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dried sardines (held together by a bamboo skewer or string piercing the eye sockets)

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entirely

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

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parading a criminal through town before their execution (Edo period)

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wandering; jobless; unemployed

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cooking rice; kitchenmaid; cook

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(balance) scales; shoulder carrying pole; steelyard

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cruel wife; termagant wife; wife from hell

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capital punishment given personally by a feudal lord after a disrespectful act

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sentry box; guardhouse; guard lodge; (Edo period) police box

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to play a trick; to put up a false show; to deceive someone; to put on a play; to present a play; to give a play

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hot topic; talk of the town

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execution by tying a victim to a post and stabbing with spears; crucifixion

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double-lined fusilier (Pterocaesio digramma); Taiwan (nickname); Takasago (classic noh play by Zeami)

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gossip

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prison gate

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dorsal fin

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tail and fins; embellishment (of a story, rumor, etc.); exaggeration

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glorious achievement; distinguished service

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pilchard (esp. Japanese pilchard, Sardinops melanostictus); sardine

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fellows; comrade; colleague; one's equal

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dullard; indecisive person

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pill

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to do something by choice; to like; to be fond of

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white clothing

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natural; intrinsic; from birth

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uniforms supplied to employees; an allotment

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mackerel (esp. the chub mackerel, Scomber japonicus); server (in an online game)

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feudal retainer or warrior

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to tell; to announce; to declare; to pass (a sentence); to order

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assessment; rating; grade; evaluation

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the public; the street (e.g. "word on the street"); street; district; location (e.g. of a battle); scene (e.g. of carnage)

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to blame; to find fault with

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ancestral; hereditary; generation after generation; passing from father to son

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to hang; to hang up

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faith; belief; piety; devotion; godliness

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emperor; shogun; honored person (honoured); (another person's) wife

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leaving one's own house (e.g. when going to war); departure; setting out; starting a new life; starting life anew

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pledge; vow; (of a man and woman) having sexual relations; having sexual intercourse; destiny; fate

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taste (in goods, etc.); manners; etiquette; modesty; restraint; knowledge, experience (of the arts, etc.)

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miso; fermented condiment usu. made from soybeans; innards (from crabs, shrimps, etc.) resembling miso; key (main) point; good part (of something); weakling

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to manage; to deal with; to cope with; to sentence; to condemn; to punish

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one's house; one's home; one's family

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capital crime; crime resulting in a death penalty

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mother-in-law

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although; though; despite the fact that ...

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marriage; wedding

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hooray; yay; whee; yowzer; whoopee; yes

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to be used to; to get accustomed to; to train; to discipline; to tack (in needlework); to baste

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innermost feelings; heart; motive; nature; disposition; spirit

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