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westward trip; trip to the West

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metal fittings; metal fixtures

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carving; engraving; sculpture

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Heishirou

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East Asian lacquer; japan; Chinese lacquer tree (Toxicodendron vernicifluum, formerly Rhus verniciflua)

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Ministry of Justice (in Tang dynasty China)

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blacksmithing; forging; smithery; blacksmith; smith

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mason; stonemason; stonecutter

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plasterer

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scroll mounter; picture framer

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workman; craftsman; laborer; labourer; artisan

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representative; exemplary; model

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the place for; the time for; the level of

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family; clan; sect; school; group of related sumo stables

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to select (the best); to choose; to pick out

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door made of cedar

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ceiling; ceiling (e.g. of share price); ceiling price

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artistic

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design; idea; conception; plan

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Kanou Eitoku

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Eitoku era (of the Northern Court) (1381.2.24-1384.2.27)

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school of painting

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each party; each faction; all sects

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deliberation; consultation

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lifetime

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masterpiece; masterwork; chef d'oeuvre; (unintentionally) hilarious; absurd (e.g. blunder); outrageous

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to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine

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art; the arts

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right; correct; proper; righteous; just

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skeletal frame; skeleton; framework; frame; outline

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Sumi

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the three deities (Marici, Mahakala, Sarasvati); the three celestials (Shiva, Vishnu and Brahma)

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to model (something) on; to be modelled on; to be made in the shape of; to symbolize; to represent

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(one's) master; (one's) employer; leader (of a country, group, etc.); head; Lord; main thing

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the Four Heavenly Kings (Dhrtarastra, Virudhaka, Virupaksa, and Vaisravana); the big four (i.e. four leaders in a given field)

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tower; tall building; turret; lookout; (arch.) brothel

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Vaisravana (one of the Four Heavenly Kings)

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row house built on top of a castle wall; row houses surrounding a main residence; having great knowledge about Buddhism; Vaisravana (one of the Four Heavenly Kings)

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five-storied; quintuplicate; fivefold

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stone-built storehouse

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tatami room; tatami mat room; formal Japanese room; dinner party in a tatami room (esp. when a geisha or maiko attends)

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hundreds

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what floor

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eight picturesque sights

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green pheasant (Phasianus versicolor); Japanese green pheasant

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boy or doll dressed in ancient Chinese clothes; hairstyle inspired by a karako doll (esp. for girls; Edo period)

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painter; artist

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sleeplessness; insomnia; wakefulness

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dust; small debris (e.g. dirt, crumbs); trash; garbage; negligible amount; tiny bit

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looking aside; looking away; (from the) eyes of an onlooker; outsider's view; looking on from the side

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