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mirror; looking-glass; barrel head; page added at the beginning of a document mentioning its purpose, date, author, etc.; mirror-shaped mochi

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to wear (from the shoulders down); to put on; to take (the blame, responsibility); to bear

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Kanagawa Prefecture (Kanto area)

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Ashigarashimogun

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hollow; cavity; sunken place; (arch.) vagina; (arch.) female genitalia

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origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient

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invoking a deity during a festival held in that deity's honor; medium's invocation of a deity to take possession of her (to receive his divine message or revelation)

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a water god

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five colors (esp. red, blue, yellow, white and black); five colours; many kinds; varied; melon; gourd

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warp controller (on a loom)

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to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in

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to pollute; to contaminate; to soil; to disgrace; to dishonour; to dishonor

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-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as ...; expresses a command; (arch.) to be; (arch.) indicates completion or continuation of an action

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staff with plaited paper streamers

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to stretch a string

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reed (in a loom); yarn guide

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tool; implement; means; furniture

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rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)

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parched; dried-up; empty; hollow; rattling; clattering

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to clear up; to clear away; to refresh (e.g. spirits); to be cleared (e.g. of a suspicion); to be dispelled; to be banished

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to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)

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two or three days

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to begin to rain; to begin to snow

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Shinano (former province located in present-day Nagano Prefecture and parts of Gifu Prefecture)

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beauty spot; place with beautiful scenery; unexpected victory; victory by uncommon stratagem

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Kamiminochigun

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Kinasamura

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married woman; woman; lady

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hair (on the head)

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handstand; headstand; being upside down; being in reverse

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to grow horns; to sprout horns; to become angry; to become jealous

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to jump out; to leap out; to appear (suddenly); to emerge; to protrude; to project

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thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances

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to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size

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Kiso valley section of the Nakasendo

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Nagano (city, prefecture)

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Chikuma

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palace

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to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)

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white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine

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Akita

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Kitaakitagun

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benevolence (esp. as a virtue of Confucianism); consideration; human; kernel; nucleolus

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Kadowasagawa

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Palace of the Dragon King; palace from the story of Urashima Tarō (said to be located at the bottom of the sea)

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younger princess; Oto Hime; Princess of the Dragon Palace (from the story of Urashima Tarō)

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often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently

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mischief-maker; trickster; lascivious person (esp. a loose woman); (arch.) mouse; (arch.) rat

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crupper

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to throw into; to toss into; to throw-in; to play a throw-in

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