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self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself

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gatha (poetic verse of a scripture)

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after all; anyway; actually; well, ...; ... on earth (e.g. "what on earth?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?")

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point of view

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try to be; want to be

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kick; treating (someone) poorly

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to be pleased with; to be to one's liking

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to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit

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poem; poetry; verse; Chinese poem

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fool

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to be exhausted

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dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze

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unusual; unwonted; uncharacteristic

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urgent business

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to become quiet; to quiet down; to quieten down; to calm down; to die down; to subside

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noon; midday; daytime; lunch

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Otsu-e; Edo-period folk art genre of painting originating in Ōtsu

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inn; tavern; Edo period lodging for travellers

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inn; tavern; basket used by travellers to carry food and other supplies; basket used by travellers to carry horse fodder

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Ōtsu (city in Shiga)

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in the twinkling of an eye; in a flash

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ascent; climbing; up-train; train heading toward the starting point of its route; upbound (esp. toward Tokyo); upstream

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well

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quiet (place); still; silent; inconspicuously; modestly; quietly

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night fog

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to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience

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to take a breather; to take a rest; to catch one's breath; to take a breath

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biwa (Japanese lute)

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lake (in place names)

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with the exception of; excepting; excluding

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one color; one colour; one article; same tendency; everyone being caught up in the same thing

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mica; isinglass

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beautification; glorification

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a pair (of shoes or socks)

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proximity; nearness; soon; nearby

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hollow; cavity; hole; cave

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vermiculation; peristalsis; crawling like a worm

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tenth day of the month; ten days

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to think hard; to brood over; to worry too much (about); to torment oneself (with the thought of)

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rib; frame (of a ship)

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rib; rib cage

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to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated

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to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss

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fear; horror; anxiety; concern; uneasiness; reverence

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apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize

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dried lacquer; dry lacquer (technique); kanshitsu; technique for making objects (vessels, sculptures, statues, etc.) from many layers of hemp cloth soaked with lacquer

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the second time

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lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification

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change in pronunciation or meaning of a word; sound change; word with an altered pronunciation or meaning; turning or twisting part of a text (in Chinese poetry)

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(arch.) I; (arch.) me; (person having) thin or shaved eyebrows; affectionate suffix for names of young men or pets

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