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haori and hakama (Japanese male formal attire)

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to select; to choose; to diagnose (an illness); to judge; to liken to something else; to regard as something else (e.g. to use another person as a mirror); to see someone off

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hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar

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another world

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indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very

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after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years

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that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game

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selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful

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great; grand; extensive; large-scale

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blessing

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all you have to do is; just; that's all

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Hawaii; Hawai'i

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religion; religious affiliation; belief; religious activity

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to swear; to vow; to take an oath; to pledge

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to stick it out (until the end)

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to collapse (physically or emotionally); to fall down

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to break; to fracture; to fold; to bend; to make (origami); to interrupt

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how old?; what age?

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to age; to become old

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disillusionment

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to take another good look at; to reconsider; to analyze; to reexamine

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wedding hall; marriage hall; wedding place; wedding location

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to make a start

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stubborn; obstinate; pigheaded

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ritual prayer; invocation of the gods participating in a rite; congratulatory address

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report to the Emperor

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clear; sonorous; full-sounding; resonant; bright

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to resound; to echo; to reverberate

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master of religious ceremonies

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prayer; supplication

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over one's shoulder

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to wish (for); to pray (for); to hope (for); to pray silently; to recite (Buddha's name, sutras, etc.) in one's mind; to chant (a silent prayer)

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painting something vermillion; lacquering something vermillion; vermillion-lacquered object

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breach of manners; breach of etiquette

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branch of a sacred tree (esp. sakaki) with paper or cotton strips attached (used as an offering); sakaki (species of evergreen sacred to Shinto, Cleyera japonica)

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before god; before an altar

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to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice

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two bows, two claps, and a third bow (standard form of worshiping at a shrine)

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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

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huge mound; heap; pile

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in various ways; in all sorts of ways; at every opportunity; whenever there is a chance

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sticky; persistent; insistent; nagging

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wedded life; married life

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ceremony; rite; ritual; service

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congratulations

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to do wholeheartedly; to put one's heart into something

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commemorative photograph; souvenir photograph

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(I) won't say anything no matter what; to be unwilling to tell even under threat

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without; but if; otherwise; or else

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formal dress; ceremonial dress; morning dress; evening dress; dress suit

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