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sakaki (species of evergreen sacred to Shinto, Cleyera japonica); evergreen (esp. one planted or used at a shrine)

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music; gagaku; ceremonial Japanese court music

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heavenly nymph; celestial maiden; beautiful and kind woman

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rainfall; snowfall; alighting; descending

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solemn (ceremony, atmosphere, etc.); austere; grave; majestic; dignified; stately

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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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heralding

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shaku; flat wooden or ivory baton carried in the right hand when in ceremonial imperial or Shinto garb

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corner; nook; shade; shadow; dark circles (under the eyes); dark rings; bend (in a road, river, etc.)

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to paint; to spread; to plaster; to apply (cream, lotion); to smear; to lacquer

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white beard

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Shinto priest; chief priest (of a Shinto shrine); Welsh onion

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prank; practical joke

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stifled (laughter); simmering

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gagaku; ceremonial Japanese court music

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playing (a wind instrument); blowing

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small double-reed wind instrument used in gagaku (made of bamboo, with 7 holes on top and 2 below)

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kokyū; 3 or 4-stringed bowed Japanese musical instrument; any Asian string instrument played with a bow

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harp; lyre

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end-blown flute (esp. the recorder)

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large hand drum

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high-class; high-grade; high-quality; high-ranking; high-level; senior

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sense; sensation; feeling; intuition

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symphonic music; symphony

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silent; quiet; solemn; softly; quietly; solemnly

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tasteful; elegant; refined; charming; attractive

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bass range (in Japanese music); six even-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale; Japanese seven-tone gagaku scale similar to Mixolydian mode (corresp. to: re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do)

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law (esp. ancient East Asian criminal code); regulation; vinaya (rules for the monastic community); Ritsu (school of Buddhism); lüshi (style of Chinese poem); (musical) pitch; six odd-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale

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noisily (esp. the noise of heavy feet)

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actor; actress; man of wits; clever person; cunning fellow

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quiver (for arrows)

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to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear; to affix (a sword to one's hip); (arch.) to affix (a bowstring to a bow)

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auspicious (good) omen

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Hirono

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to crowd; to flock; to swarm

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soldier; warrior; person of courage; strong person; very capable person

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to fill; to become full (of); to wax (of the moon); to rise (of the tide); to flow; to expire (of a period of time)

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conduct; behaviour; movements; gesture; performance (on stage, etc.); dance

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certainly; surely; undoubtedly; just; precisely; exactly

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Great Bodhisattva Hachiman (title of Hachiman due to Shinto-Buddhist syncretism)

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to dress up as; to disguise oneself as; to play the role of

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elaborated cloth; figured silk and thin silk

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to turn over; to change (one's mind); to reverse (one's decision); to fly (a flag); to let (a skirt, cape, etc.) flap in the wind

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

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lotus flower; Chinese milk vetch (Astragalus sinicus); china spoon; lotus-shaped pedestal for a gravestone

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plan; idea; design; taste; liking; preference

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main point; main object; chief purpose; core; gist; essence

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to send; to dispatch; to despatch; to bestow (favour, etc.); to grant (e.g. pardon)

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to breathe

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sexual feeling; carnal desire; physical feeling

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