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peach (Prunus persica)

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dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris); squealer; rat; loser; asshole; counterfeit

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monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook

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green pheasant (Phasianus versicolor); Japanese pheasant

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chasing out ogres; exterminating ogres

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Sarukanigassen (folktale); The Monkey and the Crab

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crab

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onigiri; rice ball (often triangular, sometimes with a filling and wrapped in nori)

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because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...

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(husked grains of) rice

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to cook (grains, e.g. rice); to boil; to simmer; to stew

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to make round; to roll up; to seduce; to cajole; to round off (a fraction); (arch.) to lump together

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chopsticks

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carrying

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wisdom; wit; sagacity; prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)

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drinking (sometimes esp. alcohol); drink; drinking party

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's house; 's home

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to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve

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irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; reasonable; moderate

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to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away

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to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect

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Kaguya-Hime (main character of Taketori Monogatari); Princess Kaguya

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unreasonable demand

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device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement

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application; entry; request; subscription; offer; proposal

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but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding

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to yearn for; to long for; to follow (someone); to idolize (for virtue, learning, status, etc.)

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finally; at last; ultimately; in the end

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full moon

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moon; month

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meeting; greeting; welcome

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to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)

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perpetual youth and longevity; immortality

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medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic

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emperor (of Japan); mikado

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eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality

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life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation

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to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up

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to choose; to select

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hegemony; leadership; initiative

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prince; subordinate Kumano shrine

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kiss

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eternal slumber; everlasting rest; death

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to wake; to wake up; to become sober; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to be disillusioned

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shoe; shoes; boots; footwear; footgear

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empress; queen

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female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress

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to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of

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somehow; for some reason; without knowing why

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story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend

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