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Tokuji

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the treasure that is children; child

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Naosuke

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only ...; no more than ...; a matter of

6

security for a loan; collateral

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every day; daily

1

protective household deity in Tōhoku, appearing as a red-faced child spirit with bobbed hair

3

Shino

5

to become pregnant

1

married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)

2

husband; master (of a house, shop, etc.)

2

brothel

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to abort (a fetus)

1

(licensed) red light district

1

headship of a family; family property

1

panting; gasping; heavy breathing

1

pregnant

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Emishi; historical term for non-Yamato peoples in northern Japan; Yezo (northern part of Meiji-era Japan, esp. Hokkaido, but also Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands)

1

every night; nightly

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reason; logic; sense; natural way of things

1

prostitute (esp. Edo period)

1

classical elegance; antiquity

2

to tie; to fasten; to hitch; to secure (trust, patronage of customers, etc.); to keep (an employee, someone's interest, etc.); to save (someone's life)

1

to give birth to; to drop (a calf, foal, etc.); to lay (an egg)

1

ghost that appears at sea during a shipwreck; something strange or suspicious; idiot; fool; noh mask for roles involving dead or ghost characters

1

drinking party; banquet; feast

1

stone; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); stone (in go); stone (in the bladder, kidney etc.); calculus

1

woman; girl; daughter; Chinese "Girl" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

1

cawing (of a crow)

1

missus; missis

2

memorial service for the dead; holding a service

2

older brother; elder brother

1

to rub; to chafe; to wear out; to become worn; to lose one's innocence; to become sly

1

one's business; reading of scriptures before a (statue of) Buddha; bargain; discount; (arch.) money paid to a prostitute or geisha

1

to confess; to speak out; to disclose; to tell

1

difficult; tough; formidable; redoubtable; stubborn

1

this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me

3

head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); proprietress; (arch.) entertaining someone as one's guest

1

act of mercy; helping another person

1

professional killer; hit man

1

chuckle; chuckling

1

coquettish voice; flirtatious voice

1

infant; baby; little child

1

graveyard; cemetery

1

but; however; even though; even if

1

that much; as much; to that extent; only that; that alone; no more than that

1

tatami room; tatami mat room; formal Japanese room; dinner party in a tatami room (esp. when a geisha or maiko attends)

2

sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages

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mystery; wonder

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together; mutually; fellow

1