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ancient boys' hairstyle with a part down the middle and a loop above each ear; Meiji-period women's hairstyle with hair twisted into a knot on top of the head and held in place with a pin; constricted tagelus (Sinonovacula constricta); Chinese razor clam

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grave; sad; mournful; sorrowful; pensive

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lamentation; deploring; admiration; praise

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dusk; twilight

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anguish

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resignation; acceptance; consolation

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first report (esp. of an incident or news story); initial report

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to make the same; to have the same ...; to be of the same ...

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movement of goods

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Kugawa

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rising water (of river, lake, etc.); swelling water; increased water; high water

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torrential rain; heavy rain; cloudburst; downpour

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gō; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180 ml; gō; traditional unit of area, approx 0.33 square meters; one-tenth of the distance from the base to the summit of a mountain; conjunction; sum

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Togawa

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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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Kyūkawa

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overflowing; flood; inundation; oversupply; plethora; abundance (esp. of something undesirable)

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madness; insanity; irregularity; deviation; fanaticism; fanatic

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flood; freshet; inundation

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wicked; evil; wrong; bad

2

crossing a river

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hope; promise; expectation; anticipation; side of a structural member

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facial expression; countenance; look; appearance; expression (vocal, etc.)

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third; no. three

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express messenger; postman; mailman; courier

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fighting a good fight; putting up a good fight; fighting bravely

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abandonment; renouncement; renunciation; resignation; abdication; surrender

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to become clear; to be made public

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one hour

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this or that person; anybody; many people

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uninterested; unconcerned; plain; light; flowing gently

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death in battle

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closing one's eyes; passing away; dying peacefully

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terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)

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to manage; to deal with; to cope with; to sentence; to condemn; to punish

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dying in vain; wasteful sacrifice of life

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sublime; noble; high-minded

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offering to a deity or someone's spirit; tribute to a person who is about to depart

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victory; triumph; win; conquest; success

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reason; cause; history; origin

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to stay indoors; to be confined indoors

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interest (on a deposit, loan, etc.)

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prison; jail; gaol; firm; solid; strong

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to pitch camp; to set up camp

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out of luck; (at the) end of one's rope

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gathering; place where people gather; (arch.) police station; (arch.) camp; (arch.) barracks

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holding out for a short while; putting up resistance for a while; briefly holding one's own

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to have a showdown; to settle (e.g. a dispute)

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ambition; aspiration

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these days; now; recently

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