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devoting oneself to; concentrating on; being an ardent admirer of; (arch.) tipping over and collapsing

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poem; poetry; verse; Chinese poem

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lyricism; description of one's feelings

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enlightening; deep; meaningful; profound; subtle; rich in nuance

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work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production

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title; index; heading; headline; caption

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Musashi (former province located in parts of present-day Tokyo, Kanagawa and Saitama prefectures)

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plain; field; hidden (structural) member; wild; lacking a political post

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certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons

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masterpiece

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walking; strolling; roaming; wandering; exploring

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narrator; storyteller; reciter

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depiction; description; portrayal

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longish; moderately long; somewhat long; fairly long

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difficult to approach; inaccessible

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to imagine; to picture; to figure; to see

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wood; woods; forest; bunch (of something); cluster; line

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cry (esp. animal); roar; chirp; tweet; bark; whine

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straight line; beeline

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salt; common salt; hardship; toil; saltiness; cold

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the five grains (wheat, rice, beans, millet (awa and kibi))

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grove of miscellaneous trees; copse; coppice; thicket

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moss; short plants resembling moss (incl. other bryophytes, lichens, very small spermatophytes, etc.)

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to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)

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restlessly; hurriedly; agitatedly; fidgeting

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to stuff one's cheeks; to fill one's mouth (with food)

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end; edge; tip

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simple; artless; naive; unsophisticated

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gradually (progressing); steadily; slowly; seeping out (sweat, tears, etc.)

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amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity

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recitation; reciting from memory

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walk; stroll

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to lose one's way; to get lost

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to worry

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road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)

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always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively

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there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you

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in order to; for the purpose of; must; should

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female delinquent

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beauty

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length and width; length and breadth; four cardinal points; every direction; as one wishes; as one pleases

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to be open (to traffic); to lead to; to flow (liquid, current); to pass; to be understood; to be comprehended; to be honored

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thousands; several thousand

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or; otherwise; furthermore; also; (arch.) perhaps; (arch.) by some chance; (arch.) that being said

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reason; significance; cause; piece of information that one has heard; I hear that ...; it is said that ...

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to take; to catch; to capture

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finely chopped katsuobushi, sometimes with soy sauce

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first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface

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doctrine; rule; principle; -ism

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poetical imagination

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