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casting (of a play, film, etc.); cast

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Hanamichi

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request; favour (to ask); wish; please

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first half

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sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute; pitiful; pitiable

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(another's) daughter; young lady (of pampered upbringing); woman who has never known hardship; naive woman

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second half; latter half

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true character; real nature

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to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known

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thief; robber

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to act (a part); to play (a role); to perform (a play, etc.); to put on (a production); to commit (e.g. a blunder); to disgrace oneself

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division; splitting; sharing; distribution; draw; tie

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necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement

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role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role

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so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why

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and; and then; thus; and now; and finally

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though; although; be that as it may; nonetheless

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origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient

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distinguished family; good family; great master; expert; Meika; kuge family class ranking above Hanke and below Urinke

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ronin; masterless samurai; high school graduate waiting for another chance to enter university after having failed the yearly entrance examination; person out of work; jobless person; (arch.) wanderer

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elegance; grace; article; item; counter for items (of food, etc.); counter for dishes or courses (at a restaurant)

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handsome man; sexy man; lady-killer; (male) lover

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unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate

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then; well; so; well then

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suffix appended to someone else's family members

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like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to

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(process of) elimination

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behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)

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Tarōemon

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what would (you) do?; what to do about it

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I; me; you; (arch.) manservant

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one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself

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having in mind; happening to know (of); idea (of); inkling

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childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate

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dancing; dance; iteration mark (used to represent repetition of the previous character); Bon Festival dance; Lantern Festival dance; eating live seafood (e.g. squid, ice gobies) while it is still moving; soft spot (in the skull of an infant)

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experience

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child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young woman; young (animal); offshoot

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that; those; the

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appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of

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she; her; girlfriend

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to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for

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to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage

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OK; okay; fine (without); not needed; unnecessary

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drama club (e.g. at school); dramatic society

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to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)

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head (chief, director) of a section or department; head of a (school) club; head of a (school) team

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Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker

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skillful; skilful; delicious; tasty; good (deal, idea, etc.); profitable

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negotiations; bargaining; discussions; connection; relationship; relations

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direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)

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