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two-storey house; two-story house

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singing and (string) music

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to add (numbers); to add (something); to top up (with something); to take care of (e.g. one's business)

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riding together; fellow passenger; joint partnership

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captain (of a Japanese-style boat); skipper; boatman; oarsman; head of a fishing crew; fishing master

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to hold in one's mouth; to bring with; to take along

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isolated; standing alone; falling in drops (e.g. rain); saying a single word; muttering just a few words

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waist

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turret; watchtower; high wooden stage; scaffolding; wooden frame (of a kotatsu); yagura

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displaying prostitutes behind a grille

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thickly; heavily; profusely; (complain) endlessly; excessively; tediously

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entirely; completely; all; nothing but

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to decorate gaudily; to overdecorate; to deck out; to embellish

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lattice; latticework; lattice door; check(ed) pattern; plaid

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that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there

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dangerous; in danger; facing imminent danger; precarious (situation); perilous (state, balance, etc.); in doubt

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hunger; starvation

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flesh; meat; flesh (of a fruit); pulp; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); flesh; thickness

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thirst; craving; thirst (for love, knowledge, etc.); hunger

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healing; soothing; therapy; comfort; solace

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to square one's shoulders (in order to intimidate)

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district; quarter; enclosure; area enclosed by earthwork; red-light district; wide and empty

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banter; teasing; chaffing; merely asking the price; just looking at goods; window-shopping

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regular (customer); client who frequently visits the same prostitute

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to gather; to meet

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tsuzumi; hourglass-shaped Japanese hand drum; drum (general term for struck leather percussion instruments)

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tatami-mat room rented out for meetings, meals, etc.; place for assignations; (Edo-period) brothel

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Japanese sweet flag (Acorus gramineus)

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farmer; peasant

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clumsy; awkward; unskillful; incompetent; inept; bungling

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to smear; to daub; to shift (the blame onto someone else)

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one's original intention; one's initial enthusiasm; inexperience; naivety; greenness

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(how) many times; (how) often

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cowardly; timid; easily frightened

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and yet; even so; nonetheless; for all that

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pier; wharf; quay; dock

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rather; sooner; preferably; on the contrary; if anything

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to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely

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good-for-nothing; spineless; gutless; spiritless; feckless; pluckless

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to squat; to crouch

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to stand up; to get up; to recover; to regain one's energy; to (stand up and) take action; to rise up (against); to rise (from a crouch) and make the initial charge

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pimp; brothel tout

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prostitute (esp. Edo period)

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remaining an idle spectator; looking on unconcernedly (doing nothing)

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second (in a series)

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barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty

4

in tufts; tufty; bushy; thick; luxuriant

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

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febrile seizure; febrile convulsions

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sushi; range of dishes made with vinegared rice combined with fish, vegetables, egg, etc.

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