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city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly

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tumult; great noise; clatter; hustle and bustle

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life; vitality; verve; vigor; vigour; animation

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to support; to maintain; to bring up; to raise; to adopt (a child); to cultivate (a habit, a quality, etc.)

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Saichou; Saichou (founder of the Tendai sect) (767-822)

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Enryaku era (782.8.19-806.5.18)

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thatched hut

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to move (house); to transfer (department); to change the target of interest or concern; to elapse (passage of time); to be permeated by a colour or scent; to be infected

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sky

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shrine; palace; imperial residence; Imperial prince; Imperial princess; headboard with built-in shelves, drawers, etc.

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Tsu (city in Mie); harbour; harbor; ferry

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Japan's three famous sights

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Hakodate (city in Hokkaido)

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night view; night skyline; nightscape

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fortress (surrounded by a wall, moat, etc.)

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small peninsula; cape; promontory; headland

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viewing platform; observation deck; observation platform

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lift; rift

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indomitably; undauntedly; resolutely; determinedly

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intimacy; friendship; familiarity

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sunshine; sunlight

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to separate (by distance, time, etc.); to isolate; to interpose; to have between; to alienate; to estrange

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rook

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pine forest

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to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to

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to gaze at; to fix one's eyes upon

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why; oh; no!; quit it!; stop!

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or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean

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as a child; when one was a child; childhood

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as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); just like (someone)

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absolutely; unconditionally; never (with neg. verb)

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had better ...; had better not ...

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basket (shopping, etc.); hamper; cage

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kanji (as opposed to kana); printed style (of writing Chinese characters); square style; real name

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well

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Ise (former province located in the major part of present-day Mie Prefecture and parts of Aichi and Gifu prefectures); Ise (city)

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plain wood; unfinished woodwork

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makings (of); aptitude (for); groundwork; foundation

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Ise Grand Shrine

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five colors (usu. red, blue, yellow, white and black); five colours; many kinds; varied; melon; gourd

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what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn

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blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature

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the five elements (in Chinese philosophy: wood, fire, earth, metal and water); the five phases; five practices of the Bodhisattvas; the five pillars of Islam

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Saturday; earth; dirt; land; lands; earth (third of the five elements)

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the five elements (in Japanese philosophy: earth, water, fire, wind and void); five great wisdom kings

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component; factor; item (e.g. in list); element (e.g. in array); member (e.g. data structure)

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all things in nature; the whole creation

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offertory box

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monetary offering; offertory

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thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward; gift

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