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one's lack of learning or ability; shallow learning and limited ability

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as far as I know

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spontaneous generation; abiogenesis; natural occurrence; spontaneous occurrence

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mankind; humanity

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accomplishment; realization; attainment; penetration; pervasion

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love; affection; attachment; craving; agape; Ireland

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Ugetsumonogatari

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chrysanthemum flower

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Ueda Akinari (1734.7.25-1809.8.8)

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latter period; second half; late stage; third trimester; second semester

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Warring States period (of Japanese history, approx. 1467-1568 CE); Sengoku period; Warring States period (of Chinese history, 403-221 BCE); era of vicious competition

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retro; nostalgic; old-fashioned

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nostalgic; old-fashioned

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warrior; samurai

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brother-in-law; stepbrother; sworn brother

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pledge; vow; (of a man and woman) having sexual relations; having sexual intercourse; destiny; fate

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warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai; (arch.) man in attendance (on a person of high standing); (arch.) retainer

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that is; namely; i.e.

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lord; master

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to serve; to work for; to attend

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chrysanthemum

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to bloom; to flower; to blossom; to open

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friend; companion; comrade; accompaniment; companion (e.g. book); complement

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feudal domain (Edo and early Meiji periods, precursor to current prefectures); fiefdom; province

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confinement

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to do one good; to be beneficial; to stand in someone else's shoes; (arch.) to care deeply for someone

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to deepen; to heighten; to intensify

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faith; fidelity; loyalty

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to commit seppuku; to commit harakiri; to take responsibility (and resign); (arch.) to laugh until one splits one's side

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to be completely satisfied; to be completely contented

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surface of the earth; ground surface

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in order to be(come)...; since it amounts to...; since it is advantageous to...

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deep affection; dear; beloved

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friendship; fellowship; camaraderie

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to give one's life; to lay down one's life

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to allow; to enable; to make possible; to make feasible; to permit

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badness; evilness; bad; evil

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front-facing; forward-looking; positive; constructive

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investigation (e.g. academically, of the unknown); close inquiry (enquiry)

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reconstruction

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to fall in love

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starfish; sea star; asteroid; northern Pacific seastar (Asterias amurensis)

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Japanese pepper (species of Sichuan pepper, Zanthoxylum piperitum); Japanese prickly ash

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flesh-and-blood; human; warm; compassionate; (lit.) blood-circulating

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lyric sheet; card with the lyrics to a song

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crater; caldera; burner (e.g. on a furnace)

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shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes

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to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify

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soldier

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refrain

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