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ikebana; Japanese art of flower arrangement

2

tea ceremony; chanoyu

2

household items; furniture; furnishings; (arch.) bow and arrow

2

equipment; installation; facilities; arrangements

1

baton (of command); order; command; direction

1

engaging in (work); pursuing (e.g. studies); following (a profession); being involved in

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first Sanskrit alphabet letter; Africa; Awa (old province of Japan); (arch.) prefixed to names to show intimacy

5

more and more; increasingly; extremely; very

5

title; name; degree

1

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

3

flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda

1

talent; gift; function; noh (theatre)

1

low birth; humble origin; lowly; base; vulgar

1

origin; birthplace; descent; lineage; ancestry

1

to collect (debts); to dun; to appoint; to promote; to emphasize; to focus on

1

art director

1

baton (relay, orchestral conducting, etc.)

1

Tanaka Ikkou (1930.1-)

2

to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in

1

unlabeled; unbranded

1

extravagant; lavish; opulent; luxurious; magnificent; splendid

1

close (e.g. of business); leaving (e.g. school); being outdone; compare unfavourably (with); closing price (stockmarket); sink mark (casting, moulding)

1

proud; haughty; arrogant

1

dreadful; terrible; horrible; fearsome; formidable; awesome

1

resonance; sympathetic vibration

1

sense of beauty; aesthetic sense

10

roots

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tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony

1

these days; nowadays; now; at present; recently; lately

3

1,000; thousand

3

sect; denomination; tenets (of a religious sect)

1

shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof

3

Takeno Jouou (1502-1555)

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Rikyuu; Sen no Rikyuu (1522-1591)

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up through; up until; down to; from ... to ... (e.g. from head to toe); everything from ... to ...

1

art gallery; art museum

6

lecture

2

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

1

crest; coat of arms

1

tradition; convention

3

great erudition; extensive knowledge; vast stock of knowledge

1

to get; to secure; to learn; to master; to complete

6

Muromachi period (1333-1573)

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latter period; second half; late stage; third trimester; second semester

2

Bourbon (dynasty in France, Spain)

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establishment; founding; organization; organisation

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shallow; superficial; slight (wound); light (sleep); short (time); early

3

originality; distinctiveness; uniqueness; individuality

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boost

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loud voice

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