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dried salted salmon

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to use excessively; to use too much; to spend too much; to overwork someone

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China; Chinese

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glutinous rice

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to make (something)

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mochi rice cake with red bean jam filling; mochi rice cake covered in red bean jam; mochi rice cake

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ethics; moral philosophy

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another method; another problem

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request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance

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origin; beginning; start

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national

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to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher

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to begin to blossom

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to smell; to smell of; to have a smell

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to sit at a desk (to study); to be at one's desk; to set to work on revision, homework, etc.

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countryside; rural areas

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white plum blossoms; white Japanese apricot; white-blossomed plum

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counter for long, thin things (i.e. swords)

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to assume an air of ...; to act ...; to affect ...; to put on airs; to be self-important

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continuous; unbroken; ceaseless

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Metropolis (of Tokyo); (Tokyo) Metropolitan District; counter for cities and towns; capital

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strict; severe; stringent; rigorous; rigid; firm

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Ikuko

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giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange

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one's own work; making by oneself; farming on one's own land; independent farmer

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fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)

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to surface; to rise to the surface

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be; is

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making one's way through life; conduct of one's life

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unfriendly; distant; cold

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affected; smug; pompous; conceited; snobby; pretentious

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in; at; for

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exactly; nicely; to a tee; to be fitting

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to cross a river

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quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money

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Tenmangu shrine (shrine dedicated to Sugawara no Michizane's spirit)

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first 10 days of the month

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grand festival

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grounds (esp. of shrines and temples); compound; churchyard; precincts

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setting a drill bit

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misemono; type of Edo- and Meiji-period side show often held outdoors or in small temporarily erected shacks on temple and shrine grounds; show; exhibition; spectacle

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street stall; stand; booth

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practice writing with a brush; study; learning

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every year; yearly; annually

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two classes; double; two sets

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set of three; three sets; three classes

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weaver

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hundred; 100

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variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width); for kimonos: at least 10 m in length; 300 tsubo (991.74 meters square, 0.24506 acres); six ken (10.91 m)

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at least

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