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original story (as opposed to a sequel, spin-off, etc.); main story; this volume; the movie (as opposed to the trailers; at a movie theater); feature film (main item in a cinema program); movie based on a TV series

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taboo

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ranking; toplist (e.g. of WWW sites)

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ridiculous baby name; unconventional baby name

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to name

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urban legend

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five; five years of age; eight o'clock (old time system)

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nth son; lang; official title in ancient China; (arch.) man; (arch.) young man; (arch.) my husband

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traditional ordering of the Japanese syllabary; fundamentals; the ABCs of ...

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bandit; brigand

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fortunetelling based on writing or pronunciation of one's name

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bad luck; ill fortune; misfortune

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terrible luck (esp. on an omikuji slip); very bad luck

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gloomy; dismal; miserable; spirit of yin

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discord; trouble; dissension; disagreement; friction; conflict

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disinheritance; disowning

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losing one's position; losing one's standing; downfall; fall (from power); being overthrown

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material; materials; data; information; documents

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look (in someone's eyes); expression (of the eyes); eyes

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hair dyed brown; brown-dyed hair

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earrings (for pierced ears); ear piercing; body piercing

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looks

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surfer

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boating; sailing

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dumb-ass; person lacking common sense or basic knowledge; delinquent; violent person; rough-looking person

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Keichō era (1596.10.27-1615.7.13)

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dispatching to Europe (e.g. an envoy); sending to Europe

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envoy; ambassador; delegate; emissary; mission

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who benefits (from that)?; who cares?; who would want that?; pointless; of benefit to no one; of interest to no one

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beheading (as the ending to a seppuku); (arch.) assistance; (arch.) help

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(period of) a year; during the era (of)

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most successful (of one's relatives, classmates, etc.)

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great ruler; noble monarch; deified sovereign; posthumous title for Tokugawa Ieyasu

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Nikko Tosho-gu

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temporary manifestation of a Buddha (or bodhisattva, etc.) in the form of a Shinto kami

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Edo shogunate (1603-1867); Tokugawa shogunate

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Common Era; CE; Christian Era; Western (Gregorian) calendar

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Kamakura shogunate (1185-1333)

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wordplay; play on words; pun; rhyming game

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Edo (shogunate capital; former name of Tokyo); Yedo

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ratio; proportion; match; equal; compared with ...; relative to ...

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short-term

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end; close; finish; end of play (in go)

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