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Narinaka

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Naniwa Bay (old name for Osaka Bay)

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the "na" column of the Japanese syllabary table (na, ni, nu, ne, no)

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first year of elementary school; first year elementary school student

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Kinashi

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dawn (sometimes esp. in ref. to the 16th day of the lunar month onward)

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fifth year of elementary school; fifth year elementary school student

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sixth year of elementary school; sixth year elementary school student

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function; facility; faculty; feature

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cerebral apoplexy

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worth; merit; value; good point; redeeming feature; saving grace

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teammate

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lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)

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Naniwa (former name for Osaka region)

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boxing; packing into a box; something packed into a box

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(Ogura) Hyakunin Isshu; classical Japanese anthology of one hundred Japanese waka by one hundred poets; hyakunin isshu karuta; hyakunin isshu poetry cards

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two characters; name

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fuck you!; don't fuck with me!; don't fuck around!; don't be a screw off!

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to blush; to redden

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short; brief

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team competition; team game

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being the runner-up; finishing second

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enlightenment; instruction

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successive championships

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(lucky) find; bargain; good buy; treasure trove

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trophy

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one's own ground; one's own position; one's own area of the field (soccer, rugby, etc.)

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railway crossing; railroad crossing; starting line; scratch; determination; stepping over the edge of the ring

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bicycle

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to come to like a lot; to fall in love

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person with a lot of free time on their hands; person of leisure; idler; loafer

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dawn; daybreak; event (e.g. "in the event of ..."); occasion; occurrence

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just kidding; not!; ersatz; imitation; phony

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juice; sap; soup; broth; (dipping) sauce

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(common) cold; influenza; flu; ague; inflammatory respiratory system illness (in general)

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millennium; one thousand years; (fig.) long time

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Miyazaki (city, prefecture)

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greeting; a fine thing to say

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great mountain; large mountain

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antiquity; ancient times

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then; well then; if so

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joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem

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start; beginning

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to become entangled; to become complicated; to get mixed up; to screw up; to get caught up in

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rope; cord; line; grand champion's braided belt

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national convention; national competition; national athletic meet

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(arch.) not; is; are

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waste of time; killing time

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payment; bill; sweeping; clearing away; sweeping stroke (e.g. when writing kanji)

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landlord; landlady

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