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birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)

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Yue (kingdom in ancient China; 6th C-334 BCE); Vietnam

6

crossing a river

2

merchant; store; shop; merchant house; merchant family

2

riverboat; rivercraft

1

by nature; naturally; by birth; innately; congenitally

1

unselfishness; wanting little

2

mistake; blunder; slipup

1

(short) curtain hung at shop entrance; split curtain used to divide spaces in a house; reputation (of a store); good name; goodwill

2

to mimic; to imitate

1

to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)

6

tucking up the hem of one's garments

1

dango; dumpling (usu. sweet); ball-shaped object; something round; lump; group

2

to put on the market; to put out for sale; to put on sale; to become popular

1

a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family

2

reclamation (e.g. wasteland); cultivation; development; pioneering; opening up (e.g. new market); breaking new ground

1

admirable; commendable; praiseworthy; laudable; brave; heroic

2

that year; same year; same age

2

city-bred

1

kitchen maid; kitchen duties; cooking

2

counter for wheels and flowers

2

mother

1

age; era; period; date

5

society; public; community; social studies

6

arms; armament

1

(power of) resistance

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prop; stay; support; brace; fulcrum

2

to subsist; to keep on living

1

honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly

5

to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach

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if only (you) have; as long as (you) have; whenever (you) have

2

to decide; to determine

9

trial; test

1

one mind; wholeheartedness; one's whole heart

2

to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce

3

cover (of a book, magazine, etc.); binding; appearing on the cover of a magazine

1

death from disease; death from illness

2

two sheets (pieces) (of paper)

1

three flat objects (sheets of paper, pieces of cloth, etc.); cutting a fish into two boneless fillets and a piece with the skeleton

1

missus; missis

1

(haiku) poetry pals

1

taking; taker; last performer of the day (usu. the star performer); last performance of the day; active partner (e.g. in judo demonstration); emphatic or formal prefix

4

to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to

3

situation where alcohol is being served; (over) a drink

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to act as a go-between (for); to mediate; to arrange; to entertain (guests); to treat; to receive

2

service business (hotel, restaurant, entertainment); service industry

1

taking a breather; relaxation; vent hole

1

geisha

4

character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)

1

close; intimate; on good terms

1