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(fine) 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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elephant (Elephantidae spp.)

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(one's) master; Lord; the main thing; the majority

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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 (Buddhist deity)

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Tamon

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hand net; dip net; scoop net

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five-storied; quintuplicate; fivefold

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warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown

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possession; ownership; Tibet; Tibetan people

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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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Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)

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indicates emphasis

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eight picturesque sights

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green pheasant (Phasianus versicolor); Japanese pheasant

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cloth; fabric; dough; batter; inherent quality; one's true character; unglazed pottery

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

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painter; artist

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sleeplessness; insomnia; wakefulness

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dust; trash; garbage; negligible amount; tiny bit; hustle and bustle (of life)

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scarlet; red

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looking aside; (from the) eyes of an onlooker

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range of one's work; one's area of responsibility; range of one's duties; place of one's work

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immersing oneself in; being absorbed in; devoting oneself to; giving oneself up entirely to

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roof tile

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naturalized citizen; naturalised citizen

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link (e.g. in a chain of events); part (of a plan, campaign, activities, etc.); monocyclic

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Chinese person; (arch.) foreigner

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cooking, esp. frying or stir-frying; heating; tempering; -ware

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kiln-equipped pottery workshop

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sickle; leading question; trick question; sickle-and-chain (weapon); spear with curved cross-blades; gooseneck tenon and mortise joint; (arch.) noisiness

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discrimination; insight

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walk; walking

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(arch.) southern barbarians (formerly used by the Chinese to refer to non-ethnic Chinese to the south); (arch.) South-East Asia; (arch.) Western Europe (esp. Spain and Portugal, their South-East Asian colonies, and their goods and people arriving in Japan via the colonies); exotic (esp. Western European or South-East Asian style); (in dance, puppetry, etc.) thrusting the right foot and right arm forward at the same time (or left foot and left arm); nanban; dish prepared using chili peppers and Welsh onions

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meaning; tenor; effect; influence; appearance; aspect

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Chinese design; Chinese style; traditional architecture associated with Zen

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Japanization; Japanisation

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admiration; being impressed; admirable; praiseworthy; astonishment; being appalled

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priest; monk; bonze

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travel; trip; journey

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Buddhist priest; monk; boy

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difference (of opinion); strange; odd; different

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Ekei

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