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to roll around laughing; to fold up; to hold one's sides with laughter

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masterpiece; best work; amusing blunder; funny mistake; boner

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whaa whaa; sound of a baby crying

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fool

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exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)

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living fossil

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decline; degeneration; decay; waning; ebbing

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to give (someone) a treat; to be extravagant; to live luxuriously; to be proud; to be haughty

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ironically enough; as irony would have it; in a nice little twist

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bearer; carrier; person bearing responsibility; person in charge; supporter

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decrease; reduction; decline

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collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration

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windy; windswept; blowy

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to make a speech; to address

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our

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please ...

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we; us; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) you (referring to a group of one's equals or inferiors)

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messenger; envoy; emissary

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foolish; stupid; silly

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to surround; to encircle; to enclose

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haggardness; emaciation; wasting away; being tired out; being worn out; exhaustion

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shoe rack (in an entrance); cupboard (for shoes and clogs)

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to tie; to restrain; to confine; to bind; to fasten

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Magozaemon

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rare; strange; odd; peculiar

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the four seasons

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Kyoto (city, prefecture)

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Japanese-Chinese; Japan and China

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book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter

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to order; to send away for; to have (something) sent to one; to pull (something) closer

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to be absorbed in reading

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-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as...; expresses a command; (arch.) to be; (arch.) indicates completion or continuation of an action

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eccentric; crank; oddball

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to enrich; to make wealthy

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Inari (god of harvests, Uka-no-Mitama); Inari shrine; Fushimi Inari shrine (in Kyoto); fox (said to be messengers of Inari); fried tofu (said to be a favourite food of foxes); inarizushi

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hokora; small wayside shrine

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imperial capital (esp. Kyoto); final word of an iroha poem; 10^16; 10,000,000,000,000,000

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first rank in the hierarchy of the government; highest rank given to a shrine

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relative rank accorded the gods of Shintoism

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to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)

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aburaage; thin deep-fried slices of tofu; frying in oil; deep-fried food

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front of (the main building of) a shrine

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companion; follower; attendant; retinue

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bowing one's head (in respect or worship); worship; respectfully yours

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to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated

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to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out

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in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start

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Bhaisajyaguru; Pindola; The Healing Buddha

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babysitting; babysitter; protecting; keeping; keeper

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my dear; (lit.) my Buddha

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