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Chinese paper

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thick printed paper (for covering sliding doors); paper sliding-door; sliding door covered with thick paper

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facing west

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old-fashioned way of thinking; old-fashioned spirit; old-fashioned

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tokonoma (alcove where art or flowers are displayed)

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upper tier; upper section; place of honor; place of honour; dais; raised part of floor

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shogun's envoy; emissary

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strange; unfamiliar; unknown; unfamiliarity; strangeness; stranger

3

senior; elder; person older than oneself

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chief seat; seat of honor; seat of honour; head of the table

1

not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it

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greeting; a fine thing to say

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vocal message; speech; statement; prologue at the start of a kabuki performance

2

to be greatly obliged; to be very sorry

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moral (spiritual) improvement; practice mental training; cultivate one's mind (soul)

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effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)

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watching while standing (e.g. a play)

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hindrance; intrusion

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calling on; visiting

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side; edge; beside; while (doing); in addition to; at the same time

1

recognition; acquaintance

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from now on

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pool (in river)

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taciturn; reticent; quiet; silent; untalkative

1

to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)

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place; spot; field; discipline; occasion; situation; scene (of a play, movie, etc.)

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Asian ginseng (Panax ginseng)

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beside a nobleman; close aid (of a nobleman, etc.); place where a high ranking person resides; one's own city (of a shogun, lord, etc.); place under one's direct control; one's own turf

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collapse; downfall

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to be coming; to be popular; to be fashionable; to be angry; to have blown one's lid

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companion; follower; attendant; retinue

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running errands; going on errands; (transaction of) business; going about one's business; doing one's business (i.e. at the toilet); going to the washroom

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mulberry (tree)

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entry into a country

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300; three hundred; 300 mon; trifling amount; shyster

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family positioned to accede to the shogunate

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Red Cross

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you must be kidding; hey, come on!; surely not!

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complete; whole; perfect; safe

1

prince; princess

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face

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to assume the posture of praying; to press the palms and fingers of both hands together; to beg; to make a supplication; to see (something or someone of high status)

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longevity; long life

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general meeting

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palace

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(not) at all; (not) a bit; (not) in the least; (not) in the slightest

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armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track

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unshapely; ill-formed; misshapen; awkward; clumsy

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first-class rice

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to be dispersed; to get separated

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