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to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on

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to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)

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looking up (e.g. a word in a dictionary); retrieval (e.g. data); searching for; referring to

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horsefly; gadfly

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district; county; district (of 2-20 50-home neighbourhoods or townships, in the ritsuryo period)

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hollow; cavity; hole; cave

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old man; old geezer

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lake (in place names)

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double-lined fusilier (Pterocaesio digramma); Taiwan (nickname); Takasago (classic noh play by Zeami)

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Okayama prefecture (Chūgoku area)

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Okayama (city, prefecture)

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similar instance; similar case; parallel case; analogy

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to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)

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small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive

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to turn towards; to point

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barrier; gate; seki (in go); mutual life

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people from overseas, especially from China and Korea, who settled in early Japan and introduced continental culture to the Japanese

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textbook; coursebook; schoolbook

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name; given name; first name

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be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)

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nether region; between the legs; groin; crotch

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embryonic age; fetal age; foetal age

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ankle

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to bend; to curve; to turn; to be awry; to be askew

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one part; one portion; one section

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300; three hundred; 300 mon; trifling amount; shyster

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as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly

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folk customs; folkways; ethnic customs

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among (other things); especially; particularly; at the same time; simultaneously; at once

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immediately following

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(Japanese) Agency for Cultural Affairs

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editing; compilation

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map

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Shimokita Peninsula

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to sprinkle water on (something); to spray water on; to splash water on; to hinder; to hamper; to stifle

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to wash clean; to cleanse

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to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)

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baptism-like ceremony performed by the buddhas on a bodhisattva who attains buddhahood; baptism-like ceremony for conferring onto someone precepts, a mystic teaching, etc. (in esoteric Buddhism); pouring water onto a gravestone; teaching esoteric techniques, compositions, etc. (in Japanese poetry or music)

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Ibaraki (prefecture)

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Chiba (city, prefecture)

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Kanagawa (prefecture)

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Niigata (city, prefecture)

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Shizuoka (city, prefecture)

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Aichi (prefecture)

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Shiga (prefecture)

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Nara (city, prefecture)

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Osaka (city); (arch.) large hill

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Hyogo (prefecture); armory; armoury; arsenal

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Ehime (prefecture)

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prefectures (of Japan, excl. Hokkaido)

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