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family name, surname, clan
No., residence
family name, lineage, birth

full name, identity
3) the said person, he, she, same person
4) both persons
5) Genji (the character in the Genji Monogatari)
gradually (progress into a state)

first step
3) third person, outsider, disinterested person
4) leading person
5) World War II
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organize, tie, bind, do up hair, contract,

fasten, join
result, consequence
after all, eventually
3) marriage
4) conclusion
5) to tie, to bind, to link; to bear (fruit)
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organize, arranging, tune, tone, meter, key

(music)
regulation, adjustment, tuning, modification

maintenance, servicing, outfitting
3) well-ordered, in good order, well-featured
4) sorting, arrangement, organization
5) adjustment, coordination, integration
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ruling, governing, overall, relationship
president, chief executive

unity, consolidation, uniformity, unification
3) tradition, convention
4) integration, unification, synthesis
5) statistics
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counter for machines, foundation, fundamentals, radical (chem)
foundation, basis, standard

standard, basis, criterion, norm, reference
3) fund, foundation
4) foundation, basis
5) base
plan, suggestion, draft, ponder, fear,

proposition, idea, expectation, bill, worry
raise, plan, project, behavior, actions
to raise, to elevate; to do up (ones hair)

election
3) general election (of the lower house)
4) small electoral district
5) one effort, one action
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palace,
bill (law)
proposal, proposition, suggestion
3) rejected bill (project)
4) pending question, pending problem
5) original plan, original bill, motion, draft
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constellations,
Imperial Palace
Imperial Household Agency
3) Shinto shrine
4) palace
5) womb, uterus
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princess
protect, guarantee, keep, preserve, sustain,

support
to guarantee
US-Japan Security Treaty, safety, security
3) care, protection, shelter, safeguard
4) security guarantee (e.g. military security
5) guarantee, maintain, ensure, insure, secure
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shining, bright
pine tree
Japanese red pine (Pinus densiflora)
3) pine grove
4) young pine
5) Matsuya (department store)
Showa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7)

clear, bright, plain, obvious
3) Showa period (1926-1989 CE)
4) Showa era
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Shoei (motorcycle helmet manufacturing
company), Shouei
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take along, carry in hand, propose
preamble, premise, reason, prerequisite

proposal, proposition, suggestion
3) offer, tender, program sponsoring
4) to present
5) proposal, motion
price, value, cost

stock prices
3) valuation, estimation, assessment, evaluation
4) value, worth, merit
5) the price of land
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ballot, label, ticket, sign
reply, answer, yes, apply, accept, OK
to respond, to satisfy, to accept

interaction, correspondence, coping with
3) to respond, to live up to, to reward
4) aid, assistance, help, reinforcement, rooting
5) subscription, application
label, ballot, ticket, sign

voting, poll
3) national referendum
4) counting ballots
5) number of votes polled, poll votes
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utensil, vessel, receptacle, implement, instrument, ability, container, tool, set
bowl, vessel, container; ability, capacity

nuclear weapons
3) weapon, arms, ordinance
4) machinery and tools
5) viscera, internal organs
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evidence, proof, certificate
securities, bonds, certificates

witness
3) evidence, testimony
4) guarantee, security, assurance, pledge
5) evidence, proof
examination, investigate
inspection (e.g. customs, factory)

examination, prosecutor
3) consideration, examination, investigation
4) District Public Prosecutors Office
5) public prosecutor
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value, price
gentleman, samurai, samurai radical (no.

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lawyer, attorney
fellow, mutual, companion, comrade, bonding
3) soldier
4) doctorate, PhD, Dr (as a title); expert
5) sumo wrestler, rikishi; strong man
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healthy, health, strength, persistence
rank, grade, class
health, sound, wholesome

health preservation, hygiene, sanitation
3) health, soundness, wholesome
4) quiet, dependable, uniform
5) health insurance
class, grade, rank, school class, grade

high class, high grade
3) class, rank, grade
4) classmate(s)
5) (school) class
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attitude, condition, figure, appearance,

voice (of verbs)
current status, condition, situation

situation, (present) state of affairs
3) true state, actual condition, reality
4) attitude, manner, behaviour
5) mess, sorry state, plight, sad sight; way
care, protection, shelter, safeguard

lawyer, attorney
3) (female) nurse
4) nursing
5) nursing, (army) nurse
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tree trunk
(tree) trunk, (arrow) shaft, (tool) handle

executive secretary, coordinator, organizer
3) management, (executive) staff, leaders
4) bullet train (very high speed), Shinkansen
5) basis, nucleus, root and branch
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regiment, party, company, squad

self-defence force, self-defense force
force, unit, corps, echelon, element
3) group members
4) army, troops
5) (naval) fleet, armada
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faction, group, party, clique, sect, school

dispatch, despatch, send
clique, faction
3) splendid, fine, handsome, elegant, imposing
4) right wing
5) left wing
alone, spontaneously, Germany, single
original, peculiar, characteristic

independence (e.g. Independence Day)
3) sole, independence, single, solo (flight)
4) peculiarity, uniqueness, characteristic
5) independent state or nation
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stripe, article, streak, clause, item
condition(s), term(s), requirement(s)

treaty, pact
3) clause, article, stipulations
4) regulations, rules, laws, acts, ordinance
5) conditionally, with conditions attached
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safeguard, protect
rate, proportion, %, coefficient, factor, ratio
ratio, proportion, percentage

efficiency, efficacy, performance
3) tariff; tax rate
4) ratings (of a television program) (programme)
5) growth rate, coefficient of extension
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lengthen, counter for bows & stringed instruments, stretch, spread, put up (tent)
claim, request, insistence, assertion

tension, mental strain, nervousness
3) in the style of (esp. literary, artistic
4) Hold on, Go for it, Keep at it
5) official tour, business trip
defense, protection
self-defence force, self-defense force

defense, defence, protection, self-defense
3) satellite
4) Japan Defense Agency (Defence) (became
Japanese Ministry of Defense in Jan. 2007)
5) health, hygiene, sanitation, medical
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righteousness, justice, morality, honor, loyalty, meaning
morality, righteousness, justice

doctrine, rule, principle
3) Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea (North
Korea), DPRK
4) duty, obligation, responsibility
5) socialism
ri, village, parents home, league
ri (old Japanese unit of distance

1000 ri, (a) long distance
3) birth-place, home town
4) thousands of miles
5) foster child
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scheme, plan, policy, step, means
evaluate, criticism, comment
valuation, estimation, assessment, evaluation

conference, discussion
3) critic
4) fame, reputation, popularity; rumour (rumor)
5) criticism, critique
political measures, policy

counter-plan, counter-measure
3) plan, policy
4) decision, settling on
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stamp, imprint, symbol, emblem, trademark, evidence, souvenir, target, signpost,

seal, mark
1) mark, objective, target
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made in..., manufacture
manufacture, production
manufactured goods, finished goods, product
3) manufacture, production
4) medicine manufacture, drug manufacture
5) steel manufacture
director, official, govt office, rule, administer
commandant, commanding officer, general

administration of justice
3) superior authorities, boss
4) headquarters
5) chairmanship, leading a meeting
standard, level, norm

index, indices, indicator
4) elevation, height above sea level
5) target
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tailor, judge, decision, cut out (pattern)
trial, judgement, judgment

president
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4) district court
5) Supreme Court
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ease, peace
professor; teaching, instruction

lesson, class work
3) assistant professor
4) give and receive
5) award ceremony
health, sound, wholesome

health insurance
3) health foods
4) national health insurance
5) lull
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win acclaim, Ph.D., exposition, fair, Dr.,

command, esteem
doctor, PhD; exposition, fair, exhibition

doctorate, PhD, Dr (as a title); expert
3) museum
4) fair, exhibition, exposition
5) wide learning, natural history
century, era
twentieth century
3) end of a century (esp. 19th), fin-de-siecle
4) travellers journal, travelers journal
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development
development, growth
3) progress, development
4) exhibition, display
5) view, outlook, prospect
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study, master, discipline, conduct oneself

well
amendment, correction, revision, modification

training (esp. in-service), induction course
3) repair, mending
4) repairing, mending, servicing
5) repair, improvement
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break-down, failure, fault, accident

3) home town, birthplace, old village
4) the deceased, old friend
5) traffic accident
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see, look at, inspection, regard as
observation, guarding, inspection

police headquarters
3) opinion, point of view, visual point
4) importance, stress, serious consideration
5) ratings (of a television program) (programme)
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consequently, especially, intentionally, reason, cause, circumstances, the late, therefore, happenstance
1) accident, incident, trouble; circumstances
salvation, save, help, rescue, reclaim
relief, rescue, reinforcement

relief, aid, rescue, salvation, help
3) first-aid, emergency (aid)
4) help, aid, relief, salvation
5) relief, aid, rescue
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chronicle, account, narrative, history, annals, geologic period
fabric, weave
organization, organisation; structure

systematic
3) textile, fabric
4) weave, weaving, woven item
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distinguish, braid, discrimination
speech; dialect
lawyer, attorney
3) response, reply, answer, defence, defense
4) joint management, pool
5) defense, defence, pleading, advocacy
arrow
arrowhead, brunt, target
3) bearing the full brunt of something
4) rapid succession (e.g. questions)
5) an arrow, (a) retort
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stocks, stump, shares, stock, counter for

small plants
share, stock, stump (of tree)

stock (company)
3) stock prices
4) shareholder, stockholder
5) public company, corporation, KK
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nurture, foster, bring up, rear, develop
nutrition, nourishment
training, development
3) culture, education, refinement, cultivation
4) recuperation, medical treatment
5) raising, culture, cultivation
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figure, form, shape
figure, shape, appearance

attitude, posture
3) retreating figure, appearance from behind
4) appearance, ones face and figure
5) gallant figure
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advantage, benefit, gain, profit
profit, gains; benefit, advantage

earnings, proceeds, returns
3) benefit, use, good, advantage, gain; profit
4) current profits, ordinary profit
5) decrease in profits
boulevard, street, town
in the street
urban areas, the streets, town, city
3) business district, shopping district
4) town areas
5) residential area
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principle, naked, uncovered, elementary
plain, white silk; prime

raw materials, subject matter
3) component, factor, item (e.g. in list)
4) obedient, meek, docile, unaffected; honest
5) carbon (C)
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success, honor, credit, achievement, merits
success, hit
achievements, merit, meritorious service
3) meritorious deed, services
4) seniority by length of service
5) success, achievement, fruition
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dart, arrow
tower, tall building, palace
cabinet ministers
cabinet, (government) ministry
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knuckle, melody, stanza, occasion, knob,
node, honor, knot
1) occasion, time; section (of a literary work)
season
3) turning point, critical juncture; knot
4) envoy, embassy, mission, delegate
5) economising, saving
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conjecture, infer, guess, suppose, support
propulsion, driving force; implementation

recommendation
3) presumption, assumption, estimation
4) transition, change
5) estimate, estimation
lower house of the Diet

general public
3) people, populace, masses
4) masses, great number, the people
5) audience, attendance, hearers
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constitution, law
constitution
unconstitutionality
3) charter
4) protecting the constitution
5) constitutional change
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lineage, system
series, sequence, system, order of succession
(of) Japanese descent
3) system, lineage, group; corollary
4) system, organization, organisation
5) ecosystem
chastise, attack, defeat, destroy, conquer
consideration, examination, investigation

debate, discussion
3) debate, discussion
4) re-examination, review, reappraisal
5) cleaning up, sweeping up, mopping up
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county, district
district, county
rural districts, counties
3) Communist bloc
4) counties and prefectures
5) county offices
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entertain, revive, retrieve, interest, pleasure
interest, entertainment, pleasure

interest (in something)
3) promotion, encouragement
4) revival, renaissance, reconstruction
5) rising, developing, emergent
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poem, verse of poetry

poet
3) poetry anthology
4) Japanese (and Chinese) poetry
5) modern poetry, modern-style poetry
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multitude,
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get excited, enraged, chafe, incite, violent
extreme, radical
sudden, precipitous, radical
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criticism, strike
participation, affiliation
league, union, alliance
3) alliance, union, league
4) sworn friend
5) leader, leading power
criticism, judgement, judgment, comment

ratification, ratify
3) critical
4) criticism, review, commentary
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code, ceremony, law, rule
ceremony, rites
old book, classics, classic
3) type, pattern, archetypal
4) dictionary
5) festival
will, intention, motive

intention, aim
3) same mind, comrade, kindred soul
4) aspiration, volunteering, desire
5) wish, desire, ambition
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magnification, enlargement, expansion

scattering, diffusion
3) expansion
4) expansion, extension, enlargement, escape
5) an expanded or expanding equilibrium
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3) binding (book), format
4) one block (city); piece, an order
5) skillfulness
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rigidity, stern, strictness, severity
severity, strictness, intensity

strict, rigour, rigor, severe, firm, strong
3) dignity, majesty, sanctity
4) severe, rigid, strictness, rigor, rigour
5) severe, strict, rigid, unsparing, relentless
submit to, accompany, subordinate, secondary, comply, obey, incidental, follow
up to now, so far, traditional

employee, worker
3) campaign
4) therefore, consequently, in accordance with
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counter for guns, tools, leaves or cakes of

someth, even number, street, 4th calendar
sign, ward, town
1) polite, courteous, careful, care, kind, close
intention, plan, resolve, aspire, motive,

hopes, shilling
study, per, concerning, settle, take position, depart
inauguration, assumption of office

finding employment, inauguration
3) about, concerning, as to, regarding
4) actual work
5) employment, starting work
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wonderful, curious, unusual, uncommon,

queerness, strangeness
exception, illness, singular, exceptional

strangeness, abnormality, disorder
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4) objection, dissent, protest
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treasury
warehouse, cellar, magazine, granary, godown

storehouse, warehouse, godown
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4) rice granary
5) granary
bereaved family
corpse, remains
3) historic ruins (remains, relics)
4) gene, genetic
5) regrettable, unsatisfactory
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chant, recite, call upon, yell
mock, imitation, copy
chorus, singing in a chorus

to recite, to chant; to call upon
3) chorus group, choir
4) advocacy, proposal
5) song, singing
scale, scope, plan, structure

large-scale
3) pattern, figure, design
4) small scale
5) model, dummy, maquette
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proclaim, say, announce
declaration, proclamation, announcement

propaganda, publicity, advertisement
3) sentence, verdict, pronouncement
4) (right-wing) propaganda truck
5) oath, abjuration, pledge
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Emperor of Japan
crown prince
3) (Japanese) empress, queen
4) His Majesty the Emperor
5) Imperial Palace
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enterprise, undertaking, corporation

planning, project, plan, design
3) small to medium enterprises
4) large company, enterprise
5) Economic Planning Agency
copulate, boom, prosper
popular; prosperous; enthusiastic; energetic

peak (e.g. of cherry blossom season)
3) to incorporate, to include
4) height of prosperity
5) to serve (food, etc.); to fill up
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scheme, design, attempt, plan, undertake
affiliated, belong, genus, subordinate official
metal
attached to, belong to, member
3) independent
4) attached, belonging (to), included, enclosed
5) to belong to, to come under
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reserve, bequeath, leave behind
meet, confront, attend, call on, look to, face
temporary, special, extraordinary

clinical (e.g. pathology, physiology)
3) coastal, seaside, oceanfront, maritime
4) reigning, controlling; to reign, to dictate
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source of funds, resources, finances
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4) epicentre, epicenter, earthquake centre
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flag; pataka (banner)

national flag
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establishment, founding, organization

establishment, founding, organization
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muscle; string, sinew, line, stripe; plot

muscle, sinew
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swamp, marsh; mountain stream, valley, dale

brilliance, polish, lustre, luster
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virtuous, good, goodness
good, goodness, right, virtue

betterment, improvement
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disaster, calamity, woe, curse, evil
calamity, disaster, misfortune

conflagration, fire
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harm, hinder, hurt
security guarantee (e.g. military security

obstacle, impediment, hindrance, difficulty
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national flag, banner, standard
sultry, hot, summer heat
heat, hotness
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notebook, memo pad

account book, register
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assistance, aid, support

support, backing, aid, assistance
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institution, establishment, facility

enforcement, implementation
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plum, Japanese apricot, prunus mume

rainy season; rain during the rainy season
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secrecy, density (pop), minuteness, carefulness
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rigour, rigor, closeness, compactness
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apologize, thank, refuse
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thanks, gratitude
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money, cash
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temporary name
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congratulations, joy
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celebration, congratulations
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pollution, contamination
infection, contagion
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oversee, official, govt office, rule, administer
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observation, guarding, inspection
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serious wound or injury
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4) casualties, killed and wounded
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curtain, bunting, act of play
commanding respect, benevolence, virtue,

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vice, immorality, corruption
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crossing swords, opposition, contention
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4) Japanese sword
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lawsuit, complaint
litigation, lawsuit
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breed, care for, shepherd, feed, pasture
farm (livestock), ranch (US), station (Aus

pastor, minister, clergyman, reverend
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shadow, silhouette, phantom
shadow, silhouette; reflection, image

influence, effect
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beat, attack, defeat, conquer
attack, strike, offensive, criticism, censure

blow, shock, strike, damage
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nucleus, core, kernel

pit (of a fruit), stone; core; nucleus
nuclear weapons
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cry, weep, moan
crying from vexation, tears of regret

weeping, lamenting
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shrink, reduce, contract, shrivel, wrinkle
disarmament, limitation of arms

reduction, curtailment
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bow, bow (archery, violin)
bow (and arrow)

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4) bow and arrow
5) hacksaw
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accusation, sue, complain of pain, appeal

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assistant, help
aid, help, assistance, assistant, counselor

colonel, (navy) captain
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financing, loan
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order, regularity, system, method

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5) order, sequence, procedure
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hut, house
lodging house
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ford, ferry, port
negotiations, discussions; connection

interference, intervention
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wages
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wisteria, Wisteria floribunda

conflict, complication, troubles, discord
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5) wisteria vine
ring, vibrate, echo, also N5116, sound, resound
echo, sound, reverberation, noise

influence, effect
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command, direction
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4) supreme command, direction over all
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radiation
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occasion, chance, incidentally, preface, beginning, order, precedence
precious, value, prize, esteem, honor
precious, valuable
noble, aristocrat
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claim, demand, request, application

application, request, petition
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4) claim rights
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opponent, rival, adversary; menace, danger

comparing with, match, rival, equal
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attack, offence, offense

attack, strike, offensive, criticism, censure
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promontory, cape, spit
small peninsula
cape (on coast)
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4) sandspit
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coach, command, urge, lead, supervise

supervision, control, superintendence
governor-general, governor, viceroy
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acid, bitterness, sour, tart
acid; sourness, sour taste

oxidation
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4) oxygen
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timber trees, wood
establish, create
trees and shrubs, arbour, arbor
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4) tree-planting
5) age of a tree
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reap, settlement, store, pay, obtain, supply
payment of taxes
consent, assent, understanding, agreement
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5) crop, harvest, receipts
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diameter, path, method
diameter
radius
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5) bore, inside diameter
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enemy, foe, opponent
sponsor, hold (a meeting), give (a dinner)
holding a meeting, open an exhibition

organization, organisation, sponsorship
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very much, exceedingly, extremely

supremacy
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4) urgent, pressing
5) beatitude, supreme bliss
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space, air, midair

universe, cosmos, space
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4) National Space Development Agency, NASDA
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cherry tree, cherry blossom; decoy

cherry blossom
3) (edible) cherry
4) double-flowered cherry tree
5) mountain cherry, Prunus donarium
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phrase, clause, sentence, passage, paragraph, counter for haiku
section (i.e. of text), sentence, passage

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4) collection of haiku poems
5) in the end, finally, after all, at last
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vein, pulse, hope
personal connections
pulse
3) mountain range
4) artery
5) vein
chastity, virginity, maneuver, fidelity, manipulate, operate, steer
chastity, fidelity, honour, honor, faith

operation, management, processing
3) flying (a plane); management, handling
4) operation
5) gymnastics, physical exercises, calisthenics
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detach, separation, disjoin, digress
to be separated from, to leave, to go away

distance, range
3) separation, partition, detachment
4) divorce
5) withdrawal, secession, separation, breakaway
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reach out, exert, exercise, cause
diffusion, spread
to reach, to amount to, to befall
3) investigation (e.g. into someones guilt)
4) reference, allusion
5) spread, extension, influence, aftereffect
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climax, arrive, proceed, reach, attain, result in
pinch, pick, pluck, trim, clip, summarize
pointing out, identification

exposing, unmasking, laying bare
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4) to pinch, to hold, to pick up
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birth, creation, formation

birth, nativity
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4) Happy Birthday
5) Happy Birthday
bridegroom
rascal
3) Lagoon Hachiro
4) prostitute, entertainment woman
5) vagabond, floater, vagrant; day labourer
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translate, reason, circumstance, case
filial piety, childs respect
translation; de-encryption, deciphering

interpretation (i.e. oral translation)
3) the items, breakdown, classification
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5) excuse; explanation
filial piety
filial piety
3) filial piety
4) loyalty and filial piety
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nursing, (army) nurse
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4) nursing (a patient)
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promotion, encouragement
dullness, depression, slump, stagnation
3) strike out (baseball), fanning out
4) pretence (pretense), show; appearance
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offering, counter for drinks, present, offer
donation, contribution, offering

contribution, services
3) literature, books (reference), document
4) blood donation
5) flower offering
play music, speak to a ruler, complete
musical performance
concerto
3) instrumentalist, player
4) (musical) accompaniment
5) instrumental quartet
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mirror, speculum, barrel-head, round ricecake offering
mirror
telescope
3) spectacles, glasses
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home town, village, native place, district
home town, birthplace, old village

native place, birth-place, ones old home
3) birth-place, home town
4) nostalgia, homesickness
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oneself (itself, etc.); I (or me); you

self, oneself
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4) self denial, self control
5) self-introduction
maintenance, preservation, improvement

fibre, fiber, textile
3) restoration (e.g. Meiji)
4) synthetic fibre, synthetic fiber
5) synthetic fibers, synthetic fibres
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bases, fort, rampart, walls, base(ball)
home run (baseball)

third base
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4) two-base hit, double
5) bases loaded (baseball)
beach, seashore
sandy beach
3) seaside
4) beach, foreshore
5) white sandy beach
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grave, tomb
gravesite, tomb
cemetery, graveyard
3) visit to a grave
4) tombstone, gravestone
5) in front of a grave
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loyalty, fidelity, faithfulness
vapor, steam
faithful, loyal, devoted; hardworking

loyal retainer, loyal subject
3) loyalty, sincerity
4) loyalty, devotion
5) advice, warning
train (steam)
steamship, steamboat, steamer
3) steam whistle
4) train fare
5) brackish water
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home country, country, Japan
commonwealth, federation of states

fellow countryman
3) (traditional) Japanese music
4) Oriental country, the Orient
5) Japanese film
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seacoast, beach, seashore
confront, resist, defy, oppose
electrical resistance, resistance, opposition

protest, objection
3) opposition, antagonism
4) dispute, resistance
5) antibiotics
dispatch, do, despatch, undertake, send,

give, donate
dispatch, despatch, send

pocket money, spending money, pin money
3) sending ahead
4) wasting ... on (e.g. money), squandering
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hero, leader
male (animal)
hero, great man
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4) grandeur, magnificence, splendour, splendor
5) male and female (animal)
along, by, parallel to

along
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4) route, course, roadside
5) along railway line
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tight, tense, solid, hard, reliable
urgent, pressing, emergency

tension, mental strain, nervousness
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4) tension, strain
5) shrinkage, contraction, economy, retrenchment
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actor, actress, player, performer
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4) the world of the haiku
5) haikai (humourous or vulgar renga poetry)
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creek, inlet, bay
inlet, bay
old name of Tokyo
3) Edo River
4) canal
5) true Tokyoite
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domesticate, raise, keep, feed
breeding, raising, rearing

fodder, feed
3) shepherd, (pet) owner
4) to keep, to raise, to feed
5) pet dog
abolish, obsolete, cessation, discarding,

abandon
annulment, disposal, abandon, scrap

abolition, repeal
3) rejected bill (project)
4) annulment, abolition, repeal, rescission
5) total abolition
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nest, rookery, hive, cobweb, den
nest, rookery, breeding place, hive; den

old haunts, former homes
3) ovary
4) to leave the nest
5) building a nest
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sincerity, admonish, warn, prohibit, truth,

fidelity
indeed, really, absolutely, truly, actually

sincerity, good faith
3) sincere, honest, faithful
4) loyalty, sincerity
5) sincerity
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run alongside, follow along, run along, lie

along
colleague, official, companion
cabinet ministers
bureaucrat, bureaucracy
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good luck, joy, congratulations
lucky omen, good omen

ominous, sinister, bad luck, ill omen
3) excellent luck
4) good fortune, good luck
5) good news
great master of go (shogi)

sacred precincts, sanctuary
3) Bible, scriptures
4) sacred place, holy ground, the Holy Land
5) holy war, crusade
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step, trample, carry through, appraise,

evade payment
to be based on, to have origin in

railway crossing, railroad crossing
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debt, loan
national debt, national securities
3) credit, claim
4) debt, liabilities
5) bond, debenture
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ceremony, rule, affair, case, a matter
rule, ceremony, affair, case, matter

funeral service
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4) unavoidably, necessarily, inevitably
5) ceremony, rite, ritual, service
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inherit, succeed, patch, graft (tree)
continuation
successor
3) relay, hook-up
4) relieving the (starting) pitcher
5) inheritance, succession, accession
grace, kindness, goodness, favor, mercy,

blessing, benefit
favour, favor, obligation, debt of gratitude

grace, favor, favour, blessing, benefit
3) amnesty, pardon
4) ones honoured teacher, ones honored teacher
5) requital of a favour (favor)
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demolition, break, destroy
collapse, crumbling, breaking down, caving in

destruction, disruption; (application) crash
3) destruction, annihilation, devastation
4) to break, to destroy, to demolish; to wreck
5) to be broken, to break; to fall through
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sheep
sheep
wool
3) amniotic fluid
4) mutton, lamb (meat)
5) ram
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holy, saint, sage, master, priest
going, travel, journey, chase away, let go
round trip, coming and going, return ticket

coming and going, road, correspondence
3) bring to a standstill, stalling, stranding
4) former, one-time, years ago
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funeral service
company funeral
3) funeral
4) burial
5) attendance at a funeral
battle, fight, combat

strife, conflict
3) spring offensive (Japanese unions)
4) joint struggle, common (united) front
5) fighting bravely, strenuous efforts
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apprehend, chase
arrest, apprehension, capture

to be arrested
3) stripping a Diet member of arrest immunity
4) arrestee, person arrested
5) arrest warrant
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tide, salt water, opportunity
tide, current; salt water; opportunity

tide, current; tendency
3) tide, tidal current, trend
4) Japan Current, Kuroshio Current
5) flush, blush
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collapse, crumbling, breaking down, caving in

to collapse, to crumble
3) crumbling, collapse, ruin
4) cursive style of writing or calligraphy
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bud, sprout, spear, germ
sprout
to bud, to sprout
3) malt
4) burgeoning
5) sprout, bud, shoot
perplexity, beguile, delusion
doubt, misgivings, distrust, suspicion

expectation, prediction, forecast
3) trouble, bother, annoyance
4) being at sea, losing ones bearings
5) planet
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spur on, urge, force, imminent
to draw near
force, intensity, appeal, strength
3) threat, menace, coercion, terrorism
4) tension, strain
5) spirit, soul, drive, vigor, vigour
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evade, avoid, avert, ward off, shirk, shun
taking refuge, finding shelter, evacuation

evasion, avoidance
3) refugees, evacuees
4) contraception
5) inevitable, inescapable, unavoidable
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fight, war
headstrong, naughty, careful inquiry, listen
listening, hearing, audition, radio reception

ratings (of a television program) (programme)
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manure, night soil, dung, fertiliser

corpulence, fatness, obesity
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4) swell, enlarge, corpulence, fatness, obesity
5) chemical fertilizer, chemical fertiliser
tax evasion
withdrawal, secession, separation, breakaway
3) escape
4) secession, retirement
5) shedding, molting, emergence
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flute, clarinet, pipe, whistle, bagpipe, piccolo
flute, pipe, whistle

steam whistle
3) whistle
4) horn, alarm, whistle, foghorn
5) flute player
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bag, bale, sack, counter for bags
arena, esp. in sumo

straw bag, bale, sack; counter for bags
3) the edge of a sumo ring, the edge or verge
4) entrance procession of sumo wrestlers into the
ring
5) one (straw) bagful
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wayward, vertical, length, height, selfindulgent
the vertical, height; front-to-back, length

flying (a plane); management, handling
3) length and width, every direction
4) flying through, cutting across
5) dividing vertically, vertical split
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remove, withdraw, disarm, dismantle, reject, exclude
evacuation, withdrawal, revocation, repeal

annulment, abolition, repeal, rescission
3) withdrawal, revocation, repeal
4) withdrawal, revocation, repeal; demolition
5) withdrawal
tenacious, take hold, grasp, take to heart
executive(s)
enforcement, performance, execution, exercise
3) writing (e.g. as a profession)
4) stay of execution, suspended sentence
5) executive committee
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tie, shut, lock, fasten, tighten
company director, board member

board of directors
3) conclusion, execution (of a contract)
4) closing, cut-off, end, deadline, Closed
5) control, management, supervision
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iron and steel

steel
3) steel manufacture
4) steel material
5) steel sheet, steel plate(s)
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undress, removing, escape from, get rid of,

be left out, take off
tassel, tuft, fringe, bunch, lock (hair), segment (orange), house, room
tuft, tassel; bunch (of grapes, etc.)

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set aside, give up, suspend, discontinue,

lay aside, except
measure, step
except, no other
3) to give up, to except
4) other than, excluding, without
5) behavior, behaviour, manner
cut, reduction, curtailment

digging out, excavation
3) to shave (wood or leather), to sharpen
4) elimination, cancellation, deletion, erasure
5) flaked bonito
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camp, battle array, ranks, position
camp (group of same ideological beliefs)

press corps
3) retreat, withdrawal, retirement
4) battle formation, lineup
5) first campaign, ones first battle
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repress, well, now, in the first place, push,

shove, press, seal, do in spite of
to pin something down, to hold something

down
2) weight (e.g. paperweight), rear guard
3) control, restraint, suppression, constraint
4) internment, detainment, detention
5) check, checkmate, stave off, control
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elect, prefer, choose, select
selection, choice, option

adoption, selection, choice
3) choices, alternatives, options
4) two alternatives
5) elective subject or course
good, make, practice, be of use, advantage,

cost, reach to, benefit, do, as a result of,
serve as, try, welfare, change
1) good, advantage, benefit, welfare; sake
act, deed, conduct
3) money order, draft; exchange (e.g. foreign)
4) exchange rates
5) artificial, unnatural
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sign, omen, symptom, collect, seek, refer

to, question, indications
feature, trait, characteristic, pecularity

symbol
3) supplementary charge
4) collection, levy
5) symbolic
eyeball
eye, eyeball; eyesight; look; experience

spectacles, glasses
3) main point
4) ophthalmology
5) binoculars, field glasses
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ride, board, get on, place, spread, 10**44
publication (e.g. article in paper)

serialization, serialisation, serial story
3) record, statement, description, mention
4) loading (on board), equipping
5) lading, loading, carrying
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plane, sharpen, whittle, pare
excel, excellence, beauty, surpass
superiority, excellence
splendid (excellent) work
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4) prodigy
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reparation, make up for, recompense, redeem
reparations, indemnity, compensation

compensation, reparation
3) no compensation, free of charge
4) recompense, indemnity, atonement
5) repayment, redemption, amortization
bullet, shot, shell

bounce, spring, rebound; momentum, inertia
3) bomb
4) oppression, suppression, pressure
5) elasticity, flexibility
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repel, refuse, reject, decline
denial, veto, rejection, refusal

right of veto
3) (organ) rejection; unthinking dismissal
4) to refuse, to reject, to decline
5) refusal, rejection
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punish, penalty, sentence, punishment
hillock, mound
mound
shell heap, shell mound, kitchen midden
3) milestone (1 ri apart)
4) anthill
5) anthill
penalty, sentence, punishment

(police) detective; criminal matter
3) death penalty, capital punishment
4) prosecution
5) prison, penitentiary
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winding, reel, spin, turn (pages), look up,

refer to
repetition, reiteration, iteration, cycle

to repeat, to do something over again
3) fundraising, financing
4) upward move, advance
5) postponement
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sketch, compose, write, draw, paint
depiction, description, portrayal

rough sketch
3) to delineate, to draw, to express, to imagine
4) line drawing
5) to draw, to paint, to sketch, to depict
doth, do, send, forward, cause, exert, incur, engage
coincidence, agreement, union, match

invitation
3) attraction, lure, invitation
4) agreement, concurrence, conformance
5) involuntary manslaughter, accidental homicide
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foothold, based on, follow, therefore
position, location, base, point

basis, foundation
3) evidence, proof
4) stronghold, inner citadel, base, headquarters
5) donation, contribution
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bullet, snap, twang, flip
tail, end, counter for fish, lower slope of

mountain
tail, ridge
(mountain) ridge, spur
3) end (e.g. of report, document, paragraph
4) copulation (in animals)
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bell (often globular)

wind chime, wind bell
3) bunches (e.g. of fruit), clusters
4) to grow in clusters
5) potato (Solanum tuberosum)
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paragraph, nape of neck, clause, item,

term (expression)
(data) item, entry

clause, article, stipulations
3) matter, item, facts
4) important points
5) preceding paragraph
benevolence (esp. as a virtue of Confucianism),

consideration, compassion, humanity, charity;
human; kernel; nucleolus
2) humanity and justice, duty
3) the two guardian Deva kings
4) personage
5) flaxseed, linseed
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consort, accompany, bring with, companion
companion, follower, attendant, retinue

(musical) accompaniment
3) company, accompany, going with
4) accompanying another somewhere
5) companion
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intestines, guts, bowels, viscera
guts, bowels, intestines

colon
3) stomach, gastrointestine
4) Escherichia coli (E. coli); colon bacterium
5) rectum
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put up (a notice), put up, hoist, display,

hang out, publish, describe
to publish, to print, to carry (an article)

publication (e.g. article in paper)
3) notice, bulletin
4) hoist (flag), fly, display
5) bulletin board, display board, notice board
depend, consult, suspend, hang, 10%, install
worry, fear, anxiety, concern

eagerness, earnestness, risking ones life
3) very hard, with utmost effort
4) pending question, pending problem
5) offering prizes, winning, reward
1)
miss, mourning
chief mourner
loss, forfeit
3) mourning
4) going into mourning
5) Imperial mourning
1)
tray, shallow bowl, platter, tub, board,

phonograph record
foundation, basis, base, footing

endgame, final stage
3) middle (stage)
4) stronghold, base, (the) ground
5) the opening(s) (e.g. in a game of go or chess)
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benevolence, charity, man, kernel, humanity, virtue
vow, pledge, promise
contract, compact, agreement

opportunity, chance
3) pledge, vow, promise, destiny
4) to pledge, to promise, to swear
5) impression of a seal over the joint of two
papers, tally
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abandon, throw away, discard, resign, reject, sacrifice
activity (esp. energetic), great efforts

leaping, jumping, spring, exciting
3) leaping, activity; leapfrog (over a problem)
4) rush, dash, onslaught, dancing ahead
5) (at) one bound
annulment, disposal, abandon, scrap

abandonment, giving up, throwing away
3) abstaining from voting
4) abandonment, renunciation, resignation
5) abandonment, desertion, relinquishment
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send back, return
return, restoration
repatriation, return; (electrical) feedback
3) resolution, reduction, return to origins
5) return, restoration, refund, (duty) drawback
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undefiled, pure, clean, righteous, gallant
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warmth
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frame,
framework,
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bounding-box, (kokuji)
consider, deliberate,
thought, concern
fear,
prudence,
consideration, concern, forethought

rack ones brains
3) consideration, taking into account
4) anxiety, concern, fear
5) diffidence, restraint, reserve, discretion
warmth
heating
3) mild winter, warm winter
4) air-conditioning, heating and cooling
5) heat and cold, (extremes of) temperature
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hole, aperture, slit, cave, den
hole; deficit, shortage

filling in gaps, filling in blanks (in a form
3) pitfall, trap, pit
4) cave from which cold wind blows
5) grave, specifically the hole in the ground
clean, hygenic, sanitary; pure, virtuous

brevity, conciseness, simplicity
3) innocence (i.e. not guilty), purity
4) manly, sportsmanlike, pure, upright
5) unclean, dirty, filthy, impure
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residence, mansion
residence, estate, grounds, premises, mansion

official residence
3) official residence
4) private residence
5) mansion, residence
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leap, dance, skip
spool,
frame, slide, border

frame, framework
3) within the limits (framework, boundaries
4) beyond (the) limits
5) mold, mould
melodious, clear, bright, serene, cheerful
reading aloud, recitation

bright, clear, cheerful
3) good news
4) brightness, cheerfulness, melodious
5) clear, sonorous, full-sounding, resonant
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announcement, show, display, introduction

frank, blunt, plain, outspoken; conspicuous
3) street stall, stand, booth
4) express ones mind, speak out
5) disclosure, exposure, revelation
wisdom, wit, sagacity, sense, intelligence

grace, favor, favour, blessing, benefit
3) most favored nation, most favoured nation
4) blessing, grace
5) Ebisu (god of fishing and commerce)
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Italy, that one
Isetan (department store)

elegance, dandyism, sophistication
3) Grand Shrine at Ise
4) Italy
5) Italy
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relax, lessen, be moderate, ease, slacken,

loosen
relief, mitigation, alleviation, relaxation

loose, slack; gentle, easy, slow; lenient
3) in case of emergency
4) to become loose, to slacken
5) slack, looseness
lungs
lung
pneumonia
3) pulmonary tuberculosis, consumption
4) lung cancer
5) lung cancer
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subscription, buy
demand, request, need
purchase, buy
subscription (e.g. magazine)
3) purchase, buy
4) buying power
5) to compensate, to make up for
demand, request
domestic demand
3) supply and demand
4) munitions, military stores
5) civilian requirements
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open sea, offing, rise high into sky
Okinawa (one of the Japanese Ryukyu islands)

open sea
3) Director General of Okinawa Development
Agency
4) coast, offing, offshore
5) to rise up into the air
1)
blessing, grace, kindness, favor
tribute, support, finance
contribution, services
tribute
3) tribute
4) to support, to finance
5) bringing tribute
allot, fill
fullness, completion, perfection

expansion
3) supplementation, supplement, replenishment
4) charging (electrically); electrification
5) to assign, to set aside
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end (e.g. of street), edge, tip, margin

extreme, extremity
3) pointed end, tip, fine point, spearhead, cusp
4) the beginning
5) one end, an end; part, fragment
sale, disposal by sale

cooling, refrigeration
4) incineration, destroy by fire
5) ridding (freeing) oneself
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find, earn, acquire, can, may, able to, seize,

get
acquisition, possession
capture, seizure
3) fishing, catch, haul
4) excessive fishing, overfishing
5) game, spoils, trophy
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penetrate, clear, pierce, strike home, sit up

(all night)
thoroughness, completeness
all night, all-night vigil, sleepless night
3) to sink in, to penetrate, to devote oneself
4) to let pass, to overlook, to continue
5) cool-headedness
1)
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irritate, burn, scorch, char, singe, hurry,

impatient
focus (e.g. photographic), focal point

impatience
3) to burn, to be burned
4) a bad debt
5) impatience, uneasiness, irritation
1)
2)
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highness, steps (of throne)

your Majesty, his (or her) Majesty
His Majesty the Emperor
3) her majesty the Empress
4) the reigning emperor, His Majesty the Emperor
5) Her Majesty the Queen
brunt, highway, opposition (astronomy),

thrust, pierce, stab, prick, collide
collision, conflict
shock, crash, impact, ballistic
3) negotiation
4) important point, strategic position
5) impulse, impetus, urge
1)
get together, unite, collective, join
combination, union, amalgamation

using together (jointly)
3) double-play (baseball)
4) to match (rhythm, speed, etc.)
5) merger, joining into one, melding, merging
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mellow, ripen, mature, acquire skill
completely, really, thoroughly, deeply

maturity, ripeness
3) being familiar with
4) inexperience, unripeness, raw, unskilled
5) skill, dexterity, proficiency
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usurp, rob, take by force, snatch away, dispossess, plunder
to snatch away, to dispossess

striking a batter out
3) recovery, rescue, recapture
4) usurpation, taking back, dispossession
5) recovery, rescue, recapture
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analysis
analysis, analytical study; parsing, parse
3) dialysis
4) dialysis
5) psychoanalysis
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all over the country, throughout the land
3) (seaside) breakers
4) seacoast
5) all over the country
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admire, fame, name, appellation, title,

praise
title of honour, title of honor

name, title
3) temporary name
4) popular name, nickname, alias
5) pet name
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ask, call for, entice, seduce, lead, allure,

tempt, invite
to invite, to ask, to call (for); to tempt

abduction, kidnapping, kidnaping
3) guidance, leading, induction, introduction
4) invitation, introduction; temptation
5) attraction, lure, invitation
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stimulate, urge, press, demand, incite
promotion, acceleration, encouragement

to urge, to press, to prompt, to suggest
3) request, demand, claim, urge (action)
4) urge, demand, importunity
5) fussily, busily, sedulously
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withdraw, draw in, hold back, refrain

from, be moderate
to be temperate in
subtraction, deduction (e.g. tax), subsidy
3) koso appeal (initial appeal to a higher court)
4) reserve, spare, backup; note, memorandum
5) waiting room
be mistaken for, go astray, divert, distract
dispute, trouble, strife

complication, confusion, disorder
3) losing something
4) fluke, chance
5) to be diverted, to slip into
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challenge, contend for, make love to
challenge, defiance
provocation, stirring up, arousal
3) provocative, suggestive, lascivious
4) to challenge, to throw down the gauntlet
5) challenger
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convey, defer, turnover, transfer
concession, conciliation, compromise

transfer, assignment, conveyance
3) selling (real-estate) lots
4) transfer, assignment
5) to hand over, to turn over, to cede
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bay, creek, inlet, gulf, beach, seacoast
humility, be careful, discrete, prudent
discretion, prudence, caution, care

penitence, discipline, house arrest
3) indiscretion, imprudence
4) modesty, self-control, discretion
5) to be careful, to be discreet
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sagacious, genius, excellence
excellence, genius
gifted (accomplished) man
3) swift horse, fleet steed, fast runner
4) a genius, prodigy
5) excellence, genius
handshake
grasp, catch, understanding
3) to let (someone) take hold of your hand
4) to grasp, to seize, to mould sushi
5) grip, handle
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gun, arms
gun, rifle, small arms

shooting, gunning (down)
3) bullet (from a rifle)
4) rifle, small arms
5) pistol, revolver
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portable, carry (in hand), armed with,

bring along
cooperation, coordination, link

something carried (in the hand), handheld
3) cooperation, tie-up, joint business, link-up
4) to engage in, to participate, to take part
5) carrying
sugar
sugar
sugar
3) diabetes mellitus, sugar diabetes
4) blood sugar level
5) amount of sugar, sugar content
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requesting, entrusting with, pretend, hint,

consign
trust, entrusting
consign (goods (for sale) to a firm)
3) being entrusted with, taking charge of
4) solicitation
5) investment trust
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encroach, invade, raid, trespass, violate
aggression, invasion, raid

infringement, violation, trespass, impairment
3) invasion
4) to invade, to raid, to trespass, to violate
5) penetration, invasion, raid, aggression
checkup, seeing, diagnose, examine
diagnosis
medical examination and treatment, diagnosis
3) medical examination
4) medical examination
5) percussion, tapping (medical)
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hesitate, reluctant, have diarrhea, astringent
congestion (e.g. traffic), delay, stagnation

bitterness, mortification
3) astringent (puckery) juice (of unripe persimmons)
4) reluctantly, unwillingly
5) tasteful (clothing), cool
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grip, hold, mould sushi, bribe
snapshot, take pictures
photographing
to take (a photo), to make (a film)
3) special effects, SFX
4) knob, handle, button; (file) handle
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gallop, advance, inspire, impel, drive, run
order around, use freely

bargaining, haggling; tactics, strategy
3) driving force
4) forerunner, pioneer, precursor; herald
5) to run to, to come running
inclusion, complete coverage

synthesis, recap, generalize, generalise
3) all together, batch, one lump, one bundle
4) unification, bringing together
5) lump-sum payment
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haven, port, harbor, ferry
tsunami, tidal wave

very interesting, of absorbing interest
3) all over the country, throughout the land
4) Aizu lacquer ware
5) tsunami, tidal wave
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rice-plant
rice crop
3) wet-land rice
4) paddy field, rice field
5) ear (head) of rice
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cleverness, agile, alert
sensibility, susceptibility, sensitive (to)

nervousness, oversensitivity
3) smart, quick, prompt
4) sharpness, keenness, sensitiveness
5) quickness, agility, activity
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expel, reject, repudiate, exclude

evacuation, emission (e.g. of CO2, etc.)
exclusion, removal, rejection, elimination
3) drainage
4) exhaust, ventilation
5) exclusion
tear, split, rend
split, division, break up

crack, crevice, fissure, chap
3) breakdown, rupture
4) explosion, rupture, break off
5) nuclear fission
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wall, lining (stomach), fence
wall, barrier
enclosing wall, barrier
3) fresco, mural, wall painting
4) outer wall
5) surface of a wall
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transparent, permeate, filter, penetrate
opacity
transparency, cleanness
3) permeation, penetration, soaking; osmosis
4) dialysis
5) dialysis
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fasten, tie up, arrest, constrict
this, right, justice, just so
correction, revision
certainly, without fail; right and wrong
3) national policy
4) party platform, party principles
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abundant, rich, fertile
main body (of troops); center field

holding on to, sticking to
3) bullish, firm (market)
4) steady, sound, reliable, solid
5) steady, firm, solid, secure
surplus, composure, margin, room, time

wealth, riches, opulence
3) affluence, prosperity
4) calm and composed, broadminded
5) calm and composed, broadminded
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hawser, class (genus), rope, cord, cable
rope; sumo grand champions braided belt

yokozuna (sumo grand champion)
3) fundamental principles, outline
4) principle
5) general plan, main points, summary
lawn, sod, turf

Toshiba (company)
3) play, drama
4) lawn
5) picture story show
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thresh, handle, strip, entertain
treatment, service
treatment, service, handling, management
3) to handle, to deal with, to treat
4) way with (an animal), how to handle
5) to treat, to handle, to deal in
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sue, accuse
litigation, lawsuit
administrative litigation (action)
3) criminal action
4) lawsuit, (legal) case
5) (lawsuit) costs
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welfare, happiness
welfare, well-being, social welfare
social welfare
3) child welfare
4) assistive products (e.g. wheel chairs
5) welfare state
look back, review, examine oneself, turn

around
adviser, advisor, consultant

customer, client, patron
3) recollection
4) memoirs, reminiscences
5) to look back (e.g.
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past), to turn around, to review; to reflect, to
reconsider; to consider (usu. used in negative),
to concern oneself about
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perusal, see
exhibition
fair, exhibition, exposition
3) list, table, schedule, catalogue, catalog
4) inspection, reading; browsing (the WWW
5) at a glance, (a) look, (a) glance
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turf, lawn
commandment
vigilance, precaution, watch, lookout

discipline, punishment, reprimand
3) admonition
4) martial law
5) posthumous Buddhist name
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welcome, reception
cheer, shout of joy
3) delight, great joy
4) exchange of courtesies (cordialities)
5) pleasure quarter
honor, honour, credit, prestige

honour, honor
3) dishonor, dishonour, disgrace, shame
4) honorary position
5) honour, honor
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persuade, recommend, advise, encourage,

offer
advice, counsel, remonstrance, recommendation

2) recommendation, advice, suggestion
3) invitation, solicitation, canvassing
4) encouragement, stimulation
5) (encouragement of) industry
1)
boisterous, make noise, clamor, disturb,

excite
uproar, disturbance
noise
3) strife, riot, rebellion
4) to make noise, to clamor, to be excited
5) clamour, uproar, tumult
excitement, stimulation, agitation, arousal

stirring, rousing oneself
3) hard struggle, strenuous effort
4) inspired, stimulated, roused
5) to show (ability), to wield (power)
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carapace, shell; 1st in rank, grade A; instep

first of the sexagenary cycle
3) armored, armoured
4) thyroid gland
5) (ship) deck
clique, lineage, pedigree, faction, clan
clique, faction
zaibatsu, plutocrats, financial clique
3) clique, clan, faction
4) alma mater clique, old school tie
5) military clique or party
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sway, swing, vibrate, rock, shake, tremble
shaking, shaking up (ones adversary)

disturbance, unrest, shaking, trembling
3) to shake, to swing, to sway, to shock
4) to shake, to jolt, to rock (cradle), to swing
5) to swing, to sway, to shake, to tremble
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Canada
Panama
3) Kanagawa prefecture (Kantou area)
4) where
5) hell, hades, eternity, theatre basement
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carapace, armor, high (voice), A grade,

first class, former, instep
stirred up, be invigorated, flourish
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reputation, praise, honor, glory
cord, straw rope
Okinawa (one of the Japanese Ryukyu islands)

Director General of Okinawa Development
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3) rope, hemp
4) Jomon period, straw-rope pattern
5) roping off, stretching rope, demarcation
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previously, already, long ago
already, too late

existing
3) established, completed, existing
4) marriage, married
5) vested rights
license, permit, licence, certificate

immunity, immunization, immunisation
3) exemption, exoneration, discharge
4) reduction and exemption (e.g. taxes)
5) dismissal, sacking, discharge
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neighboring
neighbor (neighbour)
neighbourhood, neighborhood, vicinity
3) neighbouring country, neighboring country
4) adjoin, adjacent, related
5) neighbour, neighbor, neighbourhood
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pattern, example, model

example, model
extent, scope, sphere, range, span
3) wide, extensive, comprehensive, far-reaching
4) model, standard, pattern, norm, criterion
5) exemplar, exemplification, exemplum, model
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clear, philosophy
philosophy
philosophical
3) unusual
4) wise man, philosopher, sage
5) wise man
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explanation
explanation, interpretation
release, liberation, acquittal
3) bail
4) explanation, vindication
5) the Buddha (Siddhartha Gautama
hide, cover, conceal
to hide, to conceal
secret withdrawal
3) appearing and disappearing
4) destruction, suppression
5) retirement; retired person
1)
showy, gay, gorgeous, splendor, flower,

petal, shine, luster, ostentatious
showy, brilliant, gorgeous, florid, gay

wonderful, gorgeous, splendor, splendour
3) Chinese (e.g. food)
5) splendor, splendour, magnificence
1)
advise, encourage, offer, recommend, mat
recommendation
self-recommendation
3) recommendation
4) woven straw mat (orig.
made of wild rice
leaves); beggar; Manchurian wild rice (Zizania
latifolia)
5) recommendation, advice, suggestion
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excuse, dismissal
cedar, cryptomeria
Japanese cedar, Cryptomeria japonica

cryptomeria forest
3) door made of cedar
4) redwood
5) (a) solitary cryptomeria tree
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dignity,
majesty,
gentle, peace, depravity
menace,
threat, menace
authority, power, influence
3) power, might, authority, influence
4) (pitchers) stuff
5) dignity
compromise, giving in
settlement, an agreement
3) valid, proper, right, appropriate
4) compromise plan
5) validity, verification, propriety
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stagnate, be delayed, overdue, arrears
stay, sojourn
congestion (e.g. traffic), delay, stagnation
3) stagnation, tie-up, congestion, retention
4) non-payment, default
5) arrears, (being) overdue
wonderful, gorgeous, splendor, splendour

veteran, champion
3) hearty, exciting, stirring, lively, heroic
4) heavy rain, cloudburst, downpour
5) wealthy person, millionaire
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hump, high, noble, prosperity
prosperity
protuberance, projection, rising
3) rise, prosperity
4) prosperous, flourishing, thriving, muscular
5) prosperous, flourishing, thriving, muscular
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long time, temporarily, a while, moment
symptoms, illness
tentative, temporary
little while, short while, moment, instant
3) a short time later
4) for a short while, for a brief period
5) after a short time, presently
illness
symptoms, condition
3) prognostic symptoms, after-effect
4) syndrome
5) serious illness
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delicate, minuteness, insignificance
delicate, subtle, sensitive; difficult

microbe, germ
3) microscopic
4) slight earthquake
5) microscope
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overpowering, great, powerful, excelling,

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yell, cry, scream
summons
arousal, excitation, awakening, evocation
3) shout
4) to shout, to cry, to scream, to clamour
5) to call out (to), to call, to invoke
liver, pluck, nerve, chutzpah
liver, innards; courage, spirit, pluck, guts

liver
3) essential, fundamental, crucial, vital, main
4) hepatitis
5) cirrhosis of the liver
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2) groping (for)
3) looking up (e.g. a word in a dictionary)
4) index, indices, indexes
5) speculation, thinking, meditation
attack, advance on, succeed to, pile, heap
to attack, to assail, to make an assault

attack, charge, raid
3) air-raid
4) heredity, heritage
5) surprise attack
strange, unusual; (something) superb

delicate, subtle, sensitive; difficult
3) strange, queer, curious
4) ingenious, skillful, clever, deft
5) exquisite, superb, perfect, miraculous
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squad, corps, unit, group

head, leader, Prime Minister
squad leader, honcho, team leader
3) group, party, section (mil)
4) member of a group
5) relief squad, rescue party
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wonder, be surprised, frightened, amazed
surprise, astonishment, wonder

to surprise, to frighten, to create a stir
3) to be surprised
4) wonder, miracle
5) wonder, admiration
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clapper, tongue, reed
tongue; tongue-like object

speech
3) war of words
4) wicked tongue, abusive language
5) garrulity, loquacity, talkativeness
crank, grip, knob, design, shaft, pattern,

build, nature, handle
pattern, design
brand, make, description
3) personality, character, personal appearance
4) ones person
5) knife attached to the sheath of a sword
1)
sociable, kind, courteous, hospitable, cordial
informal talk
friendship, intimacy
3) friendly (familiar) chat (talk)
4) kindness, intimacy, friendship
5) kindness, cordiality, exhaustiveness
1)
behind, back, later, empress, queen, after
(Japanese) empress, queen

Queen Mother, Empress Dowager
3) empress, queen
4) after
5) afternoon, p.m.
1)
miracle, excellent, delicate, charming,

exquisite, strange, queer, mystery
hemp, flax
flax, linen, hemp

narcotic drugs, narcotic, opium, dope
3) hemp cloth, linen
4) hemp, cannabis; Shinto paper offerings
5) anaesthesia, anesthesia
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shallows, shoal; rapids, current, torrent

strait, channel
3) brink, critical moment
4) shallows
5) swift current, rapids
stimulant
detergent, washing material
3) medicine, drug
4) insecticide, pesticide
5) chemist, pharmacist
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collapse, fall into, cave in, fall (castle), slide

into
defect, fault, deficiency, deformity

fall, sinking, surrender, capitulation
3) cave-in, subsidence
4) to fall, to trap, to cave in, to collapse
5) to trick someone into (committing a crime
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kan (approx. 3.75 kg)

consistency, coherence, integration
3) charge, rush, lightning attack
4) accomplishment, realization, realisation
5) pierce, penetrate, perforate
1)
2)
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comfort, console, consolation, amusement,

seduce, cheer, make sport of
solace, relaxation
comfort the spirit (of the dead)
3) consolation
4) memorial service
5) condolences, sympathy call
hermit, wizard, cent
mountain in Nagasaki Prefecture

immortal mountain wizard (in Taoism)
3) cent
4) hermit, wizard
5) daffodil, narcissus
1)
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concurrently, and
and, in addition, concurrently

to be unable to (usu. kana)
3) additional post
4) concurrent post
5) equilibrium, good balance, poise
avoid, purification, Buddhist food, alike,

room, worship
meals exchanged by parishioners and priests

funeral hall
3) a study, library
4) mourning, abstinence; taboo
5) mourning, abstinence; taboo
1)
gist, proceed to, tend, become
object, intent, aim; meaning

meaning, tenor, gist; effect, influence
3) hobby, tastes, preference
4) plan, idea
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object, intent, aim; meaning

point, essentials, gist, summary
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buck (male deer)
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victim, sacrifice, scapegoat
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to grow thickly, to be in full leaf
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4) luxuriant growth
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gracious, elegant, graceful, refined
elegance, grace, refinement

old Japanese court music, gagaku
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net, netting; web

communications network
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tidal flat, tideland

lagoon
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4) Niigata prefecture (Hokuriku area)
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imperial, dragon
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon)

dinosaur
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embellish, decorate, ornament, adorn
decoration
to decorate, to ornament, to adorn
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4) clothing and accessories, attire
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distance, range
long distance, long haul
3) short distance, short range, short-haul
4) short distance
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fascination
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site, plot, lot, grounds

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4) equal, similar, like, equivalent
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foundation, basis
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tofu, bean-curd
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wisdom, intellect, reason
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magnet; compass
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5) benevolence and wisdom
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I, me; you (used addressing young children)

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reparations, indemnity, compensation
indemnities, reparations
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5) restitution, compensation for damages
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glide, volplane
viscous liquid, slime, mucus
3) smooth, undisturbed, uninterrupted
4) descent (in skiing)
5) smoothness, glassiness
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exhaust, deplete, serve, run out of, befriend, use up
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4) tenacity, endurance
5) to persist, to insist on, to stand firm
congratulations!, long life!

longevity
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4) Ebisu (god of fishing and commerce)
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colour, color, hue, tints

variegated, varicoloured, multi-colored
3) to colour, to color, to paint, to make up
4) oil painting
5) brilliance, vividness
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encouragement (as an abstract concept)

encouragement, promotion, message, address
3) (act of) encouragement, stimulus, incentive
4) encouragement
5) to encourage, to cheer, to raise (the voice)
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savings
emergency stores, stored, reserved
3) accumulation, accumulate, store
4) amassing of wealth
5) store, reserve, stock, savings
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patrol, go around, circumference
police, policeman
going around, patrol, round, tour
3) provincial tour
4) inspection tour
5) pilgrimage, pilgrim
shine, sparkle, gleam, twinkle, radiance
radiance
brilliant, glorious, glittering
3) to shine, to glitter
4) to light up, to brighten
5) brightness, clearness, luminance
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polish, grind, scrape, chafe, rub
friction, rubbing, rubdown, chafe

skyscraper
3) massage; masseur, masseuse
4) to pat, to stroke; to rub off, to polish
5) to pat, to stroke; to rub off, to polish
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chain, irons, connection
closing, closure, shutdown, lockout

chain, chains
3) blockade; freezing (funds)
4) chain, chaining, catena, connection
5) economic blockade, embargo
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ones natural life, longevity, congratulations
axis, pivot, stem, stalk, counter for book

scrolls
axis, stem, shaft, axle

main shaft
3) axis, pivot, central figure, key man
4) key, yardstick, criterion, standard
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moment, second, instant

moment, instant
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5) wink, twinkling (of stars)
earnings
working away from home
3) operation (of machine), actual work
4) operating ratio, rate of operation
5) trade, business, commerce, occupation
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gun, cannon, artillery, ordnance

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4) main battery, main armament
5) shell
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pride, boast
to boast of, to be proud of
3) exaggeration, hyperbole
4) exaggeration
5) proud, haughty, arrogant, splendid
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victim, sacrifice, scapegoat
3) offering (to the gods, emperor, etc.); gift
4) self-sacrifice, self-renunciation
5) casualty
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sovereign, the emperor, god, creator
emperor (of Japan), mikado

empire, imperial
3) the capital
4) emperor
5) imperialism
good fortune, auspicious,

blessedness, good omen
happiness,
scandal, deplorable event

origin, appearance of auspicious omen
3) cradle (of civilisation, civilization, etc.)
4) lucky omen, happy, auspicious
5) good omen
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erupt, spout, emit, flush out
eruption
spewing, gushing, spouting, eruption
3) (eruption of) smoke
4) jet, spray, injection, jet propulsion
5) to spout, to spurt, to gush out
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droop, suspend, hang, slouch
vertical, perpendicular
hanging screen, curtain
3) to dribble, to spill; to suspend
4) hanging, something hanging (i.e. a flap
5) to hang, to droop, to dangle, to sag
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earnings, work, earn money
regularity, salary, order
order, regularity, system, method

disorder, chaos, confusion
3) peace and order, law and order
4) official salary
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deter, impede
obstruction, check, hindrance, prevention

to keep someone from doing, to stop
3) obstruction, inhibition
4) depressed in spirits, rejection, disheartened
5) precipice, steep (e.g. mountain pass)
suggestion, hint, implication

instigation
3) to excite, to incite, to stimulate, to arouse
4) to instigate, to tempt
5) instigation
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bribe, board, supply, finance
calm, peace, easy, Thailand, peaceful
accepting bribes, corruption, graft

bribery, corruption, graft
3) to give board to, to provide meals, to pay
4) bribery, corruption
5) boarding, board, meals, catering, cook
Thailand
peace, security, tranquility, tranquillity
3) calm, composed, self-possessed, firm
4) Thailand
5) the Occident, the West
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tempt, seduce, instigate, promote
slap, strike, hit, beat, tell, speak
ditch, moat, canal
moat, canal
canal
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4) outer moat (castle)
5) inner moat, moat within the castle walls
sumo wrestling; sumo wrestler, rikishi

professional sumo wrestling
3) blow, hit (on the body), beating
4) extermination
5) sumo wrestling in which both wrestlers grasp
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chrysanthemum, Chrysantemum morifolium

chrysanthemum
3) wild chrysanthemum, aster
4) white chrysanthemum
5) daisy
spacious, vast, wide

making something widely known, introduction
3) vast and far-reaching
4) huge, very large, vast, extensive
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grain, cereal, corn

rice
3) granary
4) assorted grains, cereals; millet
5) grains
vast, broad, wide
strangle, constrict, wring
to press, to wring, to squeeze

iris (camera, eye)
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4) hanging, strangulation
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only, sole, unique

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4) even at the best of times
5) absolutely, only, emphatic modifier
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unrelated, without relations, unidentified
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4) blood relative or relationship, consanguinity
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to bear, to stand, to endure, to put up with

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3) endurance, perseverance, patience
4) resistance (e.g. to antibiotics)
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cram school, private school
time, leak, escape
to let leak, to reveal

roof leak
3) leak out
4) peeing
5) to leak, to run out
coaching school, cramming school, juku

principal of a private school
3) private school
4) private-school student
5) private school (in house)
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fierce, rave, rush, become furious, wildness, strength
heat wave, fierce heat

violent, vehement, rage
3) fierce attack
4) fury, power, menace
5) heavy blow, heavy hit
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punish, discipline, penal, chastise
penal servitude
discipline, punishment, reprimand
3) discipline, punishment, reprimand
4) to learn by experience, to be disgusted with
5) rewarding good and punishing evil
jubilation, congratulate, rejoice, be happy
strong man
Waseda-Keio (baseball) game
3) congratulation; celebration
4) auspicious event
5) congratulations and condolences
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swell, get fat, thick
huge, bulky, enormous, extensive, swelling

to get cross, to get sulky, to swell (out)
3) expansion, swelling, increase, growth
4) to swell, to expand, to inflate, to bulge
5) to expand, to swell (out), to get big
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connection, affinity, brink, border, relation,

edge, verge
perfume, balmy, flavorable, fragrant
sweet, fragrant, aromatic

perfume, fragrance, aroma, balm
3) poor, unfavourable, unfavorable, disgraceful
4) sweet, fragrant, aromatic; savory, savoury
5) sweet-smelling, scentful, fragrant
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public acknowledgment, public acknowledgement

2) manifesting, displaying, honouring, honoring
3) testimonial, certificate of commendation
4) manifest, exhibiting clearly
5) public praise
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constancy, always
established practice, established practise

permanent, perpetuity
3) constancy
4) fixed or real property
5) (fixed) star (i.e. not a planet, meteorite
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3) fencer
4) seriousness, earnestness
5) swords, cold steel
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assume (a name), risk, face, defy, dare,

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beginning, start, outset

risk, venture, adventure
3) to brave, to risk, to face, to venture
4) blasphemy, curse, profanity, sacrilege
5) cold
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exhibit, state, relate, explain
ethics, companion
statement, declaration
petition, appeal
3) apology
4) exhibition, display, show
5) renewal, replacement, metabolism
ethics, morals
adultery, immorality, impropriety
3) ethical
4) ethics, moral philosophy
5) Motion Picture Code of Ethics Committee
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hoist, fry in deep fat
floating (in the air)

fried bean curd
3) raising an army, launching business
4) enhancement, exaltation, promotion, uplift
5) landing, unloading, a catch, takings
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chess piece, Japanese chess, shogi
shogi, Japanese chess, xianqi

great master of go (shogi)
3) shogi or go player
4) shogi (go) hall
5) ones style of playing shogi or go
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sabre, sword, blade, clock hand
hide, lower (voice), hush, submerge, conceal
potentiality, dormancy, latency

submarine
3) to lurk, to lie dormant, to be hidden
4) diving
5) nuclear submarine
recollection, think, remember
memory, recollection, remembrance; storage

guess, speculation, supposition
3) cowardice, timidity
4) recollection, reminiscence
5) to remember, to recollect, to memorize
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overcome, kindly, skillfully
subjugation, conquest, victory

detailed, elaborate, faithfulness, diligence
3) self denial, self control
4) rivalry
5) juniors dominating seniors
bear (animal)
rake, fork, bamboo rake
3) badger; Eurasian badger (Meles meles)
4) American black bear (Ursus americanus)
5) Malayan sun bear (Helarctos malayanus)
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outline, condition, approximation, generally
approximation, rough estimate

general idea, concept, notion
3) outline, summary, abridgment, synopsis
4) strong spirit
5) generally, as a rule
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leave as is, silence, become silent, stop

speaking
to be silent
silence, reticence
3) silent prayer
4) tacit, implicit
5) keep silent, keep a secret
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atmosphere, fog
atmosphere (e.g. musical), mood, ambience
frosty air
3) misty air
4) to spoil the mood
5) family atmosphere
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lad, boy (ancient)
gifted (accomplished) man

boy
3) echo (as in mountain echo)
4) Altair
5) many accomplished persons
partial, side, left-side radical, inclining, biased
deviation, deviation value

prejudice, narrow view
3) preponderance, making too much of
4) deviation, inclination, offset, polarization
5) propensity, tendency, inclination, deflection
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concerned, adhere to, despite, arrest, seize
restriction, restraint, binding

detention, confinement, arrest
3) prison, detention house
4) intern
5) detention, hold a person in custody
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point, peak, mountain
mountains
peak; mountain
3) mountain in Nagasaki Prefecture
4) (mans) father-in-law, father of ones wife
5) mountain district
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interview, treat, entertain, receive, deal

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treatment, reception
favorable treatment, favourable treatment
3) treatment, dealing with
4) most favourable treatment
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heart attack, angina pectoris

narrow gate, obstacle
3) narrow, small, cramped
4) interval, threshold, interstice; valley
5) to narrow, to reduce, to contract
question, enquiry, inquiry

to consult with, to discuss, to confer
3) International Telegraph and Telephone Consultative Committee, CCITT
4) consultative body, advisory committee
5) question, enquiry, inquiry
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nook, recess, Africa, flatter, fawn upon,

corner
Amitabha
corner, nook, recess; a shadow, a shade
3) to flatter
4) to flatter
5) Om, Aun
eminent, table, desk, high
table, desk, high

table tennis, ping-pong
3) dining table
4) round table
5) excellence, superiority
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register, record book
register of names
account book, register
3) household account book
4) unaccounted, off the books
5) journalization (accounts), journalisation
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particularly, especially, exceptionally
special, unique
semigovernmental corporation
3) meritorious deeds
4) difference (from one another)
5) admirable, laudable
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warship
warship
(naval) fleet, armada
3) submarine
4) (ocean) vessels, warship
5) military vessel, war fleet
hearth, furnace, kiln, reactor
atomic reactor, nuclear reactor

nuclear reactor core
3) blast furnace
4) censer, incense burner
5) hearth, fireplace; furnace, kiln
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provisions, food, bread
provisions, rations, food supply

food agency
3) (army) provisions, food
4) food, provisions
5) provisions
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raise, augment, increase, multiply
increase, multiplication, propagation

breed, multiply, increase, propagation
3) raising, culture, cultivation
4) reproduction
5) colonization, colonisation, exploitation
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strange, queer, curious

miracle, wonder, marvel
3) curiosity, inquisitiveness
4) surprise attack
5) odd, strange, wonderful
senior (at work or school), superior, elder

junior (at work or school)
3) turning out in great numbers
4) party (of people), set (of people), clan
5) I (nuance of arrogance), me, myself; we, us
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scheme, impose on, have in mind, plan,

deceive, conspire, devise, cheat
staff officer, participating in planning

plot intrigue, conspiracy
3) conspiracy, complicity
4) planning, plotting, ringleader
5) reckless, thoughtless, recklessness
ridicule, laziness
pride, boast
chronicity, chronic
3) patience, endurance, perseverance, tolerance
4) chronic
5) negligence, procrastination, carelessness
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clap, beat (music)
plum
Japanese plum, prune, Prunus salicina

common European plum
3) portmanteau, wicker trunk, luggage, baggage
4) avoiding the appearance of evil (lit:
dont
straighten your crown under a plum tree)
5) Rhee Syngman, president of Korea 1948-1960
clapping hands, applause

(riding) spur
3) (musical) time, tempo, beat, rhythm
4) pulse, pulsation, stroke of pulse
5) ones heart rate, pulse rate
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wide expanse, abundance, vigorous
broadminded, magnanimous
bulky, voluminous
3) universal life force (the source of animation for
all things); free spirit (i.e. a mindset unencumbered with worldly concerns)
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capsize, cover, shade, mantle, be ruined
to cover, to hide, to conceal, to wrap

to overturn, to upset, to overthrow
3) capsizing, overturn, turning over, upset
4) mask, veil, disguise
5) mantle, cover, shroud, hood
Mr., Ms., height, stature, all (one has), only,

thats all, merely, length, 10feet, measure
height, stature, length, measure

safe, all right, OK, okay
3) healthy, robust, strong, solid, durable
4) stature, height
5) solid, firm, stout, burly, strong, sturdy
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people, companions, comrade, fellow
be at ease, broadminded, tolerant, leniency, generosity, relax, feel at home
forbearance, tolerance, generosity

tolerance, liberality, leniency
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sheath, placenta, sac
distance, interval, gap, difference

isolation, segregation, separation
3) space, interval, SPC
4) distant, remote, isolated
5) partition, distinction
cell (biology)
brethren, brothers, fellow countrymen
3) spore
4) (ovarian) follicle
5) cell division
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disappear, drown, sink, die, hide, fall into
death in battle, killed in action

after death, posthumously
3) discard; death; rejection (of a manuscript
4) sunset
5) immersing oneself
purification, cleanup
washing, cleaning, laundering
3) clean water
4) self-purification, self-cleansing
5) septic tank, tank for purifying water
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upright, chastity, constancy, righteousness
firm adherence to ones principles

to harp too long on a subject
3) chastity, purity
4) chastity, virtue, fidelity, feminine modesty
5) virtuous woman, faithful wife
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secret, shadow, shade, yin, negative, sex

organs
plot intrigue, conspiracy

shadow or cloud (e.g. on someones happiness)
3) shade, shadow
4) malicious gossip, backbiting
5) place in the shade of a mountain
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3) follow
4) essays, miscellaneous writings
5) member of an entourage or retinue or party
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specimen, take warning from, learn from
judgement, judgment, expert opinion

appreciation (e.g. of art), aesthetic sense
3) stamp, seal
4) illustrated reference book
5) yearbook, almanac, annual
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follow, though, notwithstanding, while,

during, both, all, obey, submit to, comply,
at the mercy of (the waves)
1) at any time, as occasion calls
time, leave of absence, spare time, rest,

leisure
spare time, free time, leisure; time off

holiday, day off, furlough
3) leisure, leisure time, spare time
4) waste of time, killing time
5) ones leisure hours
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cleanse, exorcise, Manchu Dynasty, clean,

purify
inscription, signature (of artisan)

brand, make, description
deep impression
3) keep in mind, take note of, remember
4) to engrave an inscription
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cross-examination, interrogation, questioning

to ask, to enquire, to inquire; to search
3) common, usual
4) great depth (lit: thousand fathoms)
5) missing person, wanted person
strong, intense, severe

violent, vehement, rage
3) severe, bitter, scathing
4) ardent, passionate, vehement
5) vividness
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rust-colored, red, red lead, pills
Isetan (department store)

red earth (i.e. containing cinnabar or minium),
vermilion
3) assiduity, diligence, application
4) tree peony, Paeonia suffruticosa
5) working earnestly, sincerity, diligence
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hill, knoll
hill, height, knoll, rising ground

hill
3) sand dune, sand hill
4) mound, hill
5) tumulus, grave mound
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lot, earth, soil
Pyongyang
soil
3) heaven and earth
4) heaven and earth
5) acid soil
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mysterious, occultness
entranceway, entry hall
unpolished rice, unmilled rice, brown rice
3) expert (professional) in a given trade or
profession; woman in the nightlife business,
demimondaine
4) entrance, front door
5) doorkeeper, janitor
ridgepole, ridge
large building; counter for buildings

(hospital) ward
3) separate building, outbuilding, outhouse
4) chief support, pillar (e.g. of nation)
5) ridge (of roof)
1)
disclose, open, say
enlightenment, development, edification

enlightenment, instruction
3) Dear (so and so)
4) apocalypse, revelation
5) "awakening of insects" solar term (approx.
Mar. 6, the day on which hibernating insects are
said to come out of the ground)
1)
draft, copy, manuscript, straw
manuscript, copy
manuscript, version, draft
3) contribution, submission
4) Japanese writing paper
5) contribution (e.g. to newspaper)
1)
ardent, violent, vehement, furious, severe,

extreme
cartoon, involuntarily, in spite of oneself,

corrupt
comic, cartoon
cartoonist, manga artist
3) comedian, comic dialogue
4) whimsy, looseness, indiscretion, laxity
5) chat, desultory conversation
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enlightenment, perceive, discern, realize,

understand
resolution, resignation, readiness

comprehension, understanding
3) enlightenment, great wisdom
4) to attain enlightenment, to perceive
5) intelligent, shrewd
stickiness, viscosity
tenacious, persevering, persistent, stubborn
3) clay
4) mucous membrane
5) to be sticky, to be adhesive, to persevere
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pregnancy
shop, store
conception, pregnancy
contraception
3) pregnant woman
4) infertility, sterility, barrenness
5) expectant and nursing mothers
shop, store
old shop, shop of long standing
3) shop, store; counter for folded maps, etc.
4) pavement, road surface
5) head office, main shop
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consummate, accomplish, attain, commit

(suicide)
attempt (at crime)

accomplishment, execution
3) to accomplish, to achieve, to carry out
4) to accomplish, to finish, to fulfill
5) to accomplish
advancing, going, inflation
sudden price jump, steep price rise

sudden rise, jump, sharp rise
3) boiling, seething
4) sudden rise, sharp rise, boom, skyrocketing
5) reactionary price rise
1)
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branch off, fork in road, scene, arena, theater
Gifu (pn)
digression, many divergences
3) junction, crossroads, division point
4) forked road, crossroads
5) divergence (e.g. in a road); forking, jump
1)
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cultivate, foster
cultivation
cultivation, nurture, culture
3) to cultivate, to foster
4) vegetable and fruit growing
5) agricultural species
insane, crazy, confuse, lunatic
kyogen (farce played during a Noh cycle)

wild enthusiasm, being crazy about
3) madness
4) fury, frenzy, madness
5) to go mad; to get out of order, to go amiss
1)
sticky, glutinous, greasy, persevere
horizontal, woof, left & right, latitude
details, whole story, sequence of events

north latitude
3) latitude (nav.)
4) southern latitude
5) weft, woof (crosswise threads on a loom)
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rowboat, small boat
military vessel, war fleet

boat race
3) row (a boat)
4) boat
5) boat, watercraft
senility, senile decay

weakening, emaciation, decline
3) decline, decay
4) to become weak, to decline, to wear, to abate
5) weakness, debility, breakdown, prostration
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thin, faint, pale, fleeting
disinterested, unconcerned, indifferent

fresh water
3) light and shade, shade (of colour, color)
4) light (color, colour, taste), simple, plain
5) coolness, indifference
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expose, open
announcement, show, display, introduction
express ones opinion, making known
3) wedding reception banquet
4) confidential letter
5) read, peruse
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associate, quasi-, semi-
imperial court, government office, courts
ratification, ratify
quasi-, semi-, associate
3) commodore, brigadier general
4) practical nurse
5) to pattern after, to liken to, to imitate
courtroom
imperial court, royal court
3) adjourning court
4) court session, trial
5) Imperial Court
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pluck, pull, extract, excel
lottery, raffle, drawing (of lots)

abstract
3) abstract
4) extraction, abstraction
5) abstraction
1)
bend, flinch, submit, yield
theory, reason
disgrace, humiliation
3) leading, foremost, preeminent, outstanding
4) worry, care
5) narrow, tight, stiff, rigid, uneasy, formal
1)
decline, wane, weaken
immersed, soak, dip, steep, moisten, wet,

dunk
permeation, penetration, soaking; osmosis

flood, inundation
3) to be soaked in, to be flooded
4) erosion, corrosion
5) flooded out, submersion
exhort, urge, encourage
encouragement, promotion, message, address

scholarship
3) encouragement to study
4) recommendation, endorsement
5) recommendation
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gall bladder, courage, pluck, nerve
liver, innards; courage, spirit, pluck, guts

bold, daring, audacious
3) discouragement, despondency, dejection
4) gallstones
5) bile, gall
excess, overredundant, surplus, residue, balance

3) surplus, balance
4) besides (usu. negative nuance), moreover
5) besides (usu. negative nuance), moreover
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emptiness, unpreparedness, crack, fissure,

untruth, void
untrue, falsehood, fiction, deception, vanity

modesty, humility
3) fiction, fabrication, concoction; fictitious
4) ruins
5) virtual image, pretense, pretence
slender, fine, thin kimono
fibre, fiber, textile

delicate, dainty, fine, slim, sensitive
3) synthetic fiber, synthetic fibre
4) synthetic fibre, synthetic fiber
5) synthetic fibers, synthetic fibres
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regret, repent
regret, repentance
crying from vexation, tears of regret
3) regrettable, mortifying, vexing
4) to mourn, to lament; to be sorry, to regret
5) regret, repentance
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silk
silk
silk thread
3) silk goods
4) silk, silk cloth
5) needle for silkwork
1)
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tyrannize, oppress
atrocity, massive killing

ill-treatment, oppression
3) cruelty, brutality
4) to oppress
5) tyranny, outrage, atrocity, cruel
rebuke, admonish, charge, warn, persuade
teacher
teacher for the handicapped
3) to admonish, to persuade, to warn
4) guidance, admonition
5) assistant or associate professor
1)
spirits, soul
soul, spirit, departed soul, ghost

comfort the spirit (of the dead)
3) ghost, specter, spectre, apparition, phantom
4) cemetery
5) memorial service
1)
surplus, besides
harsh, wretched, disaster, cruelty
disastrous, tragic, miserable, wretched

disaster, horrible accident
3) ignominious defeat, crushing failure
4) disastrous scene, terrible spectacle
5) calamity
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falling, crashing
shooting down (aircraft)
3) abasement, fall, forfeit
4) to fall down, to drop; to fail (e.g. exam)
translation; de-encryption, deciphering

to turn over, to turn around
3) to turn over, to wave, to flutter
4) change ones mind
5) adaptation (of story, text)
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set, lay a foundation, install, equip, squat

down, sit down
deferment (e.g. of savings)

to place (in position), to fix
3) to gaze at, to stare at, to focus on
4) installation, setting, fitting, mounting
5) to sit, to squat; to assume (a position)
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board, load (a vehicle), ride

loading (on board), equipping
embarkation, boarding (an aeroplane
3) boarding announcement
4) boarding passes, boarding tickets
5) crew member
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waterfall, rapids, cascade
waterfall; rapids
rapids
3) top of a waterfall
4) basin under a waterfall
5) cascade
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disturb, prevent, hamper, obstruct
disturbance, obstruction, hindrance, jamming

obstruction, hindrance
3) to disturb, to prevent, to obstruct
4) traffic obstruction
5) disturbance, obstruction, hindrance, jamming
shield, escutcheon, pretext
shield, buckler, escutcheon, pretext

contradiction, inconsistency
3) backing, support, backer, supporter, patron
4) to oppose, to resist, to defy
5) (constellation) Scutum, the Shield
1)
gradually, slowly, deliberately, gently
slowly, little by little, gradually, steadily

gradually, steadily, quietly, slowly; soon
3) going slowly
4) slowly, gently
5) slowly, gently
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marsh, lake, bog, swamp, pond
swamp, bog, pond, lake

bog, marsh
3) lakes and marshes
4) marshy rice field or paddy
5) marshland, wetland, swampland
1)
flutter, change (mind), flip, turn over,

wave
rut, wheel, track, model, way of doing
orbit, trajectory; railroad track

locus; wagon tracks
3) proper course, beaten track
4) circular orbit
5) to concur, to be the same (thought, opinion
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linear measure, scale

shakuhachi, end-blown fippleless bamboo
flute
3) shaku (unit of distance approximately equal to
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4) distance between outstretched thumb and
middle finger (approx. 18 cm)
5) reduced scale, scaling
friction, rubbing, rubdown, chafe

to rub, to chafe, to strike (match), to file
3) scratch, graze, abrasion
4) to blame another
5) to touch lightly, to take a percentage (from)
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feudal manor, villa, inn, cottage
holiday house, villa

mountain villa, mountain retreat
3) solemnity, gravity, impressiveness
4) manor
5) counter for games of mahjongg
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consent, assent, agreement
thunder, lightning bolt
thunder
land mine
3) (sea) mine
4) thunderstorm
5) thunderbolt, bolt of lightning
acceptance
consent, acquiescence, agreement
3) consent
4) ready consent
5) consent or refusal, yes or no
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whale
whaling, whale fishing
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4) minke whale
5) spermaceti (waxy substance found in the head
cavities of sperm whales)
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grate, scour, rub, scratch, scrape, chafe
yearn, breast, heart, bosom, pocket, miss

someone, feelings, become attached to
bosom, bust; (breast) pocket, purse, handbag

doubt, skepticism, scepticism, disbelief
3) dear, desired, missed
4) to yearn for (miss) someone (thing)
5) electric torch, flashlight
to drift about, to float, to hang in air

drifting, drift
3) bleaching agent, bleach
4) drifting ashore
5) roaming, drifting about, wandering
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plantation, planting
cultivation
bonsai
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4) vegetable and fruit growing
5) agricultural species
drift, float (on liquid)
intuition, perception
perception, intuition, the sixth sense

calculation, counting, consideration
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horse load
futility, uselessness, pointlessness

wasting ... on (e.g. money), squandering
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4) cheap sweets
5) geta (Japanese footwear), wooden clogs
kidnap, falsify
abduction, kidnapping, kidnaping

to kidnap
3) to carry off, to run away with, to kidnap
4) absconding with money
5) kidnap, abduction
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best, peerless, crown
1) cap (esp. a traditional cap worn with sokutai

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peerless, first
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relationships
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5) winner of triple crown (baseball)
wide, large
vast and far-reaching

grand, imposing, magnificent
3) huge, very large, vast, extensive
4) fluency, eloquence
5) Kouchikai (political faction of the LDP)
attendance on, attendant, escort, chaperon

food additive
3) addition, additive, appendix
4) accompanying, escorting
5) addition, annexing
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diagonal, slanting, oblique
slope, slanting surface, bevel

obliqueness
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marry, append, garnish, suit, imitate,

meet, satisfy, annexed, attach, accompany
Asia, rank next, come after, -ous
wandering, waves, billows
East Asia, the Orient

zinc (Zn)
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4) subtropics
5) bad second, epigone, adherent, follower
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wandering
3) waste, extravagance
4) recitation of stories accompanied by samisen
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podium, stage, rostrum, terrace
platform, podium, rostrum; mandala

last moment, eleventh hour
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4) rostrum, platform
5) platform
deceive, pretend, lie, falsehood
fraud, swindle, graft

misrepresentation, false statement
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4) exploitation, fraud, swindle
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demon, devil, evil spirit, evil influence

devil, demon, fiend, Satan, evil spirit
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4) magic, witchcraft, sorcery
5) witch
decoration, order, medal

meritorious deeds
3) Order of Culture, Order of Cultural Merit
4) conferring of decorations
5) distinguished service, meritorious service
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purple, violet
purple, violet
ultra-violet rays
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5) bluish purple
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family crest, figures
wholesale
wholesale
wholesale
3) wholesale price
4) wholesale market
5) wholesale price
ripple, ring on the water

fingerprint
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4) voice print
5) crest, coat of arms
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parry, diverge, deviate, idleness, leisure,

miss the mark, evade, elude
deviation, omission, departure

outstanding talent
3) anecdote
4) article of rare beauty, gem
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clear (the land), open, break up (land)
reclamation (of wasteland), cultivation

colonization, colonisation, exploitation
3) land reclamation (from sea)
4) Takushoku Bank
5) pioneer, settler, colonist
column, handrail, blank, space
column of text (e.g. as in a newspaper)

this column
3) blank space
4) margin
5) guardrail, handrail, bannister
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repay, reward, retribution
remuneration, recompense, reward, toll

exchange, reciprocation, give-and-take
3) free of charge, gratuitous, without pay
4) to reward, to recompense, to repay
5) reward, recompense, return, punishment
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meritorious deed, merit
horizon, shore
ones lifetime (i.e. ones existence until death)

education for life
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esteem, furthermore, still, yet
furthermore, still, yet, more, still more

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Land Buddhism); preceptor or high priest
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high priest (in Shingon, Hosso, Ritsu or Shin
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Buddhism; monk (esp. the head monk of a
temple); master (of ones art, trade, etc.)
calm, quiet, moderation

4) high, noble, refined, advanced
5) all the more

1) calm, gentle, quiet
2) quiet, dependable, uniform
3) tranquil, calm, restful, peaceful, quiet
4) unrest, turbulence, impropriety
5) serene, tranquility, tranquillity
hell
during imprisonment, while in jail (gaol)
3) prison
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5) imprisonment
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adroit, skilled, ingenuity
skill, cleverness
ingenious, skillful, clever, deft
3) technique, finesse
4) elaborate, delicate, exquisite
5) cleverness, skill, tact
relief, embossed carving

carving, engraving, sculpture
3) to emboss, to carve in relief
4) to carve, to engrave, to sculpt, to chisel
5) wood carving, woodcraft
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hedge, fence, wall
fence
stone wall
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4) crowd of people
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fishing, angling
fishing with a pole
3) to fish
4) change (e.g. for dollar)
5) fishing line
halberd, arms, festival float
contradiction, inconsistency
point of spear; aim of attack
3) long-handled Chinese spear, lance, pike
4) self-contradiction, paradox, antinomy
5) oxymoron
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appear, existing
remarkable, striking, obvious

manifesting, displaying, honouring, honoring
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4) microscope
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deceit, cheat, delude
fraud, swindle, graft

swindler, imposter, crook
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cosmetics, adorn (ones person)
this (indicating an item near the speaker

possessive (used on tombs, etc.)
3) this (indicating an item near the speaker
4) OK, Sure, Yessir!, Okeydokey!, Understood
5) kanji "advance" radical, shinnyou, shinnyuu
make-up, cosmetics
face lotion
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foolish, folly, absurdity, stupid
foolishness, silliness, stupidity, folly; I

foolish, stupid
3) idle complaint, grumble; moha (ignorance
4) folly, foolish move
5) simple honesty, tactless frankness
self-control, self-discipline, self-restraint

gravity, solemnity, severity, seriousness
3) (political) purge
4) eliminating corruption among government
officials, tightening discipline (among)
5) silent
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erect, frame, mount, support, shelf, construct
aerial, overhead, fiction, fanciful

cross, the Cross (of Christ)
3) overhead structure
4) unit of equipment, rack
5) aerial wiring
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commoner, all, bastard

masses, common people
general affairs
3) popular, folk, plebian, working class
4) illegitimate child
5) drama of ordinary people
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immature, young
kindergarten
fry (young fish)
3) infancy, childish, infantile
4) unskillful, childish
5) youth
ghost, devil
ogre, demon; spirit of a deceased person

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3) wizard, genius, great talent
4) vampire, bloodsucker
5) ghastly, dreadful
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interview, join, encounter, meet, party, association
disaster, shipwreck, accident

to meet, to encounter; to have an accident
3) encounter
4) to make (someone) to meet
5) to make (someone) to meet
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solemn, quietly, softly
pear tree
nashi (Pyrus pyrifolia, esp. var. culta)

angsana, Burmese rosewood
3) Yamanashi prefecture (Chuubu area)
4) not getting a reply
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phantom, vision, illusion, dream

illusions
3) phantom, vision, illusion
4) hallucination, illusion
5) transformation
nourishment
Kyoto-Shiga district
3) welcome (beneficial) rain
4) Shiga prefecture (Kinki area)
5) nutrient
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princess
princess, young lady of noble birth; girl

(temple) dance
3) songstress
4) daughter of a nobleman
5) common wombat (Vombatus ursinus)
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vow, swear, pledge
surely, upon my word, by Jove

oath, vow
3) oath, abjuration, pledge
4) written vow, pledge, covenant
5) written oath, covenant
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tread, step on, trample, practice, carry

through
practice, practise, put into practice

to step on, to tread on; to experience
3) practical
4) Critique of Practical Reason (Kant)
5) acting up to ones principles
grasp, faggot, bunch, counter for bundles
grasp, catch, understanding

counter for bundles
3) bundle, bunch
4) rough (as in not precise), broad, sketchy
5) grasp, hold, grip
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sparse, alienate, rough, neglect, shun
depopulation
dispersal, evacuation, deployment
3) (mutual) understanding, communication
4) estrangement, neglect, silence
5) estrangement, neglect
necessarily, ought, by all means
indispensable, required
by all means, in all cases, ought to do
3) by all means, in all cases, ought to do
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5) spout of a teapot
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boil, cook
to boil, to cook
food cooked by boiling or stewing
3) to cook inside
4) to be boiled down
5) stew, hodgepodge
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nourishing, more & more, be luxuriant,

planting, turbidity
exhibit, display, offer, present, send
presentation
presentation
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4) to present, to offer, to give; to show
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vajra (indestructible substance), diamond

fortitude, firmness of character, hardihood
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4) vigour, vigor, virility, health, sturdiness
5) gentle but firm
(religious) faith, belief, creed

to look up (at); to look up (to), to respect
3) face up
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subjugate, attack the rebellious, collect

taxes
expedition, campaign, (performers) tour

conquest, subjugation, overcoming
3) lengthy military expedition, the Long March
4) departure (for the front)
5) to conquer, to subjugate
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childrens song, nursery rhyme

folk song, popular song
3) song, ballad
4) popular song
5) Noh chanting, recitation
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marry into, bride
wife, bride; (ones) daughter-in-law

bride
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4) marriage, wedding
5) to marry
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sigh, lament, moan, grieve
grief, lamentation
entreaty, appeal, petition
3) admiration, wonder
4) wonder, admiration
5) grief, sorrow, anguish, lamentation
tortoise, turtle
tortoise, turtle
crack, crevice, fissure, chap
3) tortoise shell
4) plain-looking woman
5) replying to someones email after a long delay,
slow response
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smash, break, crush, familiar, popular
pyroclastic flow (type of volcanic eruption)

pulverization, pulverisation, smashing
3) honourable defeat, honorable defeat
4) crushing, smashing, cracking to pieces
5) inadvertent collapse (sumo)
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rapidly
disease, ailment
illness, disease
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4) squall, gale, hurricane
5) long ago, already, a long time ago
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drink, seek, look up, respect, take, depend,

rever, face-up
self-effacing, humble oneself, condescend,

be modest
modesty, humility
humble, humility, modesty
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4) modesty, humility
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germ, fungus, bacteria
frequent, incessant
frequency
3) frequency, frequent occurrence
4) frequently, repeatedly, often, incessantly
5) frequently, very often
fungus; germ, bacterium, bacillus

bacillus, bacterium, germ
3) sterilization, sterilisation, disinfection
4) coccus
5) antibacterial, antimicrobial
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shelf, ledge, rack, mount, mantle, trellis
shelf, shelves, ledge, rack; trellis

shelving, pigeonholing
3) bookshelves, bookshelf, bookcase
4) bookshelf
5) household Shinto shrine
koto (13-stringed Japanese zither)

qin (7-stringed Chinese zither), guqin
3) single-stringed Japanese zither
4) single-stringed Japanese zither
5) heartstrings
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stork, crane
crane (any bird of the family Gruidae

sandhill crane (Grus canadensis)
3) (string of) many (traditionally 1000) paper
cranes
4) a jewel in a dunghill
5) crane (any bird of the family Gruidae
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corridor, hall, tower
superintend, manager, rule
(picture) gallery
corridor
3) corridor, gallery, hallway
4) passage
5) corridor, gallery, hallway
supervision, chairmanship
prime minister
3) Buddhist priest who is a government minister
4) president, chairman
5) supervision, superintendence, management
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cruel, severe, atrocious, unjust
rigour, rigor, severity, cruelty, harsh

severe, harsh, stringent, rigorous, strict
3) cruelty, harshness
4) resemblance, resemble
5) intense heat
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harp, koto
prosperous, bright, clear
peace, tranquility, tranquillity

prosperity, flourishing, thriving
3) prosperity
4) type of slate (from Miyagi pref.)
5) Shoutai era (898.4.26-901.7.15)
death of a priest, quietly, mellow, loneliness, mature
patina, antique look; elegant simplicity

silence, stillness, quietness
3) lonely, lonesome, solitary, desolate
4) (entering into) nirvana
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Go (board game of capturing territory)
3) Go board
4) Go piece(s), Go stone(s)
5) intersection on a Go board
capitulation, surrender, submission

undulation; ups and downs, highs and lows
3) preparation, foreshadowing
4) ambush, troops in ambush
5) concealment, hiding, ambush, incubation
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vague, obscure, desert, wide
desert
obscure, vague, equivocal
3) Sahara desert
4) vast, vague
5) vast, wide, boundless
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sparkle, clear, crystal

liquid crystal
crystal, crystallization, crystallisation
3) crystal
4) the crystalline lens (of the eye)
5) fruit of love, children
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tranquilize,
centers
ancient peace-preservation
suppression, subjugation
leader, authority, mainstay
3) repose of souls
4) analgesic, painkiller, sedative, tranquilizer
5) ground-breaking ceremony
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den, cave, excavation
cave, den, grotto

cave, hollow, cavity
3) discernment, insight
4) cave
5) hollow, cavity, hole
black ink, India ink, ink stick, Mexico
ink
handwriting, autograph, authorization
3) tattoo
4) India-ink painting
5) ink painting
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wicked, injustice, wrong
wicked, evil
cold (illness), common cold
3) hindrance, intrusion
4) innocence, simple-mindedness
5) evil course, heresy
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manners, worldliness, mundane things,

vulgar, customs
manners, customs; sex service, sex industry

mark in dictionary indicating slang, customs
3) as slang, commonly
4) business offering food and entertainment
5) common customs, worldliness, vulgar, popular
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cover, lay (pipes), prostrated, bend down,

bow
peaceful
tranquil, quiet
pacifying the nation
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numerical inferiority
to fall behind, to be inferior to
3) inferiority, coarseness
4) deterioration, degradation
5) mean, foul play, cowardly, base
performance, fulfillment, fulfilment

personal history, curriculum vitae, resume
3) worn-out shoes, worn-out socks
4) taking a class, studying a subject
5) default, nonperformance
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with child, pregnancy
conception, pregnancy
false pregnancy, phantom pregnancy
3) abortion, pregnancy termination
4) false pregnancy, pseudocyesis
5) toxemia of pregnancy
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lament, be anxious, sad, unhappy, melancholy, grieve
anxiety, concern, fear

now rejoicing, now worrying
3) to grieve, to lament, to be anxious
4) bitter experience, misery, distress, grief
5) grief, distress, sorrow
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pavilion, restaurant, mansion, arbor, cottage, vaudeville, music hall, stage name
(traditional Japanese) restaurant

master, host, landlord, innkeeper, husband
3) noon
4) husband who rules the roost
5) restaurant, inn
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suspicious, mystery, apparition
mystery, wonder
monster
3) ghost, apparition, phantom, spectre, specter
4) ghost story
5) monster
simple, plain, docile, crude
simplicity, artlessness, naivete

rustic simplicity, homeliness
3) Japanese hackberry (Celtis sinensis var. japonica)
4) Japanese bigleaf magnolia (Magnolia obovata)
5) unsophisticated, ruggedly honest, artless
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observance, dedicate, offer, present
attendance, service, ministry, church work

magistrate, shogunate administrator
3) service, apprenticeship, public duty
4) belief, faith
5) dedication, offering, presentation, oblation
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assault, hit, beat, thrash
to strike, to hit
hit, strike, blow
3) fist fight
4) to beat (someone in battle)
5) to knock
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footgear, shoes, boots, put on (the feet
to be (classical)
be (an affirmation); be (location)

considerably, fairly, quite
3) time is money
4) A law is a law, however undesirable it may be
5) Truth is stranger than fiction
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regret, pity, be sparing of, frugal, stingy
without sparing (effort, funds, etc.)

to be frugal, to be sparing; to value
3) regrettable defeat, defeat by a narrow margin
4) without stint, freely
5) regrettable, disappointing; precious, dear
drunkenness, intoxication
anaesthesia, anesthesia
3) to get drunk, to become intoxicated
4) to get drunk
5) hangover
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excellent, beautiful, good, pleasing, skilled
harvest, reap
good piece of work

climax (story), best part
3) beautiful, good, excellent
4) good, excellent, fine, nice, pleasant
5) goodness; good
harvest, crop, ingathering

to be harvested, to be reaped, to be yielded
3) to harvest (a crop)
4) Thanksgiving Day, harvest festival
5) harvest time
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rising sun, morning sun
rising sun
morning sun
3) rising sun flag
4) rays of the rising sun
5) full of vigor and vitality (like the rising sun)
(vigour), being in the ascendant
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destitution, scarce, limited
poverty, destitute, poor

meagre, meager, scarce, limited, destitute
3) want, shortage, famine
4) poverty
5) austerity, voluntary privation
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proceed, get, become, tend
(proceeding to) new appointment

to go, to proceed, to repair to, to become
3) job transfer away from ones home
4) place of (new) post
5) to improve, to get better, to convalesce
lament, grieve over
mourning, memorial
condolence, regret, tribute, sorrow, sympathy
3) to grieve over, to mourn, to lament
4) Memorial Day (US)
5) memorial services
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steep, wet, be watered, profit by, receive

benefits, favor, charm
moisture, damp, wetness; richness, warmth

lubricating oil
3) profit, returns
4) to be clouded, to be dimmed, to be bleared
5) luster, lustre, favor, favour, abundance
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feel sick, poisoned, elated, spellbound,

drunk
above-stated, the said, that specific
corresponding, answering to, coming under

said, matter in question
3) appropriate (authorities), concern
4) person concerned, person qualified
5) profundity, extensive (knowledge)
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marrow, pith
bone marrow, true spirit

true meaning, mystery, essence, quintessence
3) meningitis
4) spinal cord
5) medulla oblongata
mulberry (tree)
mulberry plantation
3) mulberry field
4) mulberry field, mulberry plantation
5) land east of China, Japan
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ear, ear (grain), head, crest (wave)
basin, lantern festival, tray
ear (of plant), head (of plant); point, tip

ear (head) of rice
3) spike
4) harvested grain, harvested rice ears
5) harvested grain, harvested rice ears
O-Bon, Bon Festival, Lantern Festival

bonsai
3) basin (e.g. between mountains)
4) Bon Festival dance, Lantern Festival dance
5) Bon Festival of the lunar calendar
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dike, bank, embankment
bank, embankment, dike

bank, weir
3) breakwater, mole
4) dike, weir
5) breakwater
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3rd person, bystander, side, besides, while,

nearby
side, edge, beside, besides, nearby

hearing, listening, attendance, auditing
3) looking on, remaining a spectator
4) interception, monitoring, tapping
5) near, close, beside, vicinity, proximity
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involvement, trouble, tie up, continually,

accumulate
accumulation
total
3) successive promotion, gradual promotion
4) trouble, evil influence, implication
5) successive or progressive increases
hungry, starve
hunger, starvation
hunger, starvation
3) to starve, to thirst, to be hungry
4) famine, drought, shortage, crop failure
5) famine, drought, shortage, crop failure
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robust, manhood, prosperity
magnificent, grand, majestic, splendid

heroic, tragic, grim, pathetic, touching
3) rousing
4) prime of life
5) grand, heroic, sublime
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epidemic
immunity, immunization, immunisation

quarantine, medical inspection
3) communicable disease control (e.g. by quarantine, disinfection, etc.), prevention of epidemics
4) quarantine station
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conveyor, carry, transport
transport, carriage
take in, bring in
3) transportation, conveyance, delivery
4) carry out
5) constraint propagation
dementia
idle complaint, grumble; moha (ignorance
3) masher, molester, pervert
4) tone-deafness, amusia
5) dementia
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brocade, fine dress, honors
brocade
colour (woodblock) print, color print
3) (hand-woven) brocade
4) twill damask and brocade
5) coloured carp, colored carp
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seashore, beach
(rocky) beach, seashore

seashore, beach
3) sea anemone
4) reefy coast, windswept and wave-beaten shore
5) fishing from rocks by the shore
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villain, evil, bad luck, disaster
urine
bad harvest, poor crop

atrocious, fiendish, brutal, villainous
3) ringleader, main culprit; main cause, source
4) dangerous weapon
5) brutal, atrocious, ferocious
urine
diabetes mellitus, sugar diabetes
3) diuresis
4) urinary organs
5) uric acid
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enclosure, quarters, fortification, red-light

district
auxiliary organization
contours, outlines, features, border
3) red light district
4) district, quarter; enclosure
5) outer wall (e.g. castle)
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healing, cure, quench (thirst), wreak
adhesion
healing, cure, recovery
3) to recover, to be healed
4) to heal, to cure
5) to heal, to cure
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stupid, foolish
banquet, feast, party
party, banquet, feast

party, banquet
3) banquet, dinner party
4) feast
5) (celebration) banquet
spit, vomit, belch, confess, tell (lies)
nausea, sickness in the stomach

express ones mind, speak out
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4) deep distress
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prisoner (of war)

captive, prisoner; victim (of love, etc.)
3) sick and wounded prisoners
4) prisoner exchange
5) prison camp, concentration camp
V.I.P., guest
reception hall
state guest
3) guest, visitor, visitors arrival
4) guest of honour, guest of honor
5) noble visitor
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pottery, porcelain
ceramic art, ceramics

pottery, ceramics
3) ceramics and porcelain
4) intoxication
5) clay
piece (in shogi, chess, etc.); horse, foal

scene, frame, shot
3) Japanese robin (Erithacus akahige)
4) bridge of shamisen
5) wild or untamed horse
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remorse, regret, be sorry
regrettable, unsatisfactory
resentment, grudge, malice, bitterness
3) to resent, to curse, to feel bitter, to blame
4) I regret that, I feel terrible but
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coarse, rough, rugged
descendants, elder brother, insect
crude, rough, plain, humble

crude steel
3) coarse or rough
4) still in the process of being formed
5) osteoporosis
insect, bug
kombu (any kelp of genus Laminaria) (konbu)
3) entomology, study of insects
4) insect collecting
5) kelp tea
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bell, gong, chimes
bell (often a large hanging bell), chime

alarm bell, fire bell
3) belfry, bell tower
4) temple bell (for striking)
5) large hanging bell
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pony, horse, colt
umbrella
umbrella, parasol
affiliated with, under jurisdiction of
3) nuclear umbrella
4) spare umbrella kept (at work) in the event of a
sudden shower
5) sunshade, parasol
decide, revise, correct
correction, revision, amendment

revision
3) revised edition
4) to correct
5) second time
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rather, preferably
polite, courteous, careful, care, kind, close

rather, better, instead
3) rather, better, instead
4) public peace
5) peace and order, law and order
horseman, rider
personal combat, one-to-one fight
3) knight
4) horse-riding
5) mount, on horseback
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conceal, secrete, spy, sneak, endure, bear,

put up with
endurance, perseverance, patience

ninja (persons in feudal Japan who used
ninjutsu for the purposes of espionage, assassination, sabotage, etc.)
3) to conceal oneself, to hide; to endure
4) cruelty, atrocity, brutality
5) to creep in, to steal in
sequential, fellow
circulation, rotation, cycle

vicious circle
3) circulatory organ
4) indecision, vacillation
5) dilly-dallying and temporizing (temporising)
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likeness, like, such as, as if, better, best,

equal
lack, privation, deficiency

reality
3) suddenly, all of a sudden
4) Tathagata
5) vivid, lifelike, graphic
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dormitory, hostel, villa, tea pavillion
lead (the metal)

pencil
3) graphite
4) zinc (Zn)
5) color pencil, colour pencil
hostel, dormitory
boarder, boarding student
3) dorm mother
4) office, official; chief, head
5) boarding-expenses
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neglect, laziness
negligence, procrastination, carelessness

to be negligent in doing something, to shirk
3) negligence, carelessness
4) lazy person, lazy fellow, slothful person
5) laziness, idleness
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equestrian, riding on horses, counter for

equestrians
stiff, be absorbed in, congeal, freeze
elaborate, exquisite, tasteful, refined

condensation
3) coagulation, freezing, solidification
4) to grow stiff; to be absorbed in
5) stiffness (in shoulders), swelling, hardening
pearl, gem, jewel
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3) calculation with abacus
4) rosary, string of beads
5) gem, jewel
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animal, beast
beast, brute
veterinarian
3) monster
4) birds and wild animals, wildlife
5) beast, monster, wild animal
seedling
seedling, sapling, young tree
3) seeds and seedlings, eggs and hatchlings
4) rice seedlings
5) Miao (people), Hmong
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prance, buck, splash, sputter, hop, snap,

leap up, spring, jerk
to jump, to leap, to spring, to bound, to hop

running long jump
3) running high jump
4) jump, leap, skip, bound
5) pole vault (jump)
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serpent, hard drinker, snake
snake; serpent, large snake

(umbrella with) bulls-eye (pattern)
3) faucet, tap
4) meandering, crawling
5) long line, long queue
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sew, stitch, embroider
to sew, to stitch
sewing
3) stuffed toy, plush toy(s)
4) embroidery, sewing
5) sewing
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stare, watch, look at, see, scrutinize
to view, to gaze at
scene, view, prospect, outlook
3) prospect, view, outlook
4) right to a view
5) to gaze at the moon
grief,
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artisan, workman, carpenter
clear, clarify, settle, strain, look grave, lucidity, be clear
clear, serene
to clear (e.g. weather)
3) to clear, to make clear, to be unruffled
4) to be serene
5) to sharpen, to grind, to whet, to hone
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master, teacher
master, masterhand, maestro
3) workman, artisan, mechanic, carpenter; craft
4) design
5) falconer, hawker
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sympathize,
pathos, pity
condolence, regret, tribute, sorrow, sympathy

sorrow, grief, sadness
3) poor, pitiable, pathetic
4) pathos, sorrow, grief
5) pity, sorrow, grief, misery, compassion
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seedling, sapling, shoot
Buddhist priest, monk
monk, priest
youngster; young Buddhist priest
3) priest, monk
4) nun, priestess
5) high priest, virtuous priest
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give, do something for
draperies, dry-goods, piece goods

bitter enemies (placed by fate) in the same boat
3) to give, to do (something) for
4) to give, to let one have, to do for one
5) to receive from another
abrupt, sudden
Tang-Dynasty (China 618-907)
3) absurdity, nonsense, preposterous
4) envoy (to Tang China)
5) a Chinese, foreigner
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relax, repose, recess, rest
rest, break, recess, intermission

rest
3) rest
4) to rest, to relax, to repose
5) rest time, intermission
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ditch, drain, gutter, gap

gutter, ditch
3) ocean trench, deep
hundred nonillion (American)
4) 1032,
5) record groove
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reap, cut, clip, trim, prune
to cut (hair), to mow (grass), to harvest

close clipping
3) to cut, to dress, to prune, to trim, to clip
4) mowing, mower
5) rice reaping
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mix, be in disorder, confused

trial and error
optical illusion, hallucination
3) anachronism
4) mistake
5) complication, intricacy
respect, reverent
respectful, reverent
reverentially, respectfully
3) Happy New Year!
4) respect, reverence, veneration
5) modesty, humility
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wise, fast learner
wisdom, sagacity
smart, sensitive, discerning
3) sagacity, cleverness
4) sharp-eared, have sharp ears
5) wide-awake to ones interests
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mediocre
mediocrity
out in 1-2-3 order (baseball)
3) ordinary person, average person, mediocre
4) common, commonplace, ordinary, mediocre
5) prodigy, rare, unique, extraordinary
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drowsy, sleep, die
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(usu. in negative sentences) (not) a wink of
sleep
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4) sound sleep
5) sleepy, drowsy, somnolent
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chief, count, earl, uncle, Brazil
dawn, daybreak
dawn, daybreak, beginning

dawn, prospects
3) (sumo) era during mid-1990s dominated by
grand champions Akebono and Takanohana II
4) (sumo) era during mid-1990s dominated by
grand champions Akebono and Takanohana II
5) Swertia bimaculata (species of felwort)
uncle (older than ones parent)

count, earl
3) master painter, artist
4) count, earl, eldest brother, uncle
5) aunt (older than ones parent)
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fog, mist
heavy fog, dense fog, thick fog
3) vanishing like mist
4) thick fog
5) spray, atomizer, atomiser
imperial mausoleum, Emperors tomb

hill
3) imperial tomb or mausoleum
4) imperial tomb
5) hill country, hilly area
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abuse, evil, vice, breakage
evil practice, evil practise, barrier

exhaustion, impoverishment, ruin
3) vice, abuse, evil
4) bad habit, harm
5) evil influence, ill effect
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liner, ship
ship
large ship
3) imported, foreign-made
4) ocean liner
5) imported article, imported goods
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hard up, suffer, perplexed, destitute, cornered
dilemma, predicament
distress, wretched condition
3) narrow, tight, stiff, rigid, uneasy, formal
4) poverty, distress
5) poverty
queen, princess
princess, consort
queen
3) crown princess
4) princess, Her Royal Highness
5) empress, queen
1)
soul, spirit
soul, spirit
repose of souls
3) loyalty, the loyal dead
4) commercial spirit
5) soul, spirit
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mausoleum, imperial tomb
starve, hungry, thirst
hunger, starvation
(death from) starvation, starving to death
3) to starve, to thirst, to be hungry
4) brat
5) brat, kids; preta (hungry ghost), ghoul
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beautiful, graceful, resplendent, lovely
splendor, splendour, magnificence

Goryeo (dynasty of Korea; 918-1392 CE)
3) fluent, flowing, elegant
4) splendour, splendor, pompousness
5) flowery words, rhetorical flourishes
(train) conductor
grasping, seizing, holding
3) the palm (of ones hand)
4) pressing ones hands together in prayer
5) to rule, to govern, to administer
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palm of hand, manipulate, rule, administer, conduct
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stink, suspicious looking, glow, odor, be

bright, savor, fragrance, stinking, be fragrant, ill-smelling
1) stink, bad odor, bad odour, stench
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ecstasy, joy, rapture
great delight, rapture

self-satisfaction, rejoicing
3) to be delighted, to be glad, to be pleased
4) with pleasure ...
5) joy, delight, rapture, pleasure
arrest, bind, tie, restrain, truss
to tie, to bind
(death by) hanging
3) curse, spell
4) restraint, shackles, restriction, confinement
5) binding hand and foot
bad breath, halitosis

offensive smell, off-flavor, off-flavour
4) deodorant
5) odorless, odourless, unscented
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edge (of a knife or sword)

edged tool, cutlery
3) length of a (sword) blade
4) knife, pointed carver
5) double-edged; double-edged blade
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best regards, good
convenience, accommodation, advantage

right time, appropriate time
3) suitable, appropriate; appropriately
4) pleased to meet you
5) good, OK, all right, fine, very well, will do
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cream, elite, choice, chic, style, purity,

essence, pith
pure, true, genuine, unmixed

chic, stylish, refined, sophisticated, smart
3) pure, genuine, natural-born
4) extract, excerpt, selection
5) national characteristics
calendar, almanac
calendar, almanac
Christian Era, CE, anno domini, AD
3) 60th birthday
4) Japans old (lunisolar) calendar
5) calendar year, civil year, time
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blind, blind man, ignoramus
guide dog for the blind, seeing eye dog

blindness, blind person; illiteracy
3) blind person
4) school for the blind
5) blindness
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jurisdiction, control
direct control
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4) controlling office
5) crown colony
disgrace, humiliation
vindication of honour, vindication of honor
3) insult, contempt, slight
4) disgrace
5) shame, embarrassment
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monkey
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque

ape man
3) loggerheads (lit: dog and monkey)
4) anthropoid, troglodyte
5) to gag someone
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plug up, obstruct

nitrogen (N)
suffocation, choking
3) typhoid fever, typhus
4) choking gas
5) death by suffocation, death by choking
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chestnut
Japanese chestnut (Castanea crenata)

European chestnut
3) mashed sweet potatoes with sweetened chestnuts
4) sweet made with soft beans (e.g. adzuki) and
chestnuts
5) rubble, broken stone
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vicarious, surrogate, act in addition to
intake, absorption, adoption; assimilation

(divine) Providence
3) to have (lunch, etc.), to take (vitamins
4) subsumption, connotation
5) concurrent post
cook, boil
rice cooker
cooking, culinary arts
3) cooking for oneself
4) rice gruel containing vegetables, fish, etc.
5) (something) cooked with rice
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bowstring, chord, hypotenuse
bowstring; string (of shamisen, guitar

music for strings
3) orchestra
4) orchestral music
5) stringed instruments
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bush clover
bush clover
reedy field
3) rice ball coated with sweetened red beans
4) Lespedeza (genus), bush clover (family)
5) rice ball coated with sweetened red beans
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embarrass, humiliate, shame
deluge, flood, vast
flood
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5) diluvial formation (geol.)
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applaud, praise, esteem
accepting with pleasure

Singapore
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4) beautiful trees
5) wise saying
to get tired of, to lose interest in

gluttony, satiation, engorgement
3) saturation
4) weariness, tiresomeness
5) to glut, to satiate, to weary, to tire
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superfluous, uselessness
peach tree
peach, prunus persica (tree)

pink (colour, color)
3) (edible) cherry
4) Azuchi-Momoyama period (approx. 1558-1600
CE)
5) yellow peach
jest, joke
garrulity, loquacity, talkativeness
3) uselessness
4) supernumerary, superfluous, useless workers
5) supernumerary official
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red, bloody, vermilion, cinnabar, scarlet
scarlet, red; blood

red seal
3) red, crimson, scarlet
4) cinnabar, vermillion, red
5) red; Red (i.e. communist)
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sire, good belt, gentleman
gentleman
gentlemens agreement
3) gentlemanly
4) (whos who) directory
5) noble, men of rank, notables
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stone monument bearing an inscription

monument
3) inscription, epitaph, epigraph
4) stone monument
5) gravestone, tombstone
whirlpool, eddy, vortex
swirl
vortex, maelstrom, whirlpool, convulsions
3) whirlpool, eddy, coil
4) to whirl, to eddy, to swirl, to curl (smoke)
5) whirlpool, eddy, coil
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tombstone, monument
hunt, raid, gather
hunting
hunting
3) hunter
4) hunting
5) shell gathering (at low tide), clamming
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sated, tired of, bored, satiate
door, hinge, pivot
centre, center, pivot, mainstay, nucleus

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3) axle, pivot
4) central nerves
5) pivot hinge (using extensions on the top &
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drum, beat, rouse, muster
drum
hand drum
3) inspiration, encouragement
4) metaphorical seal of approval
5) beat, palpitation, pulsation, throbbing
to forge, to drill, to temper, to train

tempering, forging, hardening, disciplining
3) malleability
4) malleable iron
5) to temper thoroughly, to train well
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furthermore, still, yet
stay of execution, suspended sentence

postponement, deferment, extension (of time)
3) suspension of indictment
4) furthermore, still, yet, more, still more
5) must not be concluded like this
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rotation, go around
whirlwind; commotion, sensation, hullabaloo
melody, tune
3) revolution, rotation, turning, swiveling
4) triumphal return
5) lathe
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membrane
membrane, film
retina
3) mucous membrane
4) cornea
5) thin film
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vat, tub, tank
water tank, cistern, fish tank

bathtub
3) septic tank, tank for purifying water
4) ship, boat, watercraft, vessel, steamship
5) body (of a biwa)
cash, bad habit, humble prefix, gift, Shinto

offerings of cloth, rope, cut paper
paper money, notes, bills

money, currency, coinage
3) (coin) mint
4) currency value
5) staff with plaited paper streamers used in
Shinto
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clod, lump, chink, clot, mass
lump, mass, bundle, clump, clod, cluster

mass, lump
3) nugget, gold bullion, gold bar
4) mountain mass
5) lump, mass, bundle, clump, clod, cluster
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nude, uncovered, partially clothed, naked
naked, nude, bare

nude
3) naked eye
4) nude, utterly stark naked
5) nude woman, naked woman
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forge, discipline, train
fan, folding fan
folding fan
electric fan
3) folding fan
4) incitement, sedition, agitation, abetting
5) fan shape
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sickle, scythe, trick
sickle; sickle-and-chain (weapon)

to trick someone (into confirming or revealing
the truth), to ask a leading question
3) cutting grass and trees is prohibited
4) gooseneck
5) Kamakura period (1185-1333 CE)
charity, philanthropy
compassion, benevolence, charity, mercy
3) affection, kindness, love
4) merciful eye
5) affection, love
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silkworm
silkworm (Bombyx Mori)

sericulture, silkworm culture
3) silk thread, silk yarn
4) summer silkworms
5) sericulture
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twist, ask, investigate, verify
complication, confusion, disorder

blame
3) rally, muster
4) to twist (something)
5) searching examination
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two-mat area, 36 sq ft
tomb, mound
unit of land measurement, 3.95 square yards

small company headquarters located in Tokyo
simply for name value
3) total floor space
4) floor space, area (in tsubo)
5) per tsubo (area)
ancient (mound) tomb

keyhole-shaped tumulus (form of ancient
Imperial grave)
3) grave, tomb
4) tumulus, grave mound
5) round burial mound
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pickling, soak, moisten, steep
to soak, to seep, to dip in; to pickle

tsukemono (Japanese pickled vegetables)
3) pickling in salt
4) rice with ocha poured on (Japanese dish)
5) to be pickled, to be well seasoned
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strike, punish, fell, attack
lumbering, felling, deforestation

periodic thinning (e.g. forest)
3) reckless deforestation
4) to strike, to attack, to punish
5) to cut down (e.g. trees)
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disconcerted, be confused, lose ones head
to become confused (disconcerted

panic, scare, consternation
3) busy, hurried, confused, flurried
4) busy, hurried, confused, flurried
5) to get into a panic, to be flustered
dark blue, navy
navy blue, deep blue

dyer
3) dark blue
4) bluish purple
5) deep blue, azure
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Chinese zodiac, shin dragon radical (no.
161)
1) fifth sign of Chinese zodiac (The Dragon
year of the dragon
3) North-Star
4) southeast
5) lucky day, auspicious occasion, happy day
2)
gauze, thin silk, Rome
fighting scene, scene of carnage (bloodshed)

shell, carapace
3) comprising, including, covering, encompassing
4) mandala
5) enumeration
recreation, pleasure
pleasure, amusement
enjoyable, fun
3) recreation room
4) amusement program, amusement programme
5) amusement quarter
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mist, haze; dimness (of sight)

morning glow, morning mist (haze)
3) to grow hazy, to be misty; to get blurry
4) smoke and mist, view
5) area in Tokyo
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stipend, salary
annual salary
salary reduction, salary cut
3) salary
4) salary, pay
5) extra allowance
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summit, peak
rin, 1/10sen, 1/10bu
peak, ridge
highest peak, most prominent
3) mountain range
4) high mountain, lofty peak
5) Cape of Good Hope
one-hundredth
(not even) a bit of, (not even) a hint of
3) ten to one, nine cases out of ten
4) (not) in the least, (not) a bit
5) farthing, trifle
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gorge, ravine
channel (e.g. between two land masses)

glen, ravine, gorge, canyon
3) isthmus
4) fjord
5) gorge, ravine, gap
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blurred, be hazy, grow dim
condolences, mourning, funeral
condolence call
message of condolence, memorial address
3) condolence, sympathy, mourning
4) to mourn for, to hold a memorial service for
5) congratulations and condolences
brew, cause
brew, foment, breed

brewing, distillation
3) type of sake brewed by low temperature
fermentation from white rice milled to 60%
4) to engender, to bring about
5) to brew, to cause, to give rise to
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broth, sap, gravy, pus, soup, juice
juice, sap, soup, broth

fruit juice
3) bile, gall
4) broth
5) water that has been used to wash rice
second (party to an agreement)

young female rice planter, young girl
3) 2nd in rank
4) A and B, excellent and good, similarity
5) strange taste, spicy taste
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everywhere, times, widely, generally
universal, ubiquitous, omnipresent

universal, omnipresent, ubiquitous
3) travels, pilgrimage, itinerancy
4) number of times
5) widely, generally, universally, far and wide
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equilibrium, measuring rod, scale
what?
husband (informal), master (of house, shop

China (now regarded as derogatory)
3) Indochina
4) (a) moment, an instant
5) (a) moment, an instant
imbalance, disparity, out of balance

equilibrium, balance
3) an expanded or expanding equilibrium
4) alliance (of the Six Kingdoms against the Qin
dynasty, and of individual Kingdoms with the
Qin dynasty), (tactic of) making & breaking
alliances (to benefit oneself as the occasion
demands), resorting to alliances as a diplomatic
expedient
be scented, smoke (tobacco), send forth

5) even scale, equilibrium, balance
fragrance, fragrant
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shooting, game, bag, game-hunting
hunting, game
hunting
3) poaching
4) hunting gun, sportsgun
5) hound, hunting dog, gun dog
aroma, fragrance, scent, smell

3) to smell sweet, to be fragrant
4) to burn (usu. incense)
5) fumigation, smoking (out)
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nun
nun; bitch
nun, priestess
3) bhikkhuni (fully ordained Buddhist nun)
4) native of Amagasaki; bitch
5) bitch
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the latter, duplicate, strange, witty, fishhook radical (no. 5)
review, inspection, revision
censorship, inspection, examination

inspection, reading; browsing (the WWW
3) revision, proofreading
4) inspection (of troops)
5) to inspect, to examine, to check; to elapse
goodwill, article, section, friendship, collusion
(international) loan
articles of incorporation, company statute
3) agreement, stipulation, article, clause
4) international yen loan
5) provisional articles
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scout out, reconnaissance

detective, sleuth, investigator
3) secret investigation, private enquiry
4) private detective
5) detective story
good morals and manners

rustic simplicity, homeliness
3) simple and kind, innocent
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daring, sad, tragic, pitiful, frail, feeble
hoarse, scold
resolute, determined, bold

fighting bravely
3) decisive action
4) brave, heroic, gallant
5) boldly
threat, blackmail
cry in a thundering voice, one roar
3) acclamation
4) exclamation used to scold practitioners (in
Zen); scolding or threatening with a shout
5) intimidation, threat, bluster
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womb, uterus
fermentation
enzyme
fermentation, zymosis
3) yeast, leaven
4) enzymology
5) yeast fungus
embryo, fetus, foetus

interior of womb
3) quickening, foetal (fetal) movement
4) abortion, aborticide, miscarriage
5) prenatal care, antenatal training
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pork, pig
pig
pork
3) pig-keeping, pig farming
4) pork cutlet
5) steamed yeast bun with minced pork filling
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intercept, interrupt, obstruct
railway crossing gate

isolation, cut off, blockade, quarantine
3) to interrupt, to intercept, to obstruct
4) screen, shielding, reverse clipping
5) blockage, quarantine
aroused, resent, be indignant, anger
resentment, indignation
indignation, resentment
3) fury
4) to be angry, to resent, to be enraged
5) dying in a fit of anger or indignation
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pure
dove, pigeon
pigeon, dove
Japanese grosbeak (Eophona personata)
3) going into a huddle
4) rally, muster
5) carrier pigeon
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sulfur (S), sulphur

desulfurization, desulphurisation
3) sulfuric acid, sulphuric acid
4) sulfuration, sulphuration
5) sulphurous acid gas, sulfurous acid gas
door, gate, opening; title page

door(s) of a gate
3) opening a door
4) fire door
5) watertight door
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stealth, steal, secret, private, hushed
pardon, forgiveness
theft, stealing, larceny

in secret, secretly
3) plagiarism, piracy
4) secret, private, surreptitious
5) bicycle theft
amnesty, pardon
pardon, forgiveness, mercy; leniency
3) amnesty
4) remission
5) pardon, forgiveness, exemption, permission
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or again, furthermore, on the other hand
again, and, also, still (doing something)

or, otherwise
3) again
4) in addition, besides this, twice
5) unique, matchless, unparalleled
bubbles, foam, suds, froth
bubble, foam, froth, head on beer

styrofoam,
styrene foam,
polystyrene
3) foaming
4) (air) bubble (esp. in a liquid)
5) foam, bubble; nothing
1)
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title page, front page, front door
spinning
expanded
rue, be sad, sigh, lament
spinning
to spin, to make yarn
3) spinning song
4) spinning and weaving
5) mixed yarn, mixed spinning
strong feelings, deep emotion

indignation, resentment
3) deep emotion
4) indignant lamentation over the evils of the
times
5) indignant lamentation over the evils of the
times
1)
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obese, fat
fat, grease, blubber

fatty acid
3) fatty layer, layer of fat
4) vegetable fat
5) butterfat
resentment, malice, hatred, regret, bear a

grudge
resentment, grudge, malice, bitterness

regretful
3) grudge, ill will, enmity
4) to resent, to curse, to feel bitter, to blame
5) with no hard feelings
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aid, help, assist
support, maintenance
aid, help, assistance, support
3) land east of China, Japan
4) to help, to save, to rescue
5) to help, to save, to rescue
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tiger, drunkard
tiger (feline, Panthera tigris); drunk person

Siberian tiger, panthera tigris altaica
3) crib notes, key (to a diagram)
4) Tiger Swallow Fist
5) close-cropped (head)
Japanese Judas tree (Cercidiphyllum japonicum)

2) knight (shogi)
3) laurel wreath
4) katsura forest, beautiful forest
5) servants registry
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advance
Jin (dynasty of China, 265-420 CE)

taking up a new position as chief priest of a
Buddhist temple
3) History of the Jin Dynasty
4) Wei, Jin
5) Western Jin (dynasty of China, 265-317 CE)
1)
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run, bustle
wild, uninhibited, extravagant, rampant

rushing around, running wild
3) running about, efforts, activity
4) busying oneself about (something)
5) torrent, violently rushing stream
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swift, fast
quick, fast, rapid, swift, prompt
furiously
3) with lightning speed
4) thunderclap
5) impetuous dash forward
wrong, nigori, impurity, voiced, uncleanness
pollution, contamination, corruption, graft

to become muddy, to get impure
3) to make muddy, to prevaricate
4) muddy stream
5) Japanese voiced consonant mark; muddiness
1)
mourning, abhor, detestable, death anniversary
death anniversary
first anniversary of death
3) evasion, shirking, avoidance; challenge
4) taboo
5) abominable
1)
frolic, play, sport
play, drama
game, play, sports
3) caricature, cartoon, comics
4) play, sport, fun, caprice, joke, jest
5) to play pranks, to be spoiled, to be spoilt
1)
Japanese Judas-tree, cinnamon tree
Big Dipper, 10 sho (vol), sake dipper, dots

and cross radical (no. 68)
to (measure of volume, approx. 18 litres)

measuring container, measure
3) kanji radical 68 at right
4) 1 to (18l)
5) small salary
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bowl, rice tub, pot, crown
bowl, pot, basin; flowerpot; crown, brainpan

potted plant
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4) small bowl
5) flowerpot
portrait
to share good luck
3) unworthiness of ones father (or master)
4) portrait
5) unworthiness of ones father (or master)
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husk, nut shell
shell, husk, hull, pod, chaff

change in earths crust
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5) shell
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clear
brilliant, dazzling, light, bright

brilliant, dazzling, light, bright
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4) bright and brilliant
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clan, enclosure
fiefdom
feudal lord, daimyo
3) feudal retainer or warrior
4) each clan
5) former clan
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chicken
(domestic) chicken; chicken (meat)

chicken meat
3) poultry raising
4) hens egg
5) chicken bones, chicken carcass
paulownia
paulownia tree, Paulownia tomentosa

tung oil, (Chinese) wood oil
3) Chinese parasol-tree (Firmiana simplex)
4) Chinese parasol-tree (Firmiana simplex)
5) falling paulownia leaf signaling the beginning
of autumn (fall)
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receive, undergo, answer (phone), take,

get, catch
reception, acceptance, enjoyment, being given

ones age at death
3) to receive, to accept, to get, to inherit
4) enjoyment, pleasure
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decay, rot, remain in seclusion
superannuated, decrepitude
everlasting, immortal, eternal, immortality
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4) dry rot
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resemblance
mediator, go-between
media, medium
catalyst
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entrust, request, send a message
commission, charge (person with)

entrusting (with)
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5) entrusting (with)
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trunk, torso, hull (ship), hub of wheel
trunk, torso, body, abdomen, waist

body, trunk, torso
3) lifting a person high (in celebration)
4) twin-fuselage plane
5) lapse of memory
dhyana (profound meditation); Zen (Buddhism)

2) Zen temple
3) zazen (seated Zen meditation
4) Zen (Buddhism)
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transfer, alternation
put in, graft, wear (sword), insert
(book) illustration
insertion, incorporation, infixing
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falcon (Falconidae family), hawk

falconer, hawker
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large
the eight directions, the whole land

universal brotherhood
obeisance, follow, accompany, attend on
jury, juryman, juror

grand jury
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4) juror, juryman
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change, shake-up
rosemary
boar
wild boar
beast (esp. one used for its meat
3) hog (esp. a wild boar
4) small cup, sake cup
5) small cup, sake cup; cup-shaped
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all the more, increasingly
third month of the lunar calendar

Amitabha
3) Maitreya (a bodhisattva)
4) ending up right back where one started
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score (music)
genealogy, pedigree
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divide
dissection, autopsy; analysis

anatomy
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permanence, distant, long time, leisure
level
quiet, calm, leisurely, easy

eternity, perpetuity, permanence
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village headman
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honest and homely, simple

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womanly virtues
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dawn, daybreak, in the event of

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fellow, guy, chap; thing, object

slave, servant
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sail
sailing ship, sailing boat, sailing vessel
3) sailing
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graceful, gentle, pure
greatness, excellence
masterpiece, best work; blunder, boner

excel, foremost
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lock, padlock; tablet, lozenge, pill

handcuffs, manacles
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divine aid, divine grace, providential help

private secretary, amanuensis
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transition, move, change
change, transition, vicissitudes

relocation of the capital
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waiter, samurai, wait upon, serve
warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos

in the Edo period), samurai; man in attendance
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4) lady attendant, maid
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fervent, kind, cordial, serious, deliberate
critical illness, on the verge of death

serious (illness)
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hasty, rough and ready

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uncle (younger than ones parent)

aunt (younger than ones parent)
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5) grandaunt, great-aunt
mountain peak, mountain pass, climax,

crest, (kokuji)
ridge, (mountain) pass, difficult part

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4) road over a mountain pass
5) to pass over the peak, to cross a pass
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uncle, youth
bungling, clumsy, unskillful
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peng (in Chinese mythology

large bird; kun (in Chinese mythology
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thirst, dry up, parch
water shortage
thirst
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proficient, skillful; satisfaction; fortitude

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3) to bear, to stand, to endure, to put up with
4) to be unable to endure
5) intolerable, unbearable, unendurable
female (animal)
male and female (animal)
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type of sake brewed by low temperature
fermentation from white rice milled to 60%
2) testing, scrutiny, careful investigation
3) troubadour, minstrel
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5) favourite poem or song, favorite poem or song
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great, exceedingly, tremendously, very
very, greatly, exceedingly

very great, enormous, serious
3) intenseness, violence, severity, vehemence
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5) lively song, lively dance
to cross over, to go across; to extend

to extend over so many years
3) for ever, from ancient times
4) to extend over several kilometers (kilometres)
5) extending in a row
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worship, adoration, admiration, cult

loftiness, sublimity, nobility
3) to revere, to respect, to worship
4) to look up to, to respect
5) to respect, to revere
sending, relay, in turn
communications (e.g. post, tele.)

successive diminution
3) forwarding
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adore, respect, revere, worship
span, request
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describe, confer, relate, narrate
conferring of decorations
lyricism
3) descriptive poetry, epic poem
4) autobiography
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female, feminine
beautiful woman, princess
princess, young lady of noble birth; girl

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lacquer, varnish
lacquer ware
3) lacquering, lacquer ware
4) seven (used in legal documents)
5) jet black
bamboo grass
field of bamboo grass
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knife
4) toy bamboo-leaf boat
5) Veitchs bamboo (low and striped)
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vice, trait, fault, kink, mannerism, habit
a habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice)

way of saying, favorite phrase
3) fastidiousness, love of cleanliness
4) disposition, inclination, characteristic
5) to become a habit
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reef, sunken rock
reef
3) running aground, being stranded
4) atoll, circular coral reef
5) coral reef
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matrimony, marry
camp, barracks, police station
marriage, matrimony
relative by marriage, affinity
3) in-law, relative by marriage
4) marriage registration
5) marriage laws
stationing (troops), occupancy

gathering, place where people gather
3) ton
4) to gather in large numbers (of people)
5) to gather in large numbers (of people)
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happy, rejoice, pleasure
discomfort, unpleasantness, disagreeableness

pleasant, happy
3) enjoyable, fun
4) enjoyment, pleasure, diversion, amusement
5) happy, cheerful, pleasant
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cape, spit, promontory, headland
cape (on coast)

small peninsula
3) indentations, capes
4) anat promontory, promontory
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mimic, aim (a gun) at, nominate, imitate
imitation, sham, mock; simulation

refreshment booth
3) imitation, sham, -like
4) to pattern after, to liken to, to imitate
5) zephyr lily
design, figured cloth, twill
figure, design; twill weave

richly variegated in color or pattern
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4) colored thread, coloured thread
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lips
the labium, labia
3) lips, labia
4) red lips
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wall, fence
mud wall, earthen wall, plaster wall
3) concrete-block wall
4) brick wall
5) stone wall
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deep, tranquil, faint, seclude, calm, profound, dark, confine to a room, secluded
ghost, specter, spectre, apparition, phantom

to confine to a room
3) faint, dim, weak, indistinct, hazy, poor
4) deep, dark, quiet
5) faint, fleeting
leisure
leisure, quiet, inactivity

quiet (e.g. neighbourhood, neighborhood)
3) cuckoo
4) spare time, free time, leisure; time off
5) spare time, free time, leisure
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friend, cadet
legal profession, lawyer

legal circles
3) sergeant
4) son of a distinguished family, son of a noble
5) master sergeant (JSDF)
fortitude, firmness of character, hardihood

with resolution
3) fortitude, firmness, resolution
4) dauntless and decisive
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harvest, ripen
ripening (of a crop); crop, harvest

to bear fruit, to ripen
3) poor crop (of rice)
4) bumper harvest
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scorn, despise, make light of, contempt
insult, contempt, slight

(something) despised
3) contempt, scorn
4) to despise, to disdain, to make light of
5) contempt, scorn
composing, recitation, poem, song
to compose (e.g. a Japanese poem), to write

author unknown, anonymous
3) to sing; to sing (ones praises in a poem
4) to compose (e.g. poem), to recite, to sing
5) recitation (of Japanese or Chinese poem)
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strong
base, vile, vulgar, lowly
mean, foul play, cowardly, base

menial, meanness, servility, abject
3) male domination of women, male chauvinism
4) self-abasement, humility, self-depreciation
5) greedy, vulgar, shabby, humble, base, mean
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(a) touch of, tinge of

erasure, delete (e.g. DEL character)
3) powdered green tea for ceremonies
4) erasure, denial, obliteration
5) Denmark
to cast, to mint, to coin

mold, mould, template
3) cast metal, casting
4) casting, founding, minting
5) reminting, recasting
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slave, servant, prisoner, criminal, follower
jailer, old man, rank, military officer
slave, servant
clerical script (ancient
3) slaves of the barbarians
4) slavery
5) subordination
captain (Army, U.S. Marine Corps, USAF)

first lieutenant, lieutenant junior grade
3) captain (JSDF)
4) second lieutenant, sublieutenant, ensign
5) jailer, gaoler, old man, rank
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dairy (farm)
cheese
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4) butter
5) dairy product
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commander, leading troops, governor
(field) marshal, (fleet) admiral

commander, leader
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4) director of the Dazaifu
5) Supreme Military Council (1898-1945)
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anonymity, pseudonym
concealment
3) shelter, shield, hide
4) hiding, concealment
5) to hide, to be hidden, to conceal oneself
stalk, stem
stalk
taro stem
3) penis
4) stem of flower
5) (plant) bulb, onion
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hide, shelter, shield
calamity, misfortune, evil, curse
calamity
root of evil
3) war damages, ravages of war
4) calamity, catastrophe
5) wickedness, evil, calamity, disaster
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casting, mint
departed, die
death
sudden death
3) to die, to pass away
4) exceptionally ugly man
5) premature death
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firefly, lightning bug

fluorescent lamp, fluorescent light
3) fluorescence
4) fluorescent paint
5) fluorescent substance, phosphor
neck, collar, lapel, neckband

front of neck, collar
3) ones heart
4) neckline (of dress, etc.)
5) open-collared shirt
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widow, minority, few
diarrhoea, diarrhea
dysentery
3) childrens dysentery
4) shigella (dysentery bacillus)
5) infected with diarrhea (diarrhoea)
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silent (person), shy, tacitern, reticent
3) widow
4) widow
5) few, a little, scarce, insufficient, seldom
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commonplace, ordinary, employment
pit, hole
within a pit or (mine) shaft

tunnel, (mine) level
3) abandoned mine, disused mine
4) pit (esp. of a mine)
5) pithead, minehead
mediocre, banality, commonplace

middle way, (golden) mean, moderation
3) mediocrity, imbecility
4) common man
5) appointment, assignment, promotion
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fine horse
prodigy, talented person
3) swift horse, fleet steed, fast runner
4) swift horse
5) fine horse
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squeezing
exploitation, squeezing, sweating
3) milking (a cow)
4) pressure, compression
5) to press, to wring, to squeeze
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willow (any tree of genus Salix)

Japanese box tree (Buxus microphylla var.
japonica), Japanese boxwood
3) weeping willow
4) toothpick
5) willow (any tree of genus Salix)
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collar, neck, lapel
burglar, rebel, traitor, robber
pirate, sea robber

thief, robber
3) thief, robber, burglar; rebel, insurgent
4) pirated edition, bootleg
5) foe, enemy, rival; resentment, enmity, grudge
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lake shore
riverside
3) ridge between rice fields; causeway
4) on the bank of, by the side of (e.g. a river
5) footpath between rice fields
consideration, taking into account

lucid, clear, plain
3) bright moonlight
4) clear, obvious
5) rightfulness
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I (nuance of arrogance), me, myself; we, us

I, me; oneself; you
3) I, me; oneself; you
4) my, our, ones own
5) we, us; I, me
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torture, the rack, third degree
instrument(s) of torture
3) the rack
4) instruments of torture
5) Convention against Torture and Other Cruel
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mountain stream, valley
valley, ravine, canyon

mountain stream
3) valley
4) snowy valley
5) ravine
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square jewel, corner, angle, edge

watch, clock, timepiece
doctor
3) doctor
4) harsh-mannered, angular, rough
5) harsh-mannered, angular, rough
girl, Miss, daughter, lass
unmarried woman; (after a name) Miss

daughter; young lady
3) (your) daughter, young woman
4) (term of respect for) anothers daughter
5) prostitute working at a soapland (lit: Turkish
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camellia
common camellia, Camellia japonica

camellia-like plant native to China
3) camellia oil
4) strange occurrence, unusual occurrence
5) Japanese stewartia, stewartia pseudocamellia
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cavity, hole, slit, very, great, exceedingly
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pupil, pupillary
3) hole; deficit, shortage
4) peafowl (inc. the male peacock, female peahen
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clear, help
venerable old man
old man, venerable

inscrutable are the ways of heaven
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4) old man
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bargain, reason, charge, suspicion, point,

account, purity, honest, low price, cheap,
rested, contented, peaceful
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lotus (Nelumbo nucifera), sacred lotus

lotus flower
3) sharing ones lot with another
4) Glory to the Sutra, Hail Lotus Sutra
5) lotus flower
kiln, oven, furnace
stove, furnace, kiln

ceramics, ceramic industry
3) pottery
4) tunnel kiln
5) removing pots from kiln
low price
3) honesty, integrity, purity and unselfishness
4) cheap, inexpensive
5) charge, grounds, suspicion
penitence, discipline, house arrest

indiscretion, imprudence
3) stern, grave, solemn, sobersided
4) respectfully, humbly, reverently
5) to be careful, to be discreet
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ugly, unclean, shame, bad looking
ugly, unattractive; unsightly, unseemly

shameful sight, disgraceful behavior
3) scandal
4) ugliness, meanness, offensiveness
5) ugly man; strong, brawny man
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martyrdom, follow by resigning

martyrdom
dying at ones post
3) martyrdom
4) to sacrifice oneself
5) martyr
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censure, criminal investigation

impeachment, accusation, censure
report of an officials offence to the emperor
(offense)
3) (Japanese) Court of Impeachment
4) impeachment vote
5) Judge Impeachment Court
measuring box, 1.8 liter
measuring container, measure

sho (unit of volume, approx. 1.8 litres)
3) one square on a grid, one cell of a grid
4) unit of old Japanese liquid measurement
5) 1 sho bottle (1.8 litres)
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praise, extol
Medal with Purple Ribbon

to praise, to admire, to speak well
3) medal (of merit), prize, reward
4) reward, prize
5) medal of honour, medal of merit
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discreet, reverently, humbly
annoy, anxiety, nuisance, trouble, irksome,

worry, pain, ill
complex, intricate, complicated, confused

troublesome, annoying, complicated
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4) trouble
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tariff, crop tax, borrowing
taxes, taxation
concession, settlement
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4) lease
5) leasehold land
depravity, corruption, degradation

abortion, aborticide, miscarriage
3) to degenerate, to lapse into
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bridegroom, son-in-law
adopted son-in-law
ones son-in-law
3) bridegroom
4) husband, groom; (ones) son-in-law
5) vagina; screw
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congratulations
Orders of the Sacred Treasure

youth, freshness, purity, luster (lustre)
3) young (and lustrous), fresh, juicy; lively
4) Switzerland; Swiss
5) Sweden
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correct, reform, cure, control, pretend, falsify, rectify, straighten
correction, remedy
to straighten, to correct, to cure
3) eccentric
4) to set up again, to correct, to cure
5) radical, extreme, eccentric
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captured, criminal, arrest, catch
criminals condemned to death

prisoner
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4) imprisonment, captive
5) prison labor, prison labour, forced labor
quit, stop, leave, withdraw, go
dismissal, discharge
to cease, to stop, to be over
3) to resign, to retire, to quit
4) to fire (from job), to discharge
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pining, yearn for, love dearly, adore
to yearn for, to miss, to adore

dear, beloved
3) yearning, deep affection
4) cherish the memory of, yearn for
5) love, attachment, adoration
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jetty, bolt (door), scaffold, cleat, frame
wharf, bridge, jetty, pier

reviewing stand, box, gallery
3) suspension bridge, viaduct, temporary bridge
4) frame (i.e. of a sliding door); crosspiece
5) sheathing (under thatched roofing)
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descend to, lapse into, degenerate
so-and-so, one, a certain, that person
someone; I, personal pronoun

certain, one
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4) so-and-so
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five (used in legal documents)

corporal
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4) to rank with, to rank among
5) to rank with, to rank among
secretion
endocrine; incretion, internal secretion
3) urinary organs
4) earnestly, keenly, fully, deeply, heartily
5) endocrine gland
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steadily,
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gradually advancing,
orchid, Holland
finally,
gradual progress, steady advance

gradually, slowly, little by little
3) a little, partially, somewhat, a short time
4) gradual decrease, decline
5) finally, at last; barely, narrowly, hardly
orchid; The Netherlands

Dutch studies, studies of Western knowledge
3) Iran
4) Holland, The Netherlands
5) Holland, The Netherlands
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Manchu dynasty, name given to naturalized foreigners
Qin (dynasty of China; 221-206 BCE), Chin

ash (tree)
3) pre-Qin period (of Chinese history)
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misfortune, bad luck, disaster, unlucky

trouble, burden, care, bother, worry
misfortune, bad luck, evil, disaster
3) unlucky year, critical age
4) warding off evil
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one hundred-millionth
affair, state
3) stupidity, absurdity, presumption
4) Ususama Vidya-raja
5) loess, yellow sand, bai
miscanthus reed
hay
hayfield, field of miscanthus
3) cogon grass (Imperata cylindrica)
4) thatched cottage, hovel, my humble cottage
5) thatched cottage, hovel, my humble cottage
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mosquito net
3) malaria mosquito
4) crane fly
5) faint voice
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5, 5-man squad, file, line
seaweed, duckweed
duckweed, seaweed, algae

seaweed
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4) waterweed (any aquatic plant of genus Elodea
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direct descent (non-bastard), legitimate

wife
legitimate birth
legitimate child
3) legitimate heir
4) legitimate child
5) eldest sons descendants
to help, to save, to rescue

3) to appoint, to designate
4) guidance, protective custody
5) giving the Emperor advice on affairs of state
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oak, mallet
spine, vertebral column

intervertebral disk
3) lumbar vertebrae
4) any beech tree of genus Castanopsis
5) vertebrate
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convex, beetle brow, uneven
unevenness, roughness, ruggedness

letterpress, relief printing
3) letterpress, relief printing
4) brow, forehead; convex
5) unevenness, roughness, ruggedness
menacing, dignity, majesty, threaten
menace, threat, intimidation; to threaten

to threaten, to menace
3) to threaten, to menace; to startle
4) brilliant, bright, glorious
5) to threaten, to menace
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rhyme, elegance, tone
storm, tempest
storm, tempest
wind blowing through verdure, mountain air
3) sandstorm
4) night storm
5) calm before a storm
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help
perfume, cultural progress
reverberation, swelling (of a hymn)

rhyme
3) rhythm, metre (poet)
4) rhyme in a Chinese poem
5) metrical foot (poet.)
flourishing, teeming with culture, aromatic

flourishing, teeming with culture, aromatic
3) fragrant, sweet-smelling
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saltpeter, nitrate
nitric acid
gunpowder smoke
3) glass, pane
4) flint glass
5) nitrous acid
frost
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speckled with white, salt and pepper (colour
3) covering which protects against frost
4) (fall of) frost
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imperial order
imperial decree, imperial edict

imperial edict, decree
3) meaning or gist of a decree
4) imperial scroll
5) the emperors censure
camphor tree (Cinnamomum camphora)

rhododendron, Rhododendron metternichii
3) Tsukushi rhododendron
4) Rhododendron metternichii
5) Azuma rhododendron
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coffin, casket
sound of jewels
coffin, casket
sarcophagus, stone coffin
3) coffin, casket
4) carrying out a coffin, funeral procession
5) placing in the coffin
beautiful from all sides, perfect serenity

clear, translucent, brilliant
3) tinkling of jades
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fist
fist
pistol, handgun, revolver
3) hand game (e.g. rock, paper, scissors)
4) Chinese art of self-defence (defense)
5) rock, paper, scissors game
Confucianism
Confucianism, Confucianist, Chinese scholar
3) Confucianism
4) cynic (phil.)
5) teacher, scholar
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beginning
founding of a state
beginning of the year
camphor tree
watchtower, lookout, high building
multistoried building
mirage
3) skyscraper
4) tower, turret, lookout, belvedere
5) belfry, bell tower
soar, fly
to soar, to fly; to run, to dash

flight, flying, soaring
3) to jump, to leap, to spring, to bound, to hop
4) to soar, to fly; to run, to dash
5) far-out, groovy, flipped out
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distress, grieve, lament, be anxious
nostalgia, homesickness
pathos, sorrow, grief
3) sad, unhappy, gloomy
4) to grieve, to lament, to be anxious
5) deplorable, alarming, grievous, lamentable
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firewood, kindling, fuel

wood and charcoal, fuel
3) going through thick and thin to attain ones
objective, enduring unspeakable hardships for
the sake of vengeance
4) fuel and water, cooking, salary
5) firewood gathering
prosperity
doing well, prosperous
3) Genkou era (1321.2.23-1324.12.9)
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peak, summit
brown, woollen kimono
watershed, divide
peak, ridge
3) high peak
4) the Hakone Mountains
5) northern mountain, Mt. Hiei
brown
dark reddish-brown, liver color
3) dark brown
4) yellowish-brown
5) brown algae, phaeophyceae
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grant, gift, boon, results
Emperors cup, trophy given by the Emperor

Imperial gift
3) gift, boon, result, fruit
4) to receive; to grant, to bestow, to award
5) to be given, to be granted
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bolt, cork, bung, stopper, plug
stopper, cork, stopcock

thrombus, blood clot
3) cerebral thrombosis
4) gas tap, gas cock
5) organ stop
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indicates possessive
that is, namely, i.e.
3) mummy
4) from ... to, between ... and; or
5) father
darning, repair, mend, trim, tidy up, adjust
repair, mending
upkeep (of equip.)
3) mending, repair, darning, patching up
4) to mend, to repair, to fix, to patch up
5) to temporize, to temporise, to smooth over
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accordingly, possessive particle, from,

whereupon
high, boasting
tall tree, forest tree, arbor, arbour

pride, self-conceit
3) deciduous tall tree
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take, get, catch, undergo, answer (phone)
sign of the tiger, 3-5AM, third sign of Chinese zodiac
third sign of Chinese zodiac (The Tiger

year of the tiger
3) northeast
4) around four oclock in the morning
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state, province, county (UK)

sandbank, sandbar
3) mid-ocean sandbank
4) Europe
5) Australia
unevenness, roughness, ruggedness

concave, hollow, sunken
3) unevenness, roughness, ruggedness
4) to dent, to indent, to depress, to humiliate
5) to dent, to indent, to depress, to humiliate
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ornamental evergreen, twig
yew plum pine (Podocarpus macrophyllus)

Chinese juniper (Juniperus chinensis)
3) yew plum pine (Podocarpus macrophyllus)
4) umbrella pine, Sciadopitys verticillata
5) eastern red cedar (Juniperus virginiana)
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friendly, harmonious, intimate
harmonious
to be harmonious, to get on well
3) to be harmonious, to get on well
4) friendship, reunion
5) informal social gathering
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barbarian, foreign
barbarian tribes surrounding ancient China

egoma (type of perilla)
3) egoma seed oil
4) (ancient) North China barbarian nations
5) sitting cross-legged (i.e. Indian style)
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inmost, heart, mind, inside

compromise, cross, blending, eclecticism
innermost feelings
3) a blending of Japanese and Western styles
4) distress
5) compromise proposal
tempering, refine, drill, train, polish
refining, smelting, tempering

alchemy; making big money (implied
3) tempering, forging, hardening, disciplining
4) veteran
5) test, trial, probation, ordeal, tribulation
1)
boulder, rock, crag
rock, crag
craggy, steep (as of a mountain)
3) cave, cavern
4) wall of rock, rock cliff, rock face
5) craggy, steep (as of a mountain)
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birch
birch (esp. Japanese white birch)

Japanese white birch (Betula platyphylla var.
japonica)
3) reddish yellow
4) pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha)
5) Betulaceae (plant family), hazelnut
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concave, hollow, sunken
high, steep
rigorous distinction
steep, precipitous
3) steep, precipitous
4) steep, sharp
5) strict, stern, rigorous, severe
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reject, retreat, recede, withdraw, repel, repulse
rejection, expulsion, boycott, ostracism

to repel, to drive away, to repulse
3) to step back, to move back
4) rejection, ostracism
5) scout, patrol, spy
destroyer
one by one, in detail, minutely
3) extermination, expulsion, destruction
4) successively, one after another, sequentially
5) expulsion, ejection, dismissal, ostracism
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butterfly
butterfly
butterfly
3) hinge; joint (esp. an anatomical joint)
4) skipper butterfly
5) bow tie
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polish
polish (jewels), cultivation

cultivate ones character by studying hard
3) carving and polishing
4) to work hard together
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wee hours, evening, early night
banana
evening, early night hours

night owl, nighthawk, late bird
3) this evening, tonight
4) spring evening
5) nightfall, early evening
correct style in a haiku (like Bashos)

Asian skunk cabbage (Lysichiton camtschatcense)
3) Japanese fiber banana (Musa basjoo)
4) sailfish
5) yellow skunk cabbage (Lysichiton americanum)
1)
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imperial edict
imperial edict, decree

imperial decree, imperial edict
3) imperial edict, decree
4) imperial rescript
5) imperial edict
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Zelkova tree
Japanese zelkova (species of elm-like tree

Japanese zelkova (species of elm-like tree
3) Japanese zelkova (species of elm-like tree
1)
pursue, drive away, chase, accomplish, attain, commit
delusion, unnecessarily, without authority,

reckless
wild idea, delusion

without authority, without reason
3) morally corrupt
4) falsehood, untruth, delusion
5) rash and blind act
precious stone, gem, lapis lazuli
lapis lazuli; lapis lazuli (color); beryl

Ryuukyuu (Ryukyu) Islands
3) Ryuukyuu (Ryukyu) Islands
4) Okinawan scale (hemitonic pentatonic scale:
do, mi, fa, so, ti)
5) Ryukyuan languages
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indigo
temple, monastery
3) indigo
4) indigo
5) Medal with Blue Ribbon (philanthropy)
companions, fellows
friend, companion, pal
3) friend, companion
4) faction, clique
5) comrade, friend, associate
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distant
remote, far off

goal, destination
3) someone so ignorant of the outside world that
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pig)
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mandarin orange
tachibana (inedible citrus, Citrus tachibana)

citrus fruits
3) trifoliate orange, golden apple
4) sudachi, Japanese citrus (Citrus sudachi)
5) sudachi, Japanese citrus (Citrus sudachi)
1)
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spine, backbone
bath, bathtub; bathroom, bathhouse

bass range (in Japanese music)
3) to take a bath
4) Turkish bath
5) traditional ordering of the Japanese syllabary;
fundamentals, the ABCs of ...
1)
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garden, farm, park
imperial garden
Koujien (famous Japanese dictionary)
3) outer garden
4) garden (esp. man-made), orchard, park
5) country, rural districts; cultivated land
gargle, rinse mouth
gargling, rinsing ones mouth

to rinse, to wash out; to have ones revenge
3) to gargle, to rinse the mouth
4) gargling, rinsing ones mouth
5) sore loser stubbornly refusing to admit being
wrong and adhering to the far-fetched argument
1)
songs with samisen
song; classical Japanese poetry (esp. tanka)

long epic song with shamisen accompaniment
3) lullaby
4) ballad
5) (style of) folk song
1)
bar-tending, serving sake, the host, draw

(water), ladle, scoop, pump
matchmaking
evening drink
3) pouring alcohol, person pouring alcohol
4) to serve sake
5) consideration (for others)
1)
companion, friend
distribute, disseminate, partition, understand
distribution
grayish color, greyish colour; grizzled hair
3) distribution price
4) circulation, distribution, promulgation
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choices, alternatives, options

limbs, members, body
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5) foot; leg; gait; pace
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mimeograph, copy
exemplar
copy, transcription, mimeograph, photocopy
3) copier, copying machine
4) mimeograph, stencil
5) official copy of the family register
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welling of water
gushing out, welling up, springing up
3) to well (up), to gush forth (of water)
4) to gush out
5) to boil up, to come to the boil, to seethe
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huge comma design

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5) comma-pattern tile
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happiness, blessed, good fortune, auspicious
good omen
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take pleasure in, rejoice
pleasant, delightful
jump up for joy
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4) pleasure
5) joyful, cheerful
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pupil (of eye); eye

pupil, pupillary
3) pupil
4) to strain ones eyes
5) pupil dilation
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woods, grove
forest; shrine grove

sculpin (any fish of family Cottidae
3) careless, sloppy, faulty
4) careless, negligent
5) lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)
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breed, boil, ferment, seethe, uproar
xun (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: wind

southeast
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heir, succeed
to succeed (someone in a business or inheritance)

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Japanese person (term esp. used in ancient

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3) Yamato-e (classical Japan decorative paintings)
4) Japanese pirates (of the Middle Ages)
5) Japanese pirates (of the Middle Ages)
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extract, selection, summary, copy, spread

thin
excerpt, extract; annotation

excerpt, abridgment, book of selections
3) quotation, abstract, selection, summary
4) to make something (i.e. paper) from wet
5) anthology
five-sided fortification
five-sided fort; Pentagon
3) prism
4) mountain ridge
5) lines of a mountain ridge
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beautiful, patterned
charging ahead of others
charging ahead of others, the first to charge

brawny, muscular, impressive, gigantic
3) ringleader, chief
4) ringleader, chief
5) forerunner, ringleader
Yuuhikaku (law book publisher)

effect, result, worth, use, avail
3) gallant, heroic, brave
4) resourcefulness, ability
5) worthless, useless, hopeless
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lazy, laziness
rainbow
primary rainbow
3) iris (of the eye)
4) rainbow-colored, rainbow-coloured
5) secondary rainbow
inertia, habit, momentum

laziness, idleness
3) diligence and indolence, attendance
4) inertia, momentum; force of habit
5) indolence, listlessness
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ridge, furrow, rib, 30 tsubo
se (Japanese unit of area equal to 30 tsubo

ridge, rib
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4) to undulate, to meander, to surge, to swell
5) furrow, room with ridged roof
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edge, corner, power, majesty, angle
barbarian
large, prosperous, great, large bird, powerful, wild goose
savage, uncivilized, uncivilised

1) bean goose (Anser fabalis)
act of barbarity, brutality, barbarism
2) How can a small bird (a sparrow
3) southern barbarians (formerly used by the
Chinese to refer to non-ethnic Chinese to the
south); South-East Asia; Western Europe (esp.
Spain and Portugal, their South-East Asian
colonies, and their goods and people arriving
in Japan via the colonies); exotic (esp. Western
European or South-East Asian style); (in dance,
puppetry, etc.) thrusting the right foot and right
arm forward at the same time (or left foot and
left arm); food prepared using chili peppers or
Welsh onions
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soldier of dauntless courage
in, on, at, as for
in, on, at (place), as for, regarding

in, at, on, as for, regarding
3) at, in, on
4) in, at
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I, one
one (used in legal documents)

10,000 Yen
3) 10,000 Yen
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hollyhock
hollyhock festival
3) sea anemone
4) sunflower, Helianthus annuus
5) wasabi (Japanese horseradish)
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chief, beginning
Mencius (Meng Zi) (371-289BCE)

Confucius and Mencius
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4) beginning of summer
5) beginning of spring
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allowance, pension, grant, happiness, fief
Genroku era (1688.9.30-1704.3.13)

increase in a samurais stipend
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5) retainers stipend, official pay, salary
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high, far
marquis, lord, daimyo
high (as of a mountain)

high (as of a mountain)
arc, arch, bow
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arc
3) closing parenthesis
4) closing brace
5) parenthesis, brackets
marquis, lord, daimyo

marquis, marquess
3) king and princes, noble rank
4) principality
5) marchioness
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sign of the snake or serpent, 9-11AM, sixth

sign of Chinese zodiac
sixth sign of Chinese zodiac (The Serpent

year of the snake
3) southeast
4) sixth of the sexagenary cycle
5) March 3rd of the lunar calendar (one of the
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dropwort, Japanese parsley
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fluent (language skill), flowing

expansion, extension, elongation, stretching
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4) fluency, facileness
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mythical Firebird Goddess (sometimes erroneously associated with phoenix), female

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2) feng (male Chinese phoenix)
3) large bird; kun (in Chinese mythology
4) imperial carriage
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discerning (quick) eye, keen insight

wisdom, wit, sagacity, sense, intelligence
3) suggestion, hint
4) suggestion, hint
5) clever, of quick intellect
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apricot grove
3) apricot jam
4) apricot seed, apricot kernel
5) chanterelle mushroom (Cantharellus cibarius)
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refined, gentle
refined, handsome and solid in character

erudite and refined, handsome
however, but

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fragrant, balmy, favourable
sweet, fragrant, aromatic

3) sweet-smelling, scentful, fragrant
4) fragrance, perfume, aroma; honor, honour
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append, affixed, attach, refer to
to affix, to append, to attach; to entrust

to attach, to join, to add, to append
3) to affix, to append, to attach; to entrust
4) attachment, appendage, annex, annexure
5) date, dating
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reform, correction, training

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authorized, authorised, appointed

adoration, reverence, admiration
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eyebrow, eyebrows
emergency, urgency, imminence
3) to frown, to scowl
4) painted eyebrows
5) painted eyebrows
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steep, craggy, rugged
eyebrow
potato
tuber, taro, potato; yokel, bumpkin

potato (Solanum tuberosum)
3) potato (Solanum tuberosum)
4) yam
5) taro
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ruddy kingfisher (Halcyon coromanda)

kingfisher (esp. the common kingfisher
3) green, emerald green
4) jade green
5) emerald, jade
complication, intricacy
guide, general survey, conspectus
3) secret savings, stash
4) synthesis, coordination, putting together
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filbert, hazelnut
corylus heterophylla var. thunbergii

Japanese alder (Alnus japonica)
3) hazel, corylus avellana
4) Japanese hazel, corylus sieboldiana
5) Japanese cherry birch (Betula grossa)
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old woman, grandma, wet nurse
old woman
old woman
3) grandmother; female senior-citizen
4) to shamelessly demand ones rights
5) old maid, frump, hag
freshwater trout, smelt
sweetfish (Plecoglossus altivelis altivelis)

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3) Hexagrammos otakii (species of greenling)
4) Hexagrammos otakii (species of greenling)
5) sweetfish going downstream to spawn
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luster, captivating, glaze, polish, charm,

glossy, colorful
gloss, glaze
charming, fascinating, voluptuous
3) fascinating, voluptuous
4) charming, captivating
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ivy (esp. Boston ivy

ivy and vines, creepers
3) ivy and vines, creepers
4) ivy and vines, creepers
5) kind of ivy, Hedera rhombea
side dish, daily (household) dish

shrine enshrining several gods
3) (Edo period) streetwalker
4) government, administration (fief)
5) (hist.) governor-general
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strand, beach, shore
waters edge, beach, shore

shore, waterside
3) sand bar, waters edge
4) along the shore
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rare, seldom
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4) scarce, rare
5) rare, uncommon
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imitation, copying
to imitate, to follow, to emulate
3) to follow precedent
4) imitation, copying
5) imitator
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4) hawk and falcon
5) northern hobby (species of falcon
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swamp, shore
lotus, Mt Fuji
fifth month of the lunar calendar
cotton rose, Hibiscus mutabilis

Mt Fuji (lotus-shaped mountain)
3) cotton rosemallow (Hibiscus mutabilis cv.
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think, consider, reflect
this (indicating an item near the speaker

presumably, conceivably, in my opinion
3) thought, thinking, speculation
4) as a god; as was done in the age of the gods
5) the way of the gods
doll, chick, squab, duckling
young bird, chick; doll; green

breeder
3) chicken sexer
4) model, miniature, pattern; sample, specimen
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thrift, economy, frugality

economy
3) thrifty, economical
4) industry, diligence, frugality
5) living frugally

divine grace, Gods help
3) assistance
4) divine aid, divine grace, providential help
5) heavenly protection, divine help
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blackened eyebrows
blackened eyebrows, eyebrow pencil

blackish blue
aspire to, admire, adore, yearn after, long

for
yearning, longing, aspiration

to long for, to yearn after, to admire
3) longing, aspiration
4) to long for, to yearn after, to admire
5) object of adoration, longing
to shine, to glitter, to sparkle

luxury, splendour, splendor, prosperity
3) false glitter
4) wealth, prosperity
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tall bamboo
for the first time, not until
for the first time; only after ... is it ...

beginning of the year
3) new futures on the first trading session of the
month
4) Confucius
5) your personal name
kindness
marshland
gracious
3) glossy
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shine, sparkle, gleam, twinkle
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help, assist
sincere, kind, considerate

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to spin a cocoon
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moreover, also, furthermore
yet, moreover, and

temporary, transient; trifling, slight
3) besides, and yet
4) besides, furthermore, moreover
5) besides, furthermore, moreover
fear, horror, anxiety, concern, uneasiness

field poppy, Papaver rhoeas
3) emergency
4) fear, misgivings
5) risk of failure
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monme, 3.75 grams, (kokuji)
unit of weight, approx. 3.75 g

375 grams (100 monme)
weight, plumb bob, sinker
weight; sinker (fishing)

spindle
3) counter for spindles
4) weight (of a fishing net)
5) idle spindles
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decrease
excessive, overflow, spread out
overflowing, flood
morally corrupt, slovenly, obscene
3) without authority, without reason
4) morally corrupt
5) random firing, reckless firing
exhaustion, consumption, waste, dissipation

consumable goods
3) mental retardation, unsound mind
4) wear, abrasion
5) exhaustive
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anxiety, consideration, uneasiness, concern, expectation, fear
swell, dilate, distend, bulge, fill out
emperors seal
to swell (from inflammation)

swelling, bulge, puff
3) to expand, to swell (out), to get big
4) to get cross, to get sulky, to swell (out)
5) boil, swelling
emperors seal
imperial seal
3) sovereigns seal
4) sacred sword and jewels
5) imperial seal, privy seal
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audience, audience (with king)
to have an audience with

to have an audience with
3) audience (with someone)
4) private audience
5) having an audience with someone of very high
social standing (e.g. the emperor)
baron, peerage, court rank
count, earl
baron; Irish cobbler (variety of potato)
3) prince, duke
4) jue (ancient 3-legged Chinese wine pitcher
5) marquis, marquess
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counter for articles

counter for the ichi-ni-san counting system
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3) counter for the hito-futa-mi counting system
(forming hitotsu, futatsu, mitsu, and misoji,
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4) individual, one by one, separate
5) one year
axe, 1.32 lb, catty, counter for loaves of
bread, axe radical (no. 69)
1) unit of weight 600g
2) 1 kin (0.6kg); 1 loaf of bread

3) weight
4) weight
5) axe
3rd in rank
ABC, 1, 2 and 3
3) 43rd year of the sexagenary cycle (year of the
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of women destined to kill their husbands)
4) A, B, C and D, first, second
5) class C, third class
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officer, an official
government official, clerk

an official
3) lower official
4) executioner
5) public official
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pox, smallpox
two, second, II
two (used in legal documents)

two (used in old or legal documents)
3) duplicity, treachery, double-dealing
(smallpox) vaccination, inoculation

smallpox, variola
3) smallpox, variola; pockmark, pock
4) light case of smallpox
5) cow pox, vaccinia
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ladle, one tenth of a go, dip
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majestic plural, imperial we
18 ml (one-tenth of a go)
one shaku
third class, 3rd, 3rd calendar sign
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We, Our, first person pronoun used by royalty

"We, the emperor, .."
model, molding
carving and engraving

plastic
3) plasticizer, plasticiser
4) plasticity
5) plastics
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pig iron
pig iron
3) white pig iron
4) molten iron
5) molten iron
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abide by, follow, obey, learn
ground-breaking, open up farmland
obedience
compliance, adherence (to a set of rules)
3) obeying, observing, following
4) law-abiding
5) law-abiding citizen
cultivating new land

cultivated land
3) uncultivated
4) virgin soil, uncultivated land
5) uncultivated, wild
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glad, pleased, rejoice
poem, tribute, installment, levy, ode, prose
gleeful, joyful
happy, glad, pleasant
3) to be glad
4) delightful, glad-looking
5) flattery, adulation, commendation
allotment, quota, payment in installments

poem; narrative (style of the Shi Jing)
3) levy, imposition
4) to allocate; to compose (poetry, etc.)
5) monthly installment (instalment)
1)
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shine, light
rays of the rising sun

rays of the setting sun
cedar, sandlewood, spindle tree
ebony
3) mythical founder of Korea
4) sandalwood
5) sandalwood oil
blue; green; green light

blue, green; pale; unripe, inexperienced
3) antique-looking, looking hoary with patina
4) pale, pallid; bluish-white
5) pale
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comet
to become famous overnight
3) Halleys comet
only, free, in addition

unusual, uncommon, extraordinary
3) absolutely, only, emphatic modifier
4) unusual, serious; incomparable
5) nothing but, earnestly, intently
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blue, pale
victory song
triumphal return
victory song, victory
3) returning victorious army
4) arch of triumph, triumphal arch
5) southerly wind
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sign of the ox or cow, 1-3AM, second sign

of Chinese zodiac
second sign of Chinese zodiac (The Ox

year of the ox
3) northeast
4) two oclock in the morning
5) Year of the Ox
Japanese cherry birch (Betula grossa)

catalpa bow, betula grossa
3) publication, wood-block printing
4) Emperors coffin (made of catalpa wood)
5) cabinetmaker, woodworker
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eventide, tide, salt water, opportunity
tide, current; salt water; opportunity

blood spilt from the body
3) tide
4) shell gathering (at low tide), clamming
5) ebb tide
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first day of month, conjunction (astronomy)
new moon; first day of the lunar month

first day of the month
3) first day of the month
4) beginning of the month or the year
5) Hassaku orange (Citrus hassaku)
kimono design
gorgeous, brilliant, dazzling, gaudy

damask
3) luxurious and gorgeous
4) colorful pattern, colourful pattern
5) luxurious and gorgeous, splendid, dazzling
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resonant, sweet, clear, refreshing, bracing
refreshing, exhilarating
fresh, refreshing, invigorating, clear
3) rustling; refreshing; clearly
4) fine disposition
5) gallant, dashing, jaunty
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serene, cold, skilful, be clear
clearness, clarity
clearness, clarity
3) to be clear, to be serene, to be cold
4) to shine clearly
5) to clear gradually, to get cold gradually
entertainer, nursing, attending
temple, monastery
nursing, nurse, attending, attendant
3) attending (upon), keeping another company
4) fairy play, pantomime
5) fairy-tale book
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grant, answer
to come true (wish); to be suited

to grant (request, wish)
3) everything working out as desired
4) to satisfy (one), to meet (ones) desire
5) to win the favour of (favor)
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black, many, dark
daybreak, dawn
dawning
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4) Li (people)
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germination, germ, sprout, bud, sign

to bud, to sprout
3) bean sprouts
4) bean sprouts
5) signs, omen, symptoms
full of vim and vigor

being full of energy (drive, motivation
3) brimming with vitality, full of vigor
4) morale being very high
5) prosperous
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lapis lazuli
ballad drama
3) old name for bunraku
4) old name for the bunraku
5) old name for the bunraku
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sow (seeds)
gold or silver lacquer

to scatter, to sprinkle, to sow (seeds)
3) to disseminate, to scatter
4) to sow (seeds)
5) sowing beans (or pulses, etc.)
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far off, distant, long ago
far, far away, distant, remote, far off

ramble, saunter, walk
3) far off, in the distance, long ago, far
4) from afar, over a great distance, all the way
5) from afar, over a great distance, all the way
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type of morning glory, rose of Sharon,

althea
carp
common carp, koi carp (Cyprinus carpio)

carp streamer, carp banner
3) koi herpes virus (KHV)
4) coloured carp, colored carp
5) black carp, black koi
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license, sincerity, permit
permission, licence, license

consent, acceptance, agreement
3) permission, assent, compliance
4) courtesy, sincerity
5) being versed in the literary and military arts
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recollect, remember
to recollect, to remember
to be brought to mind, to come to mind
3) memorial concert
4) to think of the dead
5) things reminiscent of bygone days
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vigorous, successful, beautiful, flourishing
carpenters square, ruler
rectangle
quadrature
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4) carpenters square (for checking angles)
5) carpenters square; instigation, suggestion
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sparkle of jewelry, crystal
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beautiful, figured cloth
thin twilled silk fabric

fine clothes
3) gorgeous, gaudy, dazzling, gay
4) fine skill, simplicity
5) pretty, lovely, beautiful, fair; clean, clear
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endure, keep (rain)out, stave off, tide over,

defy, slight, surpass
tiding over
to outdo, to surpass, to endure
3) makeshift, temporary expedient
4) shelter
5) skyscraping, very high
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sparkling water
valiant, brave, surge (of water)
valiant, brave, surge (of water)
3) unfathomable, great expanse of water
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scarlet, cardinal
scarlet, red; blood

red; Red (i.e. communist)
3) salvia (sage family)
4) red carp, golden carp
5) scarlet
white, clear
bright (esp. of the moon); broad and empty

pearly white teeth
3) bright white moon
4) zinc sulfate heptahydrate, white vitriol
5) starry eyes and beautiful white teeth (said of
beautiful women)
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madder, red dye, Turkey red
madder
glowing sky
3) glowing sky
4) madder red
5) madder root
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sign of the hare or rabbit, 5-7AM, fourth

sign of Chinese zodiac, east
fourth sign of Chinese zodiac (The Hare

bean-curd lees, soybean pulp
3) year of the hare
4) fourth month of the lunar calendar
5) short pillar set on a beam to support a ridgepole
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crystal, transparent gem
burr, ball
ball
burr, bur, (chestnut) case, (pine) cone
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4) pinecone, pine cone
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cleverness, sagacity
3) cunning, crafty, shrewd, guileful
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Matsubaras red rockfish (Sebastes matsubarae); Pacific ocean perch (Sebastes alutus)
3) red sea bream (Pagellus bogaraveo)
4) yellowback sea bream (Dentex tumifrons)
5) splendid alfonsino (Beryx splendens)
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blue, green
blue; green; green light

deep blue, azure
3) blue, green; pale; unripe, inexperienced
4) yellow jasper, beryl
5) red and green
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good crops, prosperity, 10**28
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2) good harvest, abundant crop
3) bumper (abundant) crop
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serving our elders
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filial piety, brotherly love

obedience
rural community, right village radical (no.

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kanji "large village" radical

remote village
3) city, town, village
4) hamlet, village
5) hamlet
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sea bream, red snapper
pick up, peck
woodpecker
to pick at, to peck at
3) woodpecker
4) Japanese woodpecker
5) great spotted woodpecker
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west, bird, sign of the bird, 5-7PM, tenth

sign of Chinese zodiac, sake radical (no.
164)
1) tenth sign of Chinese zodiac (The Bird
year of the cock
34th of the sexagenary cycle
4) Bird Day
5) west
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citron
Japanese citron (Citrus junos

Japanese citron (Citrus junos
3) Citrus grandis, Citrus maxima
4) condiment paste made from yuzu zest and
chile peppers
5) swallowtail butterfly larva (a pest of citrus
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Buddhist surplice
ballad drama
3) old name for bunraku
4) lapis lazuli; lapis lazuli (color); beryl
5) crystal, glass
kasaya (monks stole)

hate everything about a person
3) grandiose, exaggerated
4) wearing a kasaya
5) slashing a sword diagonally from the shoulder
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jasmine
beautiful black jewel, nine
Arabian jasmine (Jasminum sambac)

3) Japanese snowbell, styrax japonica
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how, what, alas, "?" (question mark)
how!, what!, alas!

joy, exultation
3) Well done!, soft bean-jam
4) Sad to say, How sad, Alas
5) Sad to say, How sad, Alas
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jewel, tinkling of jewelry
the violet
violet (any flower of genus Viola

heartsease (wild pansy, Viola tricolor)
3) Fuji dawn (species of violet
4) Violaceae (the violet family of plants)
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nine (used in legal documents)

Cuba
suddenly, smoothly
quickly (esp. actions); suddenly (esp. wind

gallant, dashing, jaunty
3) rustle of wind
4) cutting a fine (dashing, gallant
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dawn, morning, daybreak

husband
3) once; for a moment, temporarily; one morning
4) New Years Day
5) plum, almond
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court musician, minstrel

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4) actor
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smiling, reed used to cover tatami
softstem bulrush (Scirpus tabernaemontani)

with a smile
3) sweetly smiling
4) smiling
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urging one to drink more good wine during a

banquet
2) assisting at dinner, dining with a superior
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strong
ancestral offering receptacle
release internal power

strong and nimble
3) excellent soldier
4) formidable foe
5) strong and fierce
coral
coral reef
3) brain coral
4) Coral Sea
5) organ-pipe coral
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urge to eat
deed, skill
kabuki, Japanese classical drama

technique, art
3) ancient music
4) woman entertainer
5) ability, talent, skill, capacity
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I, you, (kokuji)
I; (person having) thin or shaved eyebrows
2)
sign of the hog, 9-11PM, twelfth sign of the

Chinese zodiac
twelfth sign of the Chinese zodiac (The Boar

year of the boar
3) 10 oclock in the evening
4) tenth month of the lunar calendar
5) 48th of the sexagenary cycle
issue, offspring, paternal blood

half-brother, half-sister
3) descendant, scion
4) noblemans illegitimate child
5) noblemans illegitimate child
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intelligence, imperial
Mt. Hiei (in Kyoto)

emperors approval
3) the emperors instructions
4) (in the) emperors hearing
5) the emperors personal inspection
issue, offspring, descendent
also, again
again, and, also, still (doing something)

burnet
3) me too, I also
4) like dew or lightning, gone in a flash
5) A law is a law, however undesirable it may be
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palm tree
date (palm tree)
3) coconut oil
4) cauliflower
5) areca palm
indefinite, hazy, vague

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3) father and mother
4) Yamataikoku
5) alaya-vijnana (store consciousness
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pure sake, purity, affection
genuine, pure, perfect

good morals and manners
3) rustic simplicity, homeliness
4) mellowness
5) persuading by heavy-handed methods
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neck, collar, lapel
neck, collar, lapel, neckband

lining of the collar
3) neckpiece (on a kimono)
4) collar core (stiff fabric
5) usu. the drop between collar and bottom hem
on kimono, yukata, etc.
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consult with
Chinese unicorn, genius, giraffe, bright,

shining
giraffe; qilin (Chinese unicorn)

child prodigy, wonder child
3) the end of things (esp.
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writings); ones dying hour (esp. used for the
death of Confucius)
4) dragons blood
5) dragons blood
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eggplant
promotion of social intercourse

question, enquiry, inquiry
victory, fast
fast, quick, hasty, brisk; early (in the day

smart, clever; agile, nimble, quick
3) shortcut, expedient
4) news of a victory
5) nimble, prompt, agile, quick, shrewd, smart
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beautiful as a jewel
your letter
beautiful face, exquisite countenance
3) fairyland
4) beautiful pond, place where immortals live
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question mark
eggplant (Solanum melongena), aubergine

eggplant (Solanum melongena), aubergine
3) squash, pumpkin
4) sweet briar
5)
Chinese scarlet eggplant (Solanum integrifolium), tomato-fruit eggplant; tomato
(Lycopersicon esculentum)
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prime minister (in ancient China)
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fact, reality, understand, appreciate
acknowledgement, acknowledgment
comprehension, consent, understanding
3) acknowledgement, acknowledgment
4) consideration, taking into account
5) court (national) mourning
clarity
apparent, obvious, very clear
3) dimness, obscurity, indistinctness, unclear
4) articulation
5) obvious
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grow worse, grow bulky, swell, be aggravated
bulk, volume, quantity

to pile up, to increase
3) to grow in intensity, to be aggravated
5) volume of water
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you, thou, second person
thou, you
you
3) like that, as such; yeah, uh-huh
4) yes, yea, aye, affirmative; to be so
5) Brazil
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straight grain, spindle tree, (kokuji)
Japanese spindletree (Euonymus japonicus)

Asiatic jasmine (Trachelospermum asiaticum)
towering in a row
brilliant
brilliant, resplendant
brilliant, bright
3) brilliant, bright
4) brilliance, radiance
5) brilliant, bright, radiant
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star, god of literature
Chinese "Legs" constellation (one of the 28

mansions)
2) Chinese "Legs" constellation (one of the 28
mansions)
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bookmark, guidebook
bookmark, guidebook
to put a bookmark between the pages of a book
rise
to be highly strung, to get excited

to grow in intensity, to be aggravated
4) in high spirits, elated
5) excitement, stimulation, agitation, arousal
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water route, shipping channel
waterway, channel; wake (of a ship)

marks in a water channel
luxury, select
(natural) selection, weeding out

affair, state
3) natural selection
4) stupidity, absurdity, presumption
5) news, letter
completion (e.g. of construction)

completion (e.g. of construction)
3) completion
4) ceremony to mark completion
5) ceremony to mark completion
1)
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kasaya (monks stole)
hate everything about a person
3) grandiose, exaggerated
4) wearing a kasaya
5) slashing a sword diagonally from the shoulder
1)
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eulogy
festive poem or song

gatha (poetic verse of a scripture)
3) praise; hymn (genre of the Shi Jing)
4) to celebrate someones achievements
5) offertory, offertory music
1)
tedious
verbose, importunate, heavy (taste)

wordy, verbose, prolix
3) wordy, verbose, prolix
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pupil of the eye
pupil (of eye); eye

pair of eyes
3) eye, pupil
4) one sweep (of the eye), an unbroken view
5) bright or beautiful eyes
1)
end, finish
1)
cold, strict, severe
cold, frigid, bracing; dignified
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Chinese parasol tree, phoenix tree
Chinese parasol-tree (Firmiana simplex)

Indian coral tree (Erythrina variegata)
samisen music, string, cord
string (of a shamisen, etc.)

single-stringed Japanese zither
3) orchestral music
4) stringed instruments
5) string music
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Chinese "Hairy Head" constellation (one of the

28 mansions), Pleiades, Seven Sisters
2) Chinese "Hairy Head" constellation (one of the
3) Chinese "Hairy Head" constellation (one of the
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alike, truth
melting, smelting
melting
metallurgy
3) jig (tool)
4) smithing, blacksmith
5) swordsmith
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morning, early
holly
indeed, really, absolutely, truly, actually

exquisite, truly beautiful
burn, bonfire
agricultural burning, setting a field ablaze

garden bonfire (esp. one held on the imperial
grounds)
holly olive (Osmanthus heterophyllus)

English holly (Ilex aquifolium)
3) Mahonia japonica, Japanese mahonia
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lotus
cotton rose, Hibiscus mutabilis

Mt Fuji (lotus-shaped mountain)
3) cotton rosemallow (Hibiscus mutabilis cv.
Versicolor), Confederate rose
butterbur (Petasites japonicus)

liquorice, licorice
3) edible flower bud of the fuki (Petasites japonicus) plant, an early spring delicacy
4) Japanese silver leaf, Farfugium japonicum
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treetops, twig
treetop, tip of a branch

tree top, tip, periphery, minor details
3) spring of yellow buds
4) peripheral nerves
5) trivial, minor, insignificant
butterbur, bog rhubarb
excuse, tolerate, forgive
benevolence, magnanimity
sincerity and consideration
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3) Japanese snowbell, styrax japonica
betrothal gift
acclamation
3) dice, die; baton (of command)
4) baton (of command)
5) to lead, to direct, to take command
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edify, way, path
edification, enlightenment, guide

guide, master, teacher
appearance, take, coloring, dice, form
affix a seal, stamp, press, print
sealing (document)
to push, to press
3) to prick, to stab; to poke, to prod, to push
4) transfer print
5) seal
1)
2)
merry, bright, sunny, prosperous
iris
iris (flower); Siberian iris (Iris sanguinea)

yellow iris
3) Japanese iris, blue flag, Iris ensata
4) aromatic cane, orris
5) bathwater with iris petals
1)
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strong, just, righteous, peace-loving
outspoken
outspoken
3) outspoken
calm, lull
to become calm, to die down
3) evening calm
4) morning calm (over the ocean)
5) evening calm
1)
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gauze, gossamer
(silk) gauze
small silk wrapper
3) small silk wrapper
4) small silk wrapper
5) cotton print, calico
lull, calm, (kokuji)
type of deciduous tree, grey starling
Aphananthe oriental elm (Aphananthe aspera)

grey starling (gray)
3) common starling
4) common grackle (Quiscalus quiscula)
5) Aphananthe oriental elm (Aphananthe aspera)
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happiness, good fortune, luck, blessing

fortuitous, luck, windfall, godsend
3) unhappiness, sad fate, misfortune
4) speculative spirit
5) speculation
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friendship, intimacy
friendship, friendly relations, connection

friendship, friendly relations, fellowship
3) friendship, friendly relations, connection
4) old friendship
5) friendship, amity
1)
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ball
traditional Japanese handball game
3) kemari
great scholar, profound scholar

(Confucian) scholar
1)
1)
2)
2)
pongee (a knotted silk cloth)
pongee
pongee (unbleached silk)
1)
large, great, eminent
late, quiet, sets (sun)
calm, tranquil
calm, tranquil
deep and broad
clear
waters edge, shore, bank
pacify, soothe, calm
waters edge, shore

shoreline, beach line
3) sand bar, waters edge
4) long stretch of winding beach
to soothe, to calm, to pacify

to soothe and humor (humour), to coax
3) appeasement
4) appeasement policy
5) to soothe and humor (humour), to coax
1)
1)
2)
2)
.,
3) ,
1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
1)
2)
3)
4)
1)
2)
a reed instrument
shine
maple
traditional Japanese wind instrument resembling panpipes, free-reed instrument used in

Japanese court music
2) sho (Japanese free reed musical instrument)
3) sho (Japanese free reed musical instrument)
1)
thread, silk cloth
figured satin
imperial words
3) governing
4) the Emperors command
maple (tree) (Acer spp.)

maple
3) galbanum (gum resin from fennel)
4) maple sugar
5) maple-leaf viewing
1)
1)
2)
2)

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family name, surname, clan

family name, lineage, birth

gradually (progress into a state)

organize, tie, bind, do up hair, contract,

organize, arranging, tune, tone, meter, key

regulation, adjustment, tuning, modification

ruling, governing, overall, relationship

president, chief executive

counter for machines, foundation, fundamentals, radical (chem)

foundation, basis, standard

plan, suggestion, draft, ponder, fear,

raise, plan, project, behavior, actions

to raise, to elevate; to do up (ones hair)

protect, guarantee, keep, preserve, sustain,

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Showa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7)

take along, carry in hand, propose

preamble, premise, reason, prerequisite

price, value, cost

ballot, label, ticket, sign

reply, answer, yes, apply, accept, OK

to respond, to satisfy, to accept

label, ballot, ticket, sign

utensil, vessel, receptacle, implement, instrument, ability, container, tool, set

bowl, vessel, container; ability, capacity

evidence, proof, certificate

securities, bonds, certificates

inspection (e.g. customs, factory)

gentleman, samurai, samurai radical (no.

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healthy, health, strength, persistence

rank, grade, class

health, sound, wholesome

class, grade, rank, school class, grade

attitude, condition, figure, appearance,

current status, condition, situation

care, protection, shelter, safeguard

(tree) trunk, (arrow) shaft, (tool) handle

regiment, party, company, squad

faction, group, party, clique, sect, school

alone, spontaneously, Germany, single

original, peculiar, characteristic

stripe, article, streak, clause, item

condition(s), term(s), requirement(s)

rate, proportion, %, coefficient, factor, ratio

ratio, proportion, percentage

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claim, request, insistence, assertion

self-defence force, self-defense force

righteousness, justice, morality, honor, loyalty, meaning

morality, righteousness, justice

ri, village, parents home, league

ri (old Japanese unit of distance

scheme, plan, policy, step, means

evaluate, criticism, comment

valuation, estimation, assessment, evaluation

political measures, policy

stamp, imprint, symbol, emblem, trademark, evidence, souvenir, target, signpost,

made in..., manufacture

director, official, govt office, rule, administer

commandant, commanding officer, general