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Kansai; region consisting of Osaka, Kobe, Kyoto and surrounding prefectures; Kansai; south-western half of Japan (during the feudal era)

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person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)

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votive picture (originally of horse)

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interior of the womb (of a pregnant woman); interior of the uterus; interior of a Buddhistic statue

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circumference; girth; tour; pilgrimage; circulation (e.g. of blood)

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total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects

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to walk

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let's; let's do

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warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown

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imagination; supposition; guess

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dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding

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handrail; railing; banister

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floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river

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wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason

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feeling; sensation; emotion; interjection

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street corner; road turn; bend in the road; turning point; watershed

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to touch; to feel; to get involved (with); to approach; to be harmful to; to hinder

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bottom; buttocks

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to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)

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lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring

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reaction; response

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inside; within

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to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise

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stage (theatre, theater); scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)

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I (alphabet letter); i; I; iodine (symbol)

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yelp; sales campaign; kiang (Equus hemionus kiang); kyang

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fly ball; fly (esp. in fishing bait); flying

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spot (where one was hit)

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to take (a photo); to record (video, audio, etc.); to make (a film)

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to become better; to improve

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what; how; what (a) ...!; how ...!; surprisingly; to my amazement

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headache

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slow; dim

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

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to be able to manage somehow or another

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should do; ought to do

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way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression

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erotic; sexy; arousing; risque; sultry

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right under; directly below

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to stick into (of something with a sharp point); to prick; to pierce; to resonate emotionally; to move

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out (of a ball, in tennis, etc.); outside the line; out; putout; outer; external; exit

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dangerous; unsettled; troubled; disturbed; insecure

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readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation

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corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with

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rarely; seldom

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magma

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autumn colours; fall colors; leaves turning red; red leaves; leaves turning yellow; yellow leaves; (Japanese) maple (Acer japonicum)

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sweets; sweet food

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chilled syrup; soft drink of malt syrup mixed with boiling water, ginger juice, grated ginger, sometimes sprinkled with cinnamon (used as a refreshing summer drink, similar to ginger ale)

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feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; tidy; frank; open-hearted; completely

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