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(ancient) Japan; Yamato (former province located in present-day Nara Prefecture)

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Tenpyō-hōji era (757.8.18-765.1.7)

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three years

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Earth Boar (36th year of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1959, 2019, 2079)

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at; in; on

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Hi (former province located in present-day Nagasaki, Saga and Kumamoto prefectures; later split into Hizen and Higo provinces)

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the end (of); powder

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lightweight fabric or clothing; silk gauze; thin silk; Latin (language)

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(arch.) armrest; desk; table

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railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations

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second daughter

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acquaintanceship; vijnana; consciousness; written by...

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to rewind; to rally; to recover; to come back

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liberated woman

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eardrum; tympanic membrane

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to accept; to receive (an application); to (be able to) take (food, medicine, etc.); to bear; to be affected by; to take damage from

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portrait

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fiftieth day after the birth of a child; fifty days

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with a grin

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both sides

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Pella

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to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)

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oil; petroleum; kerosene; paraffin

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stratum; geological formation; layer; bed (coal, gravel, etc.)

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the Sun, the Moon and the stars; the heavenly bodies

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to turn completely into; to become completely

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evening sun; setting sun

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ardent; passionate; vehement

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habit-forming; habitual

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pathologic; pathological

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stairs; rank; grade; guide; guidebook; slanted ladder (exercise equipment)

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in plain words; in plain terms; put simply

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to continue writing

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to digest; to break down; to break to pieces; to be able to use; to be good at; to finish; to complete

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inner glow or light; deep gloss or luster (lustre)

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dryness; aridity; drying (e.g. clothes); insipidity

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possession by a fox spirit; person possessed by a fox spirit

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to hang; to suspend; to hang oneself; to hoist an opponent off of his feet by his loincloth; to turn upwards (as if being pulled); to be slanted (of eyes)

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illiteracy

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section (i.e. of text); sentence; phrase; verse (of 5 or 7 mora in Japanese poetry; of 4, 5, or 7 characters in Chinese poetry); haiku; first 17 morae of a renga, etc.

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crispy; crunchy; tearing; ripping; spirited; energetic

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excellent poem (tanka, haiku, etc.); famous poem; superb rendition of a poem

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one knee

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what's the matter?; what's wrong?

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Shylock

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Arsène Lupin

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extract (of plants, meat, etc.); essence; concentrate; concentrated stock

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no chance of; no way that; certainly not; will never happen

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to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out

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strongly hoping or requesting (of something that is difficult to be brought to fruition)

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