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Variations:
せねばならない
せねばならぬ

 senebanaranai; senebanaranu
    せねばならない; せねばならぬ
(expression) (See ねばならない) ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to

Variations:
タイムアウト
タイム・アウト

 taimuauto; taimu auto
    タイムアウト; タイム・アウト
(1) {sports} time-out; timeout; (2) {comp} timeout

Variations:
タッチアウト
タッチ・アウト

 tacchiauto; tacchi auto
    タッチアウト; タッチ・アウト
{baseb} tag out (wasei: touch out)

Variations:
タップアウト
タップ・アウト

 tappuauto; tappu auto
    タップアウト; タップ・アウト
(n,vs,vi) {MA;prowres} tap out; submission

Variations:
ドッグイヤー
ドッグ・イヤー

 dogguiyaa; doggu iyaa / dogguiya; doggu iya
    ドッグイヤー; ドッグ・イヤー
(1) rapid pace at which the information technology field moves (eng: dog year); (2) (See ドッグイヤ・2) dog's ear

Variations:
どっと
ドッと
ドっと

 dotto(p); dotto; dotto
    どっと(P); ドッと; ドっと
(adverb) (1) (onomatopoeic or mimetic word) bursting out (laughter); breaking out (applause); roaring; whooping; (adverb) (2) (onomatopoeic or mimetic word) in a rush; in a surge; flooding in; pouring in; (adverb) (3) (onomatopoeic or mimetic word) suddenly; all of a sudden

Variations:
ドバッと
どばっと
ドバっと

 dobatto; dobatto; dobatto
    ドバッと; どばっと; ドバっと
(adverb) (onomatopoeic or mimetic word) gushing out (suddenly); pouring out all at once; bursting out

Variations:
ニューイヤー
ニュー・イヤー

 nyuuiyaa; nyuu iyaa / nyuiya; nyu iya
    ニューイヤー; ニュー・イヤー
New Year

Variations:
にょっきり
にょきり

 nyokkiri; nyokiri(sk)
    にょっきり; にょきり(sk)
(adv,adv-to) (onomatopoeic or mimetic word) sticking out prominently (usu. something long and thin); rising up

Variations:
パドルアウト
パドル・アウト

 padoruauto; padoru auto
    パドルアウト; パドル・アウト
{sports} paddle out (surfing)

Variations:
ピークアウト
ピーク・アウト

 piikuauto; piiku auto / pikuauto; piku auto
    ピークアウト; ピーク・アウト
(n,vs,vi) peaking out; peaking; passing the peak; declining (after reaching a peak)

Variations:
ヒールアウト
ヒール・アウト

 hiiruauto; hiiru auto / hiruauto; hiru auto
    ヒールアウト; ヒール・アウト
{sports} heeling (the ball out of a scrum; in rugby) (eng: heel out)

Variations:
ピックアップ
ピック・アップ

 pikkuapu; pikku apu
    ピックアップ; ピック・アップ
(noun, transitive verb) (1) picking out (eng: pick up); choosing; selection; (noun, transitive verb) (2) picking (someone) up (in a vehicle); (3) pickup (in a record player); (phono) cartridge; (4) (See 小型トラック) pickup (truck); (5) {physics} pickup (reaction)

Variations:
ピットアウト
ピット・アウト

 pittoauto; pitto auto
    ピットアウト; ピット・アウト
(n,vs,vi) {motor} (See ピットイン) exiting the pits (wasei: pit out)

Variations:
フォースアウト
ホースアウト

 foosuauto; hoosuauto
    フォースアウト; ホースアウト
{baseb} force-out

Variations:
フォールアウト
フォルアウト

 fooruauto; foruauto
    フォールアウト; フォルアウト
fallout (atomic, radioactive, etc.); fall-out; fall out

Variations:
フライアウト
フライ・アウト

 furaiauto; furai auto
    フライアウト; フライ・アウト
{comp} fly out

Variations:
ページアウト
ページ・アウト

 peejiauto; peeji auto
    ページアウト; ページ・アウト
page out

Variations:
ぺろっと
ペロッと
ペロっと

 perotto; perotto; perotto
    ぺろっと; ペロッと; ペロっと
(adverb) (1) (onomatopoeic or mimetic word) (eating up) quickly; in no time; gobbling up; (adverb) (2) (onomatopoeic or mimetic word) quickly (sticking out one's tongue); (adverb) (3) (onomatopoeic or mimetic word) licking; licking up; (adverb) (4) (onomatopoeic or mimetic word) (peeling off) in one go; completely

Variations:
ポートアウト
ポート・アウト

 pootoauto; pooto auto
    ポートアウト; ポート・アウト
(noun/participle) port-out; port out

Variations:
ホールアウト
ホール・アウト

 hooruauto; hooru auto
    ホールアウト; ホール・アウト
(n,vs,vi) {golf} hole out

Variations:
ポチ袋
ぽち袋
点袋(iK)

 pochibukuro(pochi袋); pochibukuro(pochi袋, 点袋)
    ポチぶくろ(ポチ袋); ぽちぶくろ(ぽち袋, 点袋)
(See お年玉・おとしだま) decorative paper envelope for giving New Year's gifts (usu. money given to children) and congratulatory gifts

Variations:
ポチ袋
ぽち袋
点袋(rK)

 pochibukuro
    ぽちぶくろ
(See お年玉) decorative paper envelope for giving New Year's gifts (usu. money given to children) and congratulatory gifts

Variations:
ボトムアウト
ボトム・アウト

 botomuauto; botomu auto
    ボトムアウト; ボトム・アウト
bottom out

Variations:
マスククリア
マスク・クリア

 masukukuria; masuku kuria
    マスククリア; マスク・クリア
(noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru) (See マスクブロー) blowing air into a dive mask through the nose to clear out the water (wasei: mask clear)

Variations:
マスクブロー
マスク・ブロー

 masukuburoo; masuku buroo
    マスクブロー; マスク・ブロー
(noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru) (See マスククリア) blowing air into a dive mask through the nose to clear out the water or equalize the pressure (wasei: mask blow)

Variations:
マッチポンプ
マッチ・ポンプ

 macchiponpu; macchi ponpu
    マッチポンプ; マッチ・ポンプ
(in ref. to lighting a match and then putting it out with a water pump) stirring up trouble in order to get credit for resolving it (wasei: match, wasei: pomp); profiting from solving problems created by oneself

Variations:
やって来る
遣って来る

 yattekuru
    やってくる
(exp,vk) (1) (kana only) to come along; to come around; to turn up; (exp,vk) (2) (kana only) to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)

Variations:
ラインアウト
ライン・アウト

 rainauto; rain auto
    ラインアウト; ライン・アウト
(1) {sports} line-out (rugby); lineout; (2) {baseb} becoming out by running more than 3 feet outside the base line; (3) line out (signal)

Variations:
リングアウト
リング・アウト

 ringuauto; ringu auto
    リングアウト; リング・アウト
{prowres} being out of the ring (wasei: ring out)

Variations:
レイトアウト
レイト・アウト

 reitoauto; reito auto / retoauto; reto auto
    レイトアウト; レイト・アウト
(See レイトチェックアウト) late check-out (wasei: late out)

Variations:
ロールアウト
ロール・アウト

 rooruauto; rooru auto
    ロールアウト; ロール・アウト
(1) roll-out (of a product); (noun, transitive verb) (2) {comp} (See スワップアウト) rolling out (memory contents); swapping out

Variations:
ロットアップ
ロット・アップ

 rottoapu; rotto apu
    ロットアップ; ロット・アップ
sold out (wasei: lot up); out of production

Variations:
ワイプアウト
ワイプ・アウト

 waipuauto; waipu auto
    ワイプアウト; ワイプ・アウト
{film;tv} wipe to erase the preceding image (wasei: wipe out)

Variations:
一泡吹かせる
ひと泡吹かせる

 hitoawafukaseru
    ひとあわふかせる
(exp,v1) (idiom) to give someone a surprise; to catch off guard and fluster; to frustrate (e.g. someone's plans); to give someone a blow; to scare the hell out of

Variations:
上がり
揚がり(rK)

 agari
    あがり
(n,n-suf) (1) (ant: 下がり・1) rise; increase; ascent; (2) income; takings; earnings; proceeds; (crop) yield; return; profit; (3) completion; end; finish; (4) end result (e.g. of crafts); how something comes out; finish; (5) (kana only) finishing (in a board or card game, etc.); (6) (abbreviation) (See 上がり花) green tea (esp. in a sushi restaurant); (suffix) (7) after (rain, illness, etc.); (suffix) (8) ex- (e.g. ex-bureaucrat); former

Variations:
中二病
厨二病(ateji)

 chuunibyou / chunibyo
    ちゅうにびょう
(slang) (joc) behaving in a way characteristic of teenagers going through puberty, esp. by being overly self-conscious; 2nd year of junior high sickness

Variations:
以ての外
もっての外(sK)

 mottenohoka
    もってのほか
(adj-no,adj-na,n) (kana only) outrageous; preposterous; most improper; most unreasonable; inexcusable; unpardonable; out of the question

Variations:
似気無い
似気ない
似げない

 nigenai
    にげない
(adjective) unlike; unbecoming; unworthy of; out of keeping with

Variations:
使い切る
使いきる
遣い切る

 tsukaikiru
    つかいきる
(transitive verb) to use up; to exhaust; to wear out

Variations:
備える
具える(rK)

 sonaeru
    そなえる
(transitive verb) (1) to furnish with; to equip with; to provide; to install; (transitive verb) (2) to prepare for; to make preparations for; to make provision for; (transitive verb) (3) to possess (all that is needed); to be endowed with; to be equipped with; (transitive verb) (4) to be born with; to have since birth

Variations:
入り浸る
入りびたる
入浸る

 iribitaru
    いりびたる
(v5r,vi) (1) to stay long; to hang around; to hang out; to frequent; (v5r,vi) (2) to be immersed (in water) for a long time; to soak

Variations:
再来年
さ来年(sK)

 sarainen
    さらいねん
(n,adv) year after next

Variations:
出て行く
出ていく
出てゆく

 deteiku(出te行ku, 出teiku); deteyuku(出te行ku, 出teyuku) / deteku(出te行ku, 出teku); deteyuku(出te行ku, 出teyuku)
    でていく(出て行く, 出ていく); でてゆく(出て行く, 出てゆく)
(Godan verb - iku/yuku special class) (い may be dropped, particularly in plain or rough language) to go out and away; to leave

Variations:
出掛け
出がけ
出掛(io)

 degake; dekake(出掛ke, 出掛)
    でがけ; でかけ(出掛け, 出掛)
(1) (usu. 〜に) (See お出掛け・1) (on the) point of going out; (at the) moment one is about to leave; (2) (usu. 〜に) just after leaving; while on the way

Variations:
剥き海老
剥きエビ
剥きえび

 mukiebi(剥ki海老, 剥kiebi); mukiebi(剥kiebi)
    むきえび(剥き海老, 剥きえび); むきエビ(剥きエビ)
(kana only) shelled shrimp (that have also had their heads removed)

Variations:
勝ち組
勝ち組み
勝組
徒組

 kachigumi
    かちぐみ
(ant: 負け組) winners (those who have succeeded socially, economically, etc.)

Variations:
取り分ける
取分ける(sK)

 toriwakeru
    とりわける
(transitive verb) (1) to distribute; to portion out; to deal out; to dish out; to serve; (transitive verb) (2) to separate (out); to pick out

Variations:
口を滑らせる
口をすべらせる

 kuchiosuberaseru
    くちをすべらせる
(exp,v1) to make a slip of the tongue; to say something inadvertently; to blurt out without thinking

Variations:
名乗る
名のる
名告る

 nanoru
    なのる
(v5r,vi,vt) (1) to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); (v5r,vi,vt) (2) to claim to be; to call oneself; to wear the title of; (v5r,vi,vt) (3) to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being; (transitive verb) (4) to adopt as one's name; to take (a name); (v5r,vi) (5) (archaism) to call out the goods one is selling

Variations:
困り果てる
困りはてる

 komarihateru
    こまりはてる
(v1,vi) to be at a complete loss; to be without recourse; to be completely stymied; to have absolutely no idea what to do

Variations:
売りさばく
売り捌く
売捌く

 urisabaku
    うりさばく
(transitive verb) (1) to sell out; (transitive verb) (2) to sell widely; to sell on a large scale

Variations:
売り切れ
売切れ
売切

 urikire
    うりきれ
(adj-no,n) sold-out

天から降ったか地から湧いたか

see styles
 tenkarafuttakachikarawaitaka
    てんからふったかちからわいたか
(expression) (idiom) (appearing) out of nowhere; as if one had fallen from the sky or sprung from the ground

Variations:
尽きる
竭きる(oK)

 tsukiru
    つきる
(v1,vi) to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end

Variations:
巣食う(ateji)
巣くう

 sukuu / suku
    すくう
(v5u,vi) (1) to build (a nest); to nest; (v5u,vi) (2) to hang out (somewhere); to haunt (a place)

己の欲せざる所は人に施す勿れ

see styles
 onorenohossezarutokorohahitonihodokosunakare
    おのれのほっせざるところはひとにほどこすなかれ
(archaism) don't do unto others what you would not have done unto you

Variations:
帯びる
佩びる(sK)

 obiru
    おびる
(transitive verb) (1) (occ. written as 佩びる) to wear (a sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to bear; (transitive verb) (2) to be entrusted with (a mission); to be charged with; to take on; (transitive verb) (3) to have (a quality, property, etc.); to have a trace of; to be tinged with

Variations:
年がら年中
年柄年中(iK)

 nengaranenjuu / nengaranenju
    ねんがらねんじゅう
(exp,adv) all year round; all the time; year in and year out

Variations:
序でながら
序ながら(sK)

 tsuidenagara
    ついでながら
(exp,adv) (kana only) while I have the opportunity (I'd also like to say ...); by the way; incidentally; in passing

Variations:
後ねだり
後強請り
跡強請り

 atonedari
    あとねだり
(rare) (See 強請り) demanding again what one has already obtained; coaxing out of someone for a second time

Variations:
徒ならぬ
啻ならぬ
只ならぬ

 tadanaranu
    ただならぬ
(can act as adjective) (kana only) unusual; uncommon; extraordinary; out of the ordinary; incomparable; serious; alarming

Variations:
心ここにあらず
心焉に在らず

 kokorokokoniarazu
    こころここにあらず
(expression) there in body, but not in spirit; distracted; in one ear and out the other

Variations:
応える
報える
徹える

 kotaeru
    こたえる
(v1,vi) (1) (応える, 報える only) to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); (v1,vi) (2) (sometimes 堪える) (See 堪える) to affect; to take a toll; to strike home; to have an effect on; to be hard on someone (e.g. heat, cold, work, illness, etc.); to be a strain

Variations:
息を呑む
息をのむ
息を飲む

 ikionomu
    いきをのむ
(exp,v5m) to have one's breath taken away; to gasp (in surprise, wonder, etc.); to have one's breath catch in one's throat; to gulp

Variations:
手擦れる
手摩れる
手ずれる

 tezureru
    てずれる
(Ichidan verb) (1) to have become worn; (Ichidan verb) (2) to be used to the ways of the world

Variations:
打ち消す
打消す

 uchikesu
    うちけす
(transitive verb) (1) to deny; to contradict; (transitive verb) (2) to negate (esp. a sound); to drown out

Variations:
押し通す
押通す
押しとおす

 oshitoosu
    おしとおす
(transitive verb) to persist in; to carry out; to have one's own way; to push through; to carry through

Variations:
整える
調える
斉える

 totonoeru
    ととのえる
(transitive verb) (1) (esp. 整える) to put in order; to arrange; to tidy up; to straighten; to adjust; to fix; (transitive verb) (2) (esp. 調える) to get ready; to prepare; to arrange; to supply; to assemble; to buy; (transitive verb) (3) (esp. 調える) to work out (e.g. business deal); to arrange (e.g. marriage); to settle

Variations:
書き初め
書初め
書初

 kakizome
    かきぞめ
first calligraphy of the year

Variations:
木槽天秤しぼり
木槽天秤搾り

 kibunetenbinshibori
    きぶねてんびんしぼり
(obsolete) (sake) brewed in wooden vats, squeezed out by weight on a pole

Variations:
染み出す
しみ出す
滲み出す

 shimidasu
    しみだす
(v5s,vi) to ooze (out); to seep

Variations:
柳は緑花は紅
柳は緑、花は紅

 yanagihamidorihanahakurenai
    やなぎはみどりはなはくれない
(expression) (1) (idiom) (from a quote by Su Shi) natural state; being unspoilt by human touch; willows are green, flowers are crimson; (expression) (2) (proverb) spring is beautiful; (expression) (3) (proverb) things are different by nature; all things have their characteristics

Variations:
極める
窮める(rK)

 kiwameru
    きわめる
(transitive verb) (1) to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to reach the limits of something; (transitive verb) (2) to reach the peak of something (e.g. luxury, hardships, etc); to be extremely (e.g. busy); (transitive verb) (3) (極める only) to exhaust completely; to have nothing left (e.g. to say)

Variations:
歳末大売出し
歳末大売り出し

 saimatsuoouridashi / saimatsuooridashi
    さいまつおおうりだし
big year-end sale

Variations:
泣き明す
泣き明かす
泣明す

 nakiakasu
    なきあかす
(transitive verb) to weep the night out; to weep all night

Variations:
猪年
いのしし年
イノシシ年

 inoshishidoshi(猪年, inoshishi年); inoshishidoshi(inoshishi年)
    いのししどし(猪年, いのしし年); イノシシどし(イノシシ年)
(See 亥年) year of the Boar; year of the Pig

Variations:
生え出る
はえ出る
生えでる

 haederu
    はえでる
(v1,vi) to sprout; to spring up; to come out

Variations:
画する
劃する(rK)

 kakusuru
    かくする
(vs-s,vt) (1) to draw (a line); (vs-s,vt) (2) to demarcate; to mark; to divide; to map out; (vs-s,vt) (3) to plan

病は口より入り禍は口より出ず

see styles
 yamaihakuchiyoriiriwazawaihakuchiyoriizu / yamaihakuchiyoririwazawaihakuchiyorizu
    やまいはくちよりいりわざわいはくちよりいず
(exp,v2d-s) (proverb) be moderate with your mouth; sickness enters through the mouth, calamities come out of the mouth

Variations:
痺れが切れる
しびれが切れる

 shibiregakireru
    しびれがきれる
(exp,v1) to go numb; to have pins and needles

Variations:
目が利く
目が効く
目がきく

 megakiku
    めがきく
(exp,v5k) to have an eye for

Variations:
目指す
目差す
目ざす

 mezasu
    めざす
(transitive verb) (1) to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; (transitive verb) (2) to go toward; to head for

Variations:
目立つ
目だつ(sK)

 medatsu
    めだつ
(v5t,vi) to be conspicuous; to stand out

Variations:
穴が開く
穴が空く
穴があく

 anagaaku / anagaku
    あながあく
(exp,v5k) to have a hole; to be pierced (with a hole)

Variations:
節振舞
節振る舞い
節振舞い

 sechiburumai
    せちぶるまい
(rare) seasonal feast; New Year feast

Variations:
絶える
断える(sK)

 taeru
    たえる
(v1,vi) (1) to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; (v1,vi) (2) to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued; to be cut off

Variations:
絶やす
断やす(sK)

 tayasu
    たやす
(transitive verb) (1) to exterminate; to eradicate; to wipe out; to put an end to; (transitive verb) (2) to let (fire) go out; to let die (e.g. flowers); to run out of

Variations:
背負う
脊負う(iK)

 seou(p); shou / seo(p); sho
    せおう(P); しょう
(transitive verb) (1) to carry on one's back; (transitive verb) (2) to be burdened with; to take responsibility for; (transitive verb) (3) to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something); (v5u,vi) (4) (しょう only) (in the form しょってる) (See しょってる) to be conceited; to think highly of oneself

Variations:
背負う
脊負う(sK)

 seou(p); shou / seo(p); sho
    せおう(P); しょう
(transitive verb) (1) to carry on one's back; (transitive verb) (2) to be burdened with; to take responsibility for; (transitive verb) (3) to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something); (v5u,vi) (4) (しょう only) (in the form しょってる) (See しょってる) to be conceited; to think highly of oneself

Variations:
膨らむ
脹らむ(rK)

 fukuramu
    ふくらむ
(v5m,vi) to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated

Variations:
膨れる
脹れる(rK)

 fukureru
    ふくれる
(v1,vi) (1) to swell (out); to expand; to be inflated; to distend; to bulge; (v1,vi) (2) to get cross; to get sulky; to pout

Variations:
舌が回る
舌がまわる(sK)

 shitagamawaru
    したがまわる
(exp,v5r) (idiom) to be talkative; to have a glib tongue; to speak fluently; to be a good talker

Variations:
良心が咎める
良心がとがめる

 ryoushingatogameru / ryoshingatogameru
    りょうしんがとがめる
(exp,v1) to have a guilty conscience; to have (something) lie heavy on one's conscience

Variations:
苦し紛れ
苦しまぎれ(sK)

 kurushimagire
    くるしまぎれ
(n,adj-na,adj-no) (oft. as 〜に) (out of) desperation; (as a) last resort; (driven by) pain

Variations:
見せる
観せる(sK)

 miseru
    みせる
(transitive verb) (1) to show; to display; (transitive verb) (2) to make (something or someone) look ...; to present an appearance of ...; (transitive verb) (3) to make (something) worth watching; to be entertaining; (transitive verb) (4) to have (something) looked at (by a specialist); to have (an antique, etc.) appraised; (transitive verb) (5) (also written as 診せる) to have (an injury, person, etc.) looked at (by a doctor); to take (someone) to a doctor; (aux-v,v1) (6) (after the -te form of a verb) to make a show of (doing); to do in a conspicuous manner; to do in view of others; (aux-v,v1) (7) (after the -te form of a verb) to resolve to do; to do at any cost; to show others that one will ...

Variations:
覗く
覘く
窺く
臨く

 nozoku
    のぞく
(transitive verb) (1) to peek (through a keyhole, gap, etc.); (transitive verb) (2) to look down into (a ravine, etc.); (transitive verb) (3) to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.); (transitive verb) (4) to sneak a look at; to take a quick look at; (transitive verb) (5) to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.); (v5k,vi) (6) to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.); to peek through (sky through a forest canopy, etc.); (transitive verb) (7) to examine (an expression); to study (a face); (v5k,vi) (8) (archaism) (esp. 臨く) (See 臨む・2) to face

Variations:
貧者の一灯
貧者一灯

 hinjanoittou / hinjanoitto
    ひんじゃのいっとう
(exp,n) one's mite; widow's mite; one lantern from a poor man (i.e. no-one can give more than the only thing they have)

Variations:
貫き通す
つらぬき通す

 tsuranukitoosu(p); nukitoosu(貫ki通su)(ok)
    つらぬきとおす(P); ぬきとおす(貫き通す)(ok)
(transitive verb) (1) (See 貫く・つらぬく・1) to go through; to pierce; to penetrate; (transitive verb) (2) (See 貫く・つらぬく・3) to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out; to persist with; to keep (e.g. faith); to maintain (e.g. independence)

Variations:
身請け
身受け
身請(io)

 miuke
    みうけ
(noun, transitive verb) paying to get someone (esp. a geisha, prostitute, etc.) out of bondage

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Apparently, we were the first ones who were crazy enough to think that western people might want a combined Chinese, Japanese, and Buddhist dictionary.

A lot of westerners can't tell the difference between Chinese and Japanese - and there is a reason for that. Chinese characters and even whole words were borrowed by Japan from the Chinese language in the 5th century. Much of the time, if a word or character is used in both languages, it will have the same or a similar meaning. However, this is not always true. Language evolves, and meanings independently change in each language.

Example: The Chinese character 湯 for soup (hot water) has come to mean bath (hot water) in Japanese. They have the same root meaning of "hot water", but a 湯屋 sign on a bathhouse in Japan would lead a Chinese person to think it was a "soup house" or a place to get a bowl of soup. See this: Japanese Bath House

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