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earthenware toy portraying a monkey sitting on top of a deer (often a bell)

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to feed (e.g. an animal on oats); to let eat; to support (e.g. a family); to provide for; to inflict (damage); to deal (e.g. a blow)

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grounds of a Shinto shrine

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cherry blossom viewing; flower viewing

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yamabushi; practitioner of Shugendō; itinerant Buddhist monk

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eboshi; black-lacquered headgear made of silk, cloth or paper, originally worn by court nobles in ancient Japan

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tsuzumi; hourglass-shaped Japanese hand drum; drum (general term for struck leather percussion instruments)

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lion; left-hand (stone) guardian lion-dog at a Shinto shrine

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to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to whirl (in the wind); to flutter (about); to swirl

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door; entrance; gateway

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imagination; supposition; virtual; potential (enemy)

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nightlife; night amusements

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chief priest (of a Buddhist temple); abbot

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nail; spike; tack; rivet; brad; (pachinko) pin

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chain; chains

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to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve; to transfer (phone call)

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before the gate; in front of the gate

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Minamisaitamagun

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bush clover; Japanese clover (any flowering plant of genus Lespedeza); dark red exterior with blue interior (color combination worn in autumn); Hagi (city in Yamaguchi)

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primness; putting on airs; clear soup; water for rinsing sake cups (at a banquet, etc.)

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lick; bottom card of the draw pile; (arch.) tasting (a nobleman's) medicine to see if it contains poison; (arch.) medicine taster

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empty lot; vacant plot of land

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transforming oneself; taking on another form; disguising oneself; artificial fly (for fishing)

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kasaya; monk's stole; wearing an article of clothing in the same manner as a kasaya (i.e. draped over one shoulder)

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end; finish; bound; limit; finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki); trump card

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every night

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demoness; witch; ogress; married woman

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to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)

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young samurai

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to take refuge in; to succeed in running away

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funny; amusing; strange; odd; wrong; unsuitable

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box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building

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to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter

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what with this and that; for a number of reasons

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knot (in rope, etc.); bonds; arrest; rope impressions (on the surface of pottery)

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dweller; inhabitant; resident; user (of a website)

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smell; scent; aura; whiff; faint, mist-like pattern along the temper line of a Japanese sword

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Shinzaemon

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(on a) closer look; closer scrutiny; second look

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careless; thoughtless; hasty; rash

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is that so?; I see; right; oh

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prayer; wish; vow

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rope; cord; policeman's rope

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to; towards; for

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ten-night memorial service (6th to 15th days of the 10th month in the lunar calendar)

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to undo; to untie; to unfasten; to unlace; to unravel; to loosen

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convenient; useful; finding useful; coming in handy; (priceless) treasure

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egoma (type of perilla); Perilla frutescens var. frutescens

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to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly

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wire netting; wire mesh; wire gauze; chain-link mesh; chicken wire

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