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sacred place; holy ground; the Holy Land; real-life location used as a setting in a novel, film, anime, etc.

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flowers and incense (given as a Buddhist offering)

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servant girl

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to work (someone) hard; to push (someone) around

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to bend; to warp; to yield; to be supple (e.g. bamboo, body); to be flexible; to be pliant

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to dump (e.g. onto the floor); to empty by overturning; to throw out (the contents); to tell everything; to open one's heart; to reveal (a secret, the truth, etc.)

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to rage; to be fierce; to be excited

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mysterious profundity; quiet beauty; the subtle and profound; yūgen

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exquisite voice; exquisite music

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warmth; heat

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playing on the koto

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fundus of the eye

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brave; courageous; gallant; valiant; heroic

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question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion

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to happen to have; to have on hand; to carry (e.g. money)

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individual of taste

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thatching a roof (with grass); thatched roof

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open water pipe; conduit

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midsummer; height of summer

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to wipe thoroughly; to polish well

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refined; elegant; graceful; modest; reserved; restrained

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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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hedge; fence; border; limit

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nasal discharge; nasal mucus; snot; booger; bogey

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standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability

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qin (7-stringed Chinese zither); guqin

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string (of a shamisen, etc.); stringed instrument

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paulownia wood with a burnt finish

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flurried; flustered; upset; nervous; embarrassed

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this is not the time (for that); that's out of the question right now

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preparing to flee; being ready to run away

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guiltless; innocent

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parents and siblings; one's relatives

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make-up; makeup; cosmetics; decoration; dressing; veneer

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to wring off; to wrest from

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koto plectrum

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takamaki-e; embossed gilt lacquerwork

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

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Nijinomatsubara

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shade; shadow

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one line; one stretch (e.g. of road); earnest; resolute; (arch.) one bloodline; (arch.) one clan

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handcart; wheelbarrow

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nursing; (army) nurse

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parroting back; repeating (another's words) like a parrot

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child dying before parents; occurrence out of sequence; wrong order

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oracle; revelation; divine message

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helping hand; help; support; aid

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joint (between bones)

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miraculous

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one year; some time ago

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