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prevention; precaution; protection against

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Sukenobu

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picture book

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tedium; boredom; ennui

2

hedge; fence; border; limit

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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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drawing; diagram; plans; blueprint

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dreary; bleak; monotonous; tasteless; unrefined

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the sun; god of heaven and the earth; laws governing the heavens; celestial path; celestial motion; deva realm (svarga); path in the heavens

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Sakyamuni (sage of the Sakyas)

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Buddhist service (e.g. memorial service)

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lucky day; auspicious day; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)

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to look down over; to look down on

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punishment; judgement; judgment

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to pray that one avoids disaster or illness; to pray for harm or death to come upon someone; to curse; to charm; to conjure; (arch.) to treat illness (with a prayer)

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fifth month of the lunar calendar; satsuki azalea (Rhododendron indicum)

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the Japanese (rising sun) flag

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gold and silver; money

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to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell

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gold leaf; beaten gold

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work; workmanship; craftsmanship; artifice; trick; device

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utensil made by hollowing out wood

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to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)

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to betray; to turn traitor to; to double-cross

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to all appearances; no matter how you look at it

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prostrating oneself in fear; kneeling in fear; crouching in fear; prostration

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main meaning; opinion; idea; aim; motive; gist

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folk customs; folkways; ethnic customs

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intermittent

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even if; (it doesn't matter) whether (A or B or ...); whatever; should

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change; alteration; difference; distinction; something wrong; abnormality

2

facet; facetted object

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garden lantern; hanging lantern

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Ryuutei Tanehiko (1783-182) (alias Takaya Hiroshirou)

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Yang energy; spirit

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very; much

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conception; idea; thought; samjna (perception)

3

evening

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Chinese style

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opportunity; chance; trigger; cause

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unconscious

2

people (of a country); nation; citizen; national

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(bad) habit

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agreement; coincidence; congeniality

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Buddhist ritual

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gradually; slowly; little by little; incrementally

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to apply pressure from above; to press down; to overwhelm; to overpower; to repress

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companion; follower; attendant; retinue

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attraction; lure; invitation

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duty; function; office; mission; task

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