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order; ordering; beginning; start; foreword; preface

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phenomenon

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gently (of the wind); softly

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to rustle; to sway; to stir; to flutter

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to slander; to libel; to criticize; to criticise

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China (sometimes also used in ref. to Korea or other foreign countries)

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invitation; bringing over; bringing about; giving rise to; causing

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moustache; beard; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)

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staff with plaited paper streamers

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carapace; shell; 1st in rank; grade A; instep; back of hand

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Tsukubane

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yes; all right; OK; okay

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command; direction

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qian (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: heaven, northwest)

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neighborhood; vicinity; environs; approaching

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proof; evidence; certificate; license; to testify (usu. Christian religious context); enlightenment

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title; subject; problem (on a test); question; counter for questions (on a test)

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crown prince

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foreword to a collection of poems; preface; explanatory notes; captions

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granulated sugar; brown sugar

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particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.)

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Yasuhide

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long roofed passageway (originally having an earthen floor and used as a bridle path)

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corridor; hallway; passageway

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to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend

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to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on

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bamboo whisk

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funeral

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moustache; beard; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)

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basket (shopping, etc.); hamper; cage

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beyond this point; from now on; after this

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soldiers garrisoned at strategic posts in Kyushu in ancient times; Chinese soldiers stationed to protect remote regions of the country during the Tang dynasty

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coarse; rough; crude; raw; unrefined

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(arch.) I; you

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thrifty; frugal; economical

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sleep

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Tōtōmi (former province located in the west of present-day Shizuoka Prefecture)

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fence; paling; railing; (arch.) fortress

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keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use

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fortress (surrounded by a wall, moat, etc.)

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(arch.) surrounding area; shore (of the sea); suffix used as a rough indicator of location, direction, time, etc.

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palm tree (any tree of family Arecaceae)

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Sano

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to pass (of time); to elapse

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to break; to fracture; to fold; to bend; to make (origami); to interrupt

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reliance; dependence

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to bend; to warp; to yield; to be supple (e.g. bamboo, body); to be flexible; to be pliant

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flabbily; softly; limply; easily (bend); effortlessly; flexibly

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divination sign

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disaster; calamity; misfortune; trouble; woes

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