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to emboss; to print out; to print; to work out (e.g. policy); to hammer out; to strike (a drum indicating the end of a performance)

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all one's life; throughout one's life; as long as one lives

2

modest; reserved; quiet; humble

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personality; character; personal appearance; gentility

2

unapproachable; inaccessible; difficult to access

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gossipy; abusive; critical; jabbering

1

funny; comical; humorous; ridiculous; silly; absurd

12

caricature; cartoon; comics

2

to set up (in high position); to kick upstairs; to hold sacred; to worship

1

clown

4

request; favor; favour; reliance; dependence; trust

5

secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings

2

for fun; half in jest

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to wield; to brandish; to display (one's knowledge); to show off; to abuse (one's power); to manipulate someone

2

common saying; everyday talk; common parlance

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elbowing (someone); rejection; rebuff

2

improper; immodest; disgraceful; shameful; vulgar; low

1

to be amused or interested in

1

really (seem, appear, etc.); truly; evidently; in that way

7

back (side); reverse; other side; inside; background; dark side (e.g. of society)

3

negative (result); gloomy; negative (e.g. attitude); pessimistic

1

dissipation; prodigality; debauchery

2

to expose; to disclose; to lay bare; to confess

1

ridiculous; absurd

1

to conceal oneself; to hide; to endure; to bear; to stand

11

(a) little; somewhat; somehow

2

dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly

1

dear me!; good gracious!; well; let me see; now

1

to lose one's way; to get lost; to waver; to hesitate; to give into temptation; to lose control of oneself

7

a little; somewhat

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miserable; wretched; lonely; dreary; shabby; comfortless

5

silent

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thoughtfulness; diversion; recreation

2

household head; master; host (e.g. of a tea gathering); husband

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famous; noted; renowned; celebrated; well-known

6

entertainment hall (for rakugo, manzai, magic, music, etc.); vaudeville theater (theatre); music hall; vaudeville theater manager; music hall proprietor

1

to head towards; to direct one's steps to

3

doctor; physician

11

allegiance; obedience; submission

36

to speak with an accent; to be corrupted (of word); to mispronounce

1

professor; teaching; instruction

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friendship; friendly relations; connection; relation; intimacy

4

in various ways

2

details; particulars; whole story; sequence of events; chronology; circumstances

2

to stay indoors; to be confined indoors

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to roll around laughing; to fold up; to hold one's sides with laughter

2

to burst into laughter

2

one's student (esp. a former one); one's pupil; one's disciple

5

wisteria (esp. Japanese wisteria, Wisteria floribunda); wistaria

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mistaking one person for another; (case of) mistaken identity

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