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owner (esp. of a business)

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Izumo (former province located in the east of present-day Shimane Prefecture)

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was

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remind me; I forget; was it?; was that what happened?

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travel; trip; journey; excursion; tour

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how; in what way; how about

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yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof

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so-so; passable; now, now; there, there; my, my; oh my!

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I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that

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what

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hey there; I say; see here

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terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)

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seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!

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look!; see!; here!; there!; hey!

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mother; mom; wife; you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); she

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at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of

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to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till

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to receive; to take; to get someone to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch

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the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...

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indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

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Dracula (novel, film, etc.); Count Dracula

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witch

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it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...

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but; however; although

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a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily

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strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance

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is not; am not; are not; isn't it?

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skirt

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short; brief

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to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed

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

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(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very

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just right (time, size, length, etc.)

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if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)

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to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine

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oh; oh my; oh dear; well, ...; er ...; why, ...

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for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first

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was; were

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isn't that right?

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bell (often globular)

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indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question

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shallows; shoal; rapids; current; position; place

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Bart; Burt; Vad

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department (in an organization, company, etc.); division; club (at a school, university, etc.); team; part; portion

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

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to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)

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truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic

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indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...

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participation; joining; entry

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you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...

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