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female line; matrilinear

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bamboo whisk

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something like ...; something called ...

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to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included

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(any) particular; special; material; perceptible; noticeable

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speck; dot; point; only a little; particle; only one

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pure; true; genuine; unmixed

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habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle

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topic; subject

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to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do

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historian

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military man

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rampancy; prevalence; domination

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Dark Ages; dark age

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to have an eye on; to zero in on

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(piece of) writing; document; (act of) writing

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commoner; plebeian

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to fill; to become full (of); to wax (of the moon); to rise (of the tide); to flow; to expire (of a period of time)

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upper stratum (classes, stories, storeys); upper layer; layer above

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middle part; medium depth (water); medium layer; medium-size; mid-level; medium-rise (building)

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to get tired of (doing); to lose interest in

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ground; land; the region in question; the local area; skin; texture; fabric

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everywhere

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new form; new formula

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city dweller; townspeople

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Settsu (former province located in the northern and central parts of present-day Osaka and the southeast of Hyogo prefectures)

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puppet show

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originator; pioneer; inventor; progenitor; primogenitor; founder of a family line

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Awaji (former province located on Awaji Island in present-day Hyōgo Prefecture); Awaji (island)

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heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)

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opposite shore

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islanders

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upper part; upper stream; upper course of a river; right side of the stage (audience's or camera's POV); stage left (actor's POV); skillful (in comparisons)

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but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just

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man

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practice; practising; training; discipline

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pool (in river)

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tributary; branch

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to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear; to affix (a sword to one's hip); (arch.) to affix (a bowstring to a bow)

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certainty; reality; regular; permanent; samadhi (state of intense concentration achieved through meditation)

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to begin (doing); to start (doing)

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Kansai; region consisting of Osaka, Kobe, Kyoto and surrounding prefectures; Kansai; south-western half of Japan (during the feudal era)

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to spread; to be propagated

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first year; early years (of a reign or era)

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thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward

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god of wealth; (arch.) monk's wife

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minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)

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to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled

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to walk in on; to tread upon

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imperial villa; royal villa; detached palace

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