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to originate (with); to start (with); to stem (from)

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witch

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corrupt practice; evil practice; bad custom; abuse; evil ways

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progressive

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incredible song; great song

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Dante; Dante Alighieri (Italian poet; 1265-1321)

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information; experience; observation; seeing and hearing

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one's outlook on the universe

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life in exile

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fleeing from one's country; seeking asylum; defection; emigration (for political reasons); (going into) exile; becoming a (political) refugee

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Japanese title (given to foreign work)

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Ōgai; Ōgai Mori (1862.2.17-1922.7.9; novelist, poet, translator and Army Surgeon general officer)

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the Trinity; three parts; three components; three factors

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purgatory

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cant

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sum total; total amount

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inner structure; internal anatomy

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Terza rima

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rhyme; rhyme (of a Chinese character); rime

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conventions to be followed in composing Japanese poetry; phraseology; diction; rules of grammar and syntax when reading kanbun in Japanese

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the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person

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needle (compass, gauge, etc.); hand (clock); indicator; guiding principle; guideline; guide

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soul; spirit; departed soul; ghost

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gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; school; phylum; division; counter for cannons

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that well-known ...; the one and only ...; that; those; the

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to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted

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to go to hell; to fall into hell; to be damned

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to receive punishment; to be punished; to pay a penalty

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call; visit

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purification; cleanup (e.g. of politics); purge

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standing by; awaiting an opportunity; being on alert; quarantine

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pagan; heretic; heathen

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guide

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Beatrice

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highlight

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moment; brief space of time

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relief; aid; help; (religious) salvation; (Christian) grace

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distance; journey; itinerary; path (e.g. to one's goal); way; process

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colloquialism; colloquial language; slang

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dialect; provincialism

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written word; written language

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standard; criterion; norm; average; the norm; the ordinary

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to share

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republic; commonwealth

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(one's) youth; one's younger days

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highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly

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to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)

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to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for

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to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish

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town hall; city hall

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