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kamishibai; storytelling with pictures; form of Japanese street theater and storytelling (popular from the 1930s to the 1950s)

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to wake (someone) up (by calling for them); to awaken; to call (to mind); to bring back (memories); to evoke

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sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt

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absent-mindedly; vacantly; idly; lazily

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perfect; complete; flawless

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one breath; time of one breath; pause; break; (doing in) one go; doing without stopping

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subject matter of a painting; art supplies; art materials

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complete set; all; everything

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5 yen coin

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to strike; to clap; to play drums; to abuse; to bash; to consult; to sound out

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to concern; to be related

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to grant (request, wish); to answer (prayer); to fulfill (conditions); to meet (requirements)

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whim; caprice; whimsy; fickle; moody; uneven temper

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to change (with the passage of time); to fade; to wane; to decline

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easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...

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how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)

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to make someone cry; to move someone to tears; to grieve

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to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up

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long (time that has passed); old (story)

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sun visor

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young lady of noble birth; princess (esp. in Western contexts, tales, etc.); girl; small; cute; (arch.) prostitute

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to win; to gain victory

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outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state

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unexpected; unforeseen

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to come true (of a wish, prayer, etc.); to be realized; to suit (e.g. a purpose); to meet (wishes, ideals, etc.); to match (implies competition); to rival

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now; nowadays

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while alive; during one's lifetime

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(arch.) leader of a nobleman's cavalcade; animal messenger of the gods (i.e. a fox)

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spy; secret agent

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enemy camp; enemy line

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to creep in; to steal in; to sneak in

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dirty work; unpleasant task

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muzzling (a person); preventing (a person) from revealing something; silencing (a person); murdering (a person) to prevent them from revealing something

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after death

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curse; divine punishment; wrath (of an angry spirit)

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people; men and women; each person; everybody

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grip; having all the cards needed to form a scoring combination in one's hand

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to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home

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among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)

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to desire; to wish for; to expect; to see; to command (a view of)

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even; but; however

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together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)

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the way it was; the way it used be; as of old; in former times

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unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful

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such; like that; in that way

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belch; eructation; burp

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mushroom

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error; mistake; fault; sin; wrongdoing; offense

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to change into; to convert into; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)

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to resolve to do; to make up one's mind to do; to set one's heart on; to have one's heart set on

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