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Brahma (Hindu creator god); large staff with plaited paper streamers (used at religious festivals or as a sign); buoy (used in longline fishing, gillnetting, etc.); down puff (on the end of an ear pick)

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yamabushi; practitioner of Shugendō; itinerant Buddhist monk

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open-air fire (e.g. for garden refuse); bonfire; campfire; open fire (e.g. in a kitchen)

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ayu (Plecoglossus altivelis); sweetfish

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to stare at; to look hard at; to look up and down; to scrutinize; to scrutinise

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something that smells of fish or blood; meat and fish; degenerate monk; corrupt priest

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thirteen; 13; king

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fraud; cheating; foul play; trickery; hoax; swindle

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prayer; grace (at meals); exorcism

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money and goods

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rogue; thug; hoodlum; punk; racketeer

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ancient times; distant past; antiquity

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religion that worships mountains as sacred (e.g. Shugendō); mountain worship

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Mineyama

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three main Kumano shrines (Kumano Hongu Taisha, Kumano Nachi Taisha, Kumano Hayatama Taisha)

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meat eating; eating of meat; meat diet; carnivorous

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stallkeeper (at a festival, fair, etc.); street vendor; street performer; fellow; guy; chap

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man who takes his wife's family name and marries into her family; man who is adopted by his wife's family

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to act as an intermediary; to step in; to come between; to intervene; to interject

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somewhat strong; fairly strong; fairly firm

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reek of desperation; feeling of desperation

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half-eaten

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Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny

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to throw a punch at; to swing at; to strike out at; to raise a hand against

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to be afraid (of); to be frightened; to be scared; to tremble in fear; to shrink in fear

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cannibalism; biting (someone); man-eating (e.g. tiger); cannibalistic

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to go pale; to grow pale; to lose color; to turn white

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falsehood; lie

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to hit the mark; to hit the nail on the head

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rudeness; impoliteness; discourtesy; insolence

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scissors (in rock-paper-scissors)

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to be bound (by feelings); to be fettered (by); to be overcome (by); to be moved (by); to be touched (by)

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to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to seduce

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to conceal one's true nature or feelings; to feign friendliness; to play the hypocrite

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ass; arse; rear; end; acupuncture point; hole

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to shake and untangle; to shake free from

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staged event; faked situation; prearranged performance

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bicycle

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to hold (someone) down; to pin down; to wrestle to the ground

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very easy; piece of cake; child's play; before breakfast

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evident; plain; distinct; clear

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to beckon

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mountain top; summit; peak

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meninges

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farewell; goodbye; adieu; if so; in that case; then

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slow; sluggish; dull; lax (regulation, handling, etc.); slack; sloppy

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to grasp; to get

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tsk; tut; shoot; chirp; tweet

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somersault; returning from a destination right after arriving there; non-stop round trip; abrupt change of direction

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whistle (sound made with the lips)

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