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pain; anguish; suffering; duhkha (suffering)

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size; large and small (sizes); various sizes; daishō (matched pair of long and short swords); large and small drums; long months and short months; sic bo (Macao dice game)

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(beautiful) scenery; natural beauty

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to surpass; to outstrip; to excel

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cruise boat; cruiser

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brothel

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water's edge; shore; waterside

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water's edge; beach; shore

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slightly elevated

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stone statue of Jizo (often found along roads); taciturn person; person uninterested in romance

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ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)

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one night; all night; overnight; one evening

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sleeve; wing (of a stage, desk, gate, etc.)

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book title; heading; topic; subject; Nichiren Buddhist chant

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Akiko

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this

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to stretch a string

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left hand; left-hand side; left-hand direction; (on) the left

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group; flock; crowd; wide expanse (of flowers)

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corner; nook; shade; shadow; dark circles (under the eyes); dark rings

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more and more; increasingly; extremely; very

2

settlement; village; community; (bacterial) colony

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Amidaji

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inlet; seashore; beach

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the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it

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Tanoura

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here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...

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house where one was born; one's parents' house

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not to mention ...; needless to say ...; not to speak of ...; (arch.) negligent; (arch.) neglectful; (arch.) careless

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extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation

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ruins (of a building, town, etc.); remains

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spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence

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Haruko

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to give a glance (at); to take one look at

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sisters

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emotion; feeling; atmosphere; mood; spirit

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elder brother; one's senior; dashing young man; gallant young lad

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with untiring zeal

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to stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on

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river dike

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to demarcate; to delimit; to divide (an area); to punctuate; to put an end to (e.g. a sentence); to insert pauses or breaks (e.g. when reading aloud)

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one machine; one vehicle

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brother-in-law (spouse's older brother or older sister's husband); older stepbrother

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to bake; to plate; to print; to burn into one's memory; to sear into one's consciousness

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yearned for; longed for; missed

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impressive; striking; memorable; impactful

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to say; to speak; to tell; to talk

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older sister; elder sister

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realistic; pragmatic

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to differ; to vary; to disagree

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