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your views; your opinion; great idea; excellent idea

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to grow thickly; to be in full leaf; to be rampant; to luxuriate; to be luxurious

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middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart

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sandy beach

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low tide; low water; ebb

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shoal; wide shallow beach

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sandbank; sandbar

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fishing; gathering seafood (e.g. clams, seaweed); catch (e.g. of fish); haul

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to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep

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tide; current; sea water; opportunity; chance

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degree; extent; (health) condition; state of health; adjustment; moderation; addition and subtraction

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ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)

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investigation; inspection; examination; tune; note; melody

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seedling; plant raised from the seed

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small pine; young pine

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silk tree (Albizia julibrissin)

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Simon bamboo (Pleioblastus simonii)

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Chinese silvergrass (Miscanthus sinensis); maiden grass; susuki grass

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giant butterbur (Petasites japonicus); Japanese sweet coltsfoot

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to grow (of moss, grass, etc.); to sprout; to appear

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vulgarity; rural customs

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to become accustomed to calling (e.g. someone by a certain name)

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geographical; geographic

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Yanagishima

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Juei era (1182.5.27-1184.4.16)

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Minister of the Interior (669-1868); Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal (1885-1945)

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Sanuki (former province located in present-day Kagawa Prefecture)

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castle; citadel; fortress; castle walls; enclosure

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Salle

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Tomomori

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counter for countries

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government soldier; officers and other ranks; officers and enlisted

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hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe

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tracking down and killing; punitive expedition

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messenger; police and judicial chief (Heian and Kamakura periods); klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)

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existing in opposition or interdependence

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Japanese medieval text that chronicles events of the Kamakura Shogunate

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rise and fall; ups and downs; welfare; vicissitudes

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Genryaku era (1184.4.16-1185.8.14)

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Yoshitsune

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warship

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to tailor; to make (clothing); to train; to bring up; to make it seem like; to pass off

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Hikishima

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old poem (esp. waka); old song

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reef

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suddenly (rising to fame, etc.); instantly; immediately; one bound; one leap

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Temukaiyama

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oval tombstone

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fieldstone

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captain (of a Japanese-style boat); skipper; boatman; oarsman; head of a fishing crew; fishing master

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