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particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty

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peak; mountain

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to step over or across; to overcome

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to be covered in grass; to be grassy; to be verdant

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corpse; kanji "corpse" radical

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to ponder; to contemplate

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all night long; all through the night

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excitement; stimulation; agitation; arousal

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the following evening

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old work; existing work

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traditional Japanese poem with verses of five and seven morae repeated at least three times, usu. ending with a verse of seven; long epic song with shamisen accompaniment (developed in Kyoto in the late 16th century)

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to rewrite; to adapt (e.g. a novel)

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to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from

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lukewarm; tepid; lenient; (arch.) slow; (arch.) stupid

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high spirits; gleeful mood

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you have only to; all you have to (do); all that's required; as long as; if only

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dining table

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substitution

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pleasant; delightful; enjoyable; joyful; cheerful; amusing

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kindness; consideration

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home cooking

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wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam

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rare

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together; at the same time; same; identical

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to work together (in the same class, workplace, etc.); to be classmates; to sit side by side; (lit.) to put (one's) desks side by side

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as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also

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Emperor of Japan

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Sakuma Shouzan (1811-1864)

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denudation

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seat of honor; seat of honour

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violent (tragic or accidental) death; dog's death

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advocate; disputant; debater; (present) writer; author

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the deceased; the departed

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arbitrariness; despotism; high-handedness; tyranny

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envoy; diplomat below the rank of ambassador (e.g. deputy chief of mission, charge d'affaires); minister (of legation)

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arrogance; insolence; disrespect

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to be angry; to resent; to be enraged; to be indignant

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decline; decay; ebb

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to lament; to grieve; to regret; to deplore

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sincerity; genuine feeling

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to gush out; to gush forth; to effuse

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propriety; right and wrong; advisability; pro and con; ayes and noes

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ideal; ideals

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current; urgent; to confront (an issue); to face (up to something); for the meantime; at present

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diplomatic issue

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to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve

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Chikugo (former province located in the south of present-day Fukuoka Prefecture)

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water and sky; Varuna; Vedic god of water and sky (adopted into Buddhism as god of water and protector of the west)

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palace; tonic (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); ancient Chinese punishment (castration for men, or confinement for women); zodiacal sign

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following a text word by word (e.g. when translating)

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