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Yoshida Kenkou (1283-1352) (author of the Tsurezuregusa)

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seriously delicious; very skillful; proficient

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to be sorry; to beg pardon; to be grateful; to be amazed; to be filled with awe; to be disconcerted

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or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean

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talent; ability

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to connect; to tie; to fasten; to transfer (phone call)

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approximately; about; only; nothing but; just (finished, etc.)

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what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?

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last night; yesterday evening

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business district; shopping district; bustling street; shopping centre; shopping center; downtown

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continuation; succession; series

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random attacker; slasher; demon who brings misfortune to houses or people he passes by

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murder case

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offender; criminal; culprit

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black soybean

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usual state of things

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still; even now; to this day

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no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all

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decision; settlement; definition

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pedestrian traffic

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news

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New Year's Eve; December 31

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stupid; meaningless; worthless; hopeless (person, situation); beyond help; beyond saving

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end-of-year

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major cleanup; spring cleaning

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knack; skill; bone; skeleton; cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes

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turnover rate (merchandise, capital)

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habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle

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palatial residence; stately mansion

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floor heating; underfloor heating

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envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)

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weekend; Saturday and Sunday

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national holiday; public holiday

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open every day of the year

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what; so-and-so; such and such; what?; wait; well, well

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Yushimatenjin

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expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately

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to make a pilgrimage

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earnings from a part-time job

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at once; immediately; right now

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pull; patronage; tug; discount

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visit (to a shrine, grave, etc.); worship

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cart (esp. a food cart); stall; festival float; portable shrine dedicated to a god and shaped like a house; stage prop fashioned after a large building; framework (of a house, etc.)

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apricot (Prunus armeniaca)

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later on; eventually; afterwards

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seriously; in earnest; for real; all out; really; with a will

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worn out of shape

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to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.); to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.); to be suited to

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I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)

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to bewilder; to perplex; to puzzle; to tempt; to seduce

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