 ratio; hair parted on one side

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barbarians to the east and to the west (from the perspective of old China)

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(arch.) southern barbarians (formerly used by the Chinese to refer to non-ethnic Chinese to the south); (arch.) South-East Asia; (arch.) Western Europe (esp. Spain and Portugal, their South-East Asian colonies, and their goods and people arriving in Japan via the colonies); exotic (esp. Western European or South-East Asian style); (in dance, puppetry, etc.) thrusting the right foot and right arm forward at the same time (or left foot and left arm); nanban; dish prepared using chili peppers and Welsh onions

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Di people; Zhou dynasty term used by the Chinese to refer to non-ethnic Chinese to the north

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to stagnate; to settle (at the bottom); to deposit; to become sluggish; to become dull; to be delayed

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to get drunk; to become intoxicated; to feel sick (e.g. in a vehicle); to become nauseated; to be elated; to be exalted

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riches and honours (honors); wealth and rank

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rice bowl; tea cup; teacup

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