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June; sixth month of the lunar calendar

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marguerite (Chrysanthemum frutescens); Japanese women's hairstyle comprised of a long braid tied up in a loop with a ribbon (ca. 1885)

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feast; banquet

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goods; article; thing

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seeing the old year out; greeting the New Year; passing the winter; playing past the usual 12 rounds in one game

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following year

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precautionary measures

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first step

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fumigation; smoking (out)

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there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)

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underhanded; unfair; makeshift; stopgap

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clothing

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like; as if; the same as

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katsuobushi; small pieces of sliced dried bonito

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(writing, painting) brush

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Tinea translucens (species of clothes moth)

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stain; spot; smudge; spot (on one's skin, e.g. chloasma, liver spot); blemish; discoloration

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one-thousandth; 0.03 mm (one-thousandth of a sun); 0.01 percent (one-thousandth of a wari); old monetary unit (0.0001 yen)

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silvery-white

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but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding

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evolution; progress

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low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key

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scroll (picture)

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clothes; clothing; garments

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starch

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any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand

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slander; bad-mouthing; abuse; insult; speaking ill (of)

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book; publication

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to like; to prefer

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to eat up and spoil (e.g. crops); to eat away; to eat a bit of everything; to encroach upon; to take over

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plants and animals; flora and fauna

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book bound in Japanese style

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rice bin; breadwinner

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(husked grains of) rice; staple (product, etc.); necessity

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regional administrator (pre-Taika hereditary title)

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(arch.) provincial governor's office; provincial governorate (beginning in the late Heian period)

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what's the best thing to do?; what to do?

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woman; lady; adult female

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request; favour (to ask); wish; please

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ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to

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manufactured goods; finished goods; product

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disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant

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notice; notification

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formalin

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to dilute; to water down

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flat; even; level; plain (speech, etc.); simple

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plate; dish; serving; helping; kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)

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after a short time; in a short while; a short time later

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lightly rolling (of a small and round thing); pleasant, high-pitched sound (e.g. bell, young woman's laughter); changing frequently (e.g. conversation, plans); (occurring) in rapid succession (e.g. sumo wrestlers being defeated); roly-poly; chirp chirp (sound of insects); ribbit ribbit (sound of frogs)

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one house

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