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to assume the posture of praying; to press the palms and fingers of both hands together; to beg; to make a supplication; to see (something or someone of high status)

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Kubota Utsubo (1877.6.8-1976.4.12)

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shamisen; samisen; three-stringed Japanese lute

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to be intimate with; to befriend

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clear; obvious; evident; bright; light

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to play (a game of) go

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Go board

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go stone; go piece

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wealthy merchant

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to be remembered; to go down in history

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after one's death

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debt; liabilities

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female help; female labor; woman's handwriting; (arch.) hiragana

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to fall on one's shoulders (e.g. responsibility, duty)

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attic; loft

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to keep crying

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against; contrary to

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to lend an ear to; to listen to

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red light

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school expenses; education fund

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to support (someone) financially; to finance; to supply (money); to present (money or gifts) to a monarch (feudal lord, etc.)

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to encourage; to cheer; to raise (the voice)

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to seek knowledge; to ask for instruction

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sweat; perspiration; moisture; condensation; gulp; oops

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taste for the simple and quiet; rustic simplicity; austere refinement; enjoyment of a quiet life

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middle of summer; height of summer; midsummer

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(one's) Sunday best; (one's) best clothes; glad rags

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to cut (cloth)

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to finish sewing

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to train; to discipline; to teach manners

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to come off; to be removed; to disappear (of pain, a fever, etc.); to be caught; to be harvested; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)

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undershirt (worn under a kimono); singlet

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very high; high up; aloft; only; merely; just

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narrow path; narrow lane

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to cast a shadow; to appear; to loom (of a threat, etc.); to manifest (of symptoms, etc.)

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bamboo screen; rattan blind

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being in shape; holding a dignified appearance

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bright; cheerful

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to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose

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similarly; same (idea); same (name)

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first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)

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recollection; reminiscence

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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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studying under; looking up to; apprenticing oneself to

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housewarming (party)

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announcement; presentation; demonstration; displaying; showing; introducing

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to dress up

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splash pattern (e.g. on a kimono); dye pattern; kasuri

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height (of summer, party, etc.); (in) full swing

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interest; entertainment; pleasure; implicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing)

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