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sweet and sour; bittersweet (feeling)

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skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath

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taste; flavor; flavour

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fresh; refreshing; invigorating; clear (voice); fluent (speech); eloquent

3

mm; hm; ngh; hm?; huh?

3

to become a (bad) habit; to become a habitual practice; to become addictive; to grow on one; to become moreish

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point (of a story, argument, etc.); key point; point; site; point (in scoring); point (in a loyalty program); points

1

shrieking; squealing; screeching; chattering (e.g. of a monkey); chittering

1

somehow; for some reason; without knowing why

1

eaves; narrow aisle surrounding the core of a temple building

6

to span; to bridge; to cross; to straddle

1

matcha; powdered green tea

1

sweets (desserts, candy, etc.)

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Heian period (794-1185)

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to stick (to); to cling (to); to adhere (to); to stay (in a place); to stick close (to someone); to follow (someone) around

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Japanese beautyberry (Callicarpa japonica)

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The Tale of Genji (Heian-period classic)

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folding book; counter for units of paper and nori (48 pages of Mino paper; 20 pages of hanshi; 10 sheets of nori); counter for folding books, folding screens, shields, etc.; counter for pairs (of curtains); counter for tatami mats

1

stuffing; packing; endgame; final stage; end; end (esp. of a bridge); edge

1

to build; to construct

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torii (Shinto shrine archway)

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to be crowded with people; to be bustling with; to prosper; to flourish; to do thriving business

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this area; around here

3

equality; impartiality; evenness

3

front approach to shrine or temple

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intervening

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territory (pre-Taika: under the Yamato court; Heian: under a provincial governor, etc.); (arch.) countryside

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Shinto shrine

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adjacency; contiguity; being adjoined

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bustling; busy; crowded; lively (party, voices, etc.); loud; noisy

2

to get better; to get well; to recover (from an illness); to be cured; to be restored; to heal

1

(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when

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to (do) like this

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imprudent; indiscreet; immodest; indecent; inconsiderate; inappropriate

2

drive; trip by car; to (go for a) drive; to go on a trip by car; to drive (e.g. a car); to drive (innovation, change, etc.)

2

to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart

1

charm against evil spirits; talisman; amulet

2

interest (in something); curiosity (about something); zest (for)

1

human emotions (joy, anger, grief and pleasure); feelings

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joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing

2

action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation

2

sadness; sorrow; grief

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pain; anguish; distress; suffering; hardship

1

regret; repentance; remorse

2

negative; minus

4

loop; band; loop (in a program); looping (of a video, slideshow, etc.); repeating (e.g. of a conversation); time loop (in fiction); temporal loop

1

stagnation; tie-up; standstill; congestion; delay; accumulation

2

heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling, atmosphere, etc.); serious; gloomy

1

there; the spot; the place; then and there; on the spot; immediately

3

strange; weird; odd; strange thing; strange person

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