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night before last

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to command a view; to look out over (onto, across, etc.); to overlook

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guest room (at a hotel); guest cabin (on a boat); passenger cabin (on a plane); drawing room

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black tea

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to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest; to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)

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crackling; cracking; clapping; incessantly (blinking)

2

correction; rectification; mending; repair

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pains; efforts; trouble; labor; labour; services

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to investigate; to examine

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trace; vestige; mark; sign; evidence

2

most; extremely

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telegram

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both; both sides; both parties

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to enquire; to inquire; to seek information

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in places

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far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention

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extreme poverty

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only son

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storehouse with thick (earthen) walls; godown

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pastime; hobby; favorite amusement; dissipation; debauchery; loose living

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after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)

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old age; age; old people; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) my humble self

2

not having enough workers; being understaffed; being undermanned; having nothing one can do about something; having no options

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restlessly; aimlessly; to loiter; to drift; to be restless; to fuss

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tiny amount of money; a penny; one letter; one character; one mon (unit of currency)

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(one) matter; (one) item; (one) case

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real name

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surname; family name; last name

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moat; fosse; canal; ditch

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Keiō era (1865.4.7-1868.9.8)

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official copy of the family register

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Yumiko

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trace; tracks; site; remains; scar

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this year

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three; 3

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to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post

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of course; certainly; naturally

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very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary

3

harsh (criticism, treatment, etc.); severe; hard; strict

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to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study

2

having done that; if that is done; if it is done in that way

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ahem

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in short; in brief; to sum up; ultimately; in the end; in the long run

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piece; fragment; one (object)

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you (plural)

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whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life

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to live; to get along; to spend (time)

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one's family; family member

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pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)

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to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)

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