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weather; climatic conditions; fine weather; clear day; situation; state of affairs

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field in which one acts unchallenged; unrivaled sphere of activity (unrivalled); one's monopoly

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to go fast; to drive fast; to speed

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bridge

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hat; cap

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to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)

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each time; always; often; thank you for your continued patronage

2

new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date

2

to beg; to pester; to plead; to coax; to hound; to importune

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sharp curve (turn)

2

paving (a road); surfacing (with asphalt, concrete, etc.); pavement

1

splash of mud; mud spatter

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(sound of) laughter; laughing voice

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cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull

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ice; ice cream; icecream; (arch.) usurer; (arch.) usury

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humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits

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to break into song; to burst into song; to begin singing

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almost; nearly; close to

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filial piety; being kind to one's parents; taking care of one's parents

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car; vehicle

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place to die; place of death

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heavy loss

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loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback

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scenic; beautiful; picturesque

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townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street

1

comfortable; pleasant

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dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic

3

plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place

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Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo

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Hiraga Gennai (1728?-1779)

3

something broad and flat; common; ordinary; low-ranking employee; freshman

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bowstring; string (of a shamisen, etc.); stringed instrument; chord; hypotenuse

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to go around; to return; to surround; to concern (usu. of disputes)

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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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great detective

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picture scroll

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what kind of; whatever sort of; no matter what; however much

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to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud

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blink (of eyes); wink

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God only knows; it's anyone's call; heaven knows

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seducer; smooth talker; picking up women; hitting on women; moderate party; moderate

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one long straight object (e.g. strand of hair, beam of light, wisp of smoke); a single bloodline; earnest; resolute; (arch.) ordinary; (arch.) common

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Let me see

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convenient; handy; useful

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brains; brain tissue

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lover; sweetheart; boyfriend; girlfriend

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Tokyo

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detective; investigator; sleuth; detective work; secret investigation

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to throw one's weight around; to exercise one's authority; to make one's presence felt

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the end of the world; the world is beyond saving; there's no hope for the future; this degenerate age; what is this world coming to

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