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origin; appearance of auspicious omen

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Kyoto and vicinity (esp. during Edo period); Kyoto-Osaka region; Kansai region

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legitimate; orthodox; traditional

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Hon'inbō; Honinbo; grand master of the game of go

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preeminence; supremacy; distinction; excellence

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teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; (arch.) five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou-dynasty Chinese army)

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genealogy; lineage; family tree; pedigree

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to play a leading role; to play a central part

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imperial palace (esp. Kyoto Imperial Palace); imperial residence; residence of a shogun, minister, etc.; emperor; ex-emperor; empress

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Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo

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castle

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Go board

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ancestor; forefather; foremother

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time; hour; season; time of the year

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side job (outside of one's main employment); side gig; part job (carried out at home); home industry; (secretly) working on something unrelated to the class (or conference, etc.) one is attending

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karuta; traditional Japanese playing cards

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ticket; token; label; tag; sign; card; playing card

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Edo period (1603-1868)

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

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old family; old-established family; one's old home; one's childhood home

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erotic picture

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erotic manga; pornographic manga

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erotic; pornographic; obscene; perverted; horny; dirty

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ukiyo-e; ukiyoe; Edo-period woodblock print

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picture painted by hand; painting (as opposed to a woodblock print); original painting; original drawing

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paper

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direct

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paint; coloring materials; colors; colours

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(the) mainstream; main course (of a river); main stream

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cultivation; refinement; culture; education

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noble; aristocrat; peer

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as (for); for; in the capacity of

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ideal; perfect; most suitable; just right

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ahem; cough-cough; noise in lieu of a comment or contrary view

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writing; composition; essay; sentence

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to paint (draw) a picture

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in all ages; over the ages; forever and ever

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thin dōjinshi, usually featuring adult content

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intentional; on purpose

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anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most

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good-for-nothing; worthless

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upper stream; upper course; upstream; upper classes

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Sanjouoohashi

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to; traditional unit of volume, approx. 18 litres; square bearing block (at the top of a pillar); Chinese "Dipper" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

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town; block; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares

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singing and dancing

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dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding

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from here; from this place

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far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)

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to entwine; to twine around; to coordinate (with); to arrest

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