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weather strip; weather stripping; sealing up (a window); putting on eyeliner (in theatre)

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Haydn

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oratorio

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river; stream; River; the ... river

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bill; bill of sale; tab (for later payment); credit; contact move (in go); direct attack to an enemy stone; sound effect produced by striking with clappers a wooden board in kabuki

1

excess; surplus; superabundance; overabundance

1

defense; defence; defensive preparations

1

twenty-third day of the month; twenty-three days

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Labour Thanksgiving Day (national holiday; November 23) (Labor)

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praise; glorification; extolment

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to blow violently; to sweep over; to devastate

2

to die out; to become extinct

2

inconspicuous; unobtrusive; low-profile

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Judea (southern Palestine); Jews

2

Passover

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labor; labour; exertion; diligent service

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to put up with; to endure; to bear patiently

3

employee; worker; laborer (labourer); blue-collar worker

1

turning point; critical juncture; knot (in a tree, etc.)

2

Imperial household

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event; function

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ceremonial offering to the deities by the Emperor of newly-harvested rice

7

weird; odd; bizarre; curious

1

Nichiren chant; (an empty) slogan

1

postwar period; period after Second World War

1

General Headquarters (office of the Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers); GHQ

1

Imperial Household Shinto

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counter for colours

1

to dilute; to water down

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frank; candid; outspoken; unreserved

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harvest festival

2

emperor (of Japan); mikado

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lunar calendar

1

fixed date; appointed day

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winter solstice

2

New Year

1

rice cultivation; rice crop

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cycle

3

to value; to prize; to esteem; to respect

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all year round

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being concentrated on one thing; devoting oneself completely to something

1

business holiday

2

absorption; suction; aspiration; attraction; draw

1

cheerfully; excitedly

1

short bob (haircut)

1

all of a sudden; suddenly; by chance; unexpectedly

1

dark purple; grape (colour)

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early on; earlier on; from early

2

individual; distinctive; unique; characteristic; personal; idiosyncratic

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living corpse

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