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Tsukuta

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ridge of earth between rice fields; ridge between grooves in threshold or lintel; footpath between rice fields; causeway

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li (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: fire, south)

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ditch; drain; groove; tread; gap (between people, countries, etc.); gulf

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lick; bottom card of the draw pile; (arch.) tasting (a nobleman's) medicine to see if it contains poison; (arch.) medicine taster

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Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; Ms.

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damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very

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ball (for sport, games, etc.); kemari; type of football played by courtiers in ancient Japan

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loose articles (not packaged with other things); bulk items; individual items; coins; small change

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(arch.) like that; (arch.) as such; yeah; uh-huh

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to rub; to chafe; to wear out; to become worn; to lose one's innocence; to become sly

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to blame; to reproach; to question (a suspect); to challenge; to aggravate (an injury); to be aggravated

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to confess one's love; to profess one's feelings

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occasional; infrequent; rare

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eggplant (Solanum melongena); aubergine

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to spit out all around; to vomit all around; to spew out (e.g. dirty language)

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older brother; elder brother; brother-in-law (spouse's older brother or older sister's husband)

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to have a cramp; to be pulled too tight

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belonging to no party or school of thought

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regrettable; disappointing; precious; dear; too good for; deserving better

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imperial decree; imperial edict

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to air; to dry; to drain (off); to drink up; to deprive of a role, job, etc.

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mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...

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to cease; to stop; to be over

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song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry

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mourning

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

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to be

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divine; godly

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imperial garments

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to weave

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ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pitch (e.g. in baseball); pile (of noodles, etc.)

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hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...

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to drill; to bore; to hit the mark; to get to the heart of (the matter); (arch.) to put on; (arch.) to wear

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zebra

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to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip of (clothes, rank, etc.); to deprive of; to divest of

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to degenerate; to lapse into

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by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly

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female weaver; Vega (star in the constellation Lyra); Alpha Lyrae

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shuttle (of a loom)

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female private parts; female genitals

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to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with

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wise; clever; smart; well-behaved (esp. children and pets); obedient; good

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cave; cavern; grotto; dwelling made in a cave; house carved into rock

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door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows

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to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to fill with (emotion, enthusiasm, power, etc.); to imbue with; to fill a space (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. of a voice)

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High Plain of Heaven (home of the gods)

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Japan

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in detail; with great care; completely; fully

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perpetual night; continuing all night

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