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servant (esp. a samurai's attendant); chivalrous man (Edo period); cubed tofu (often served cold); kite shaped like an Edo-period footman; Edo-period hairstyle worn by samurai's attendants; enslavement (of a woman; Edo-period punishment for her own or her husband's crime); (arch.) he

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Benten (goddess of arts and wisdom)

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preserving in sugar; food preserved in sugar

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noodles; (arch.) flour

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(doing something) regardless of expense

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unsold items; leftovers; remainders; spinster; old maid

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objective; aim; mark

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or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...

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future problems; consequences

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to fear; to be afraid of

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to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute

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to lay in stock; to replenish stock; to procure; to learn; to find out; to take in

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self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person

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woman; girl

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thought; idea; ideology

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big quarrel; huge fight; big row

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bruise; contusion

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800; eight hundred; multitude; large number

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to disappear; to vanish

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to leave as it is; to defer

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increase

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alms-giving; charity; offerings (usu. money) to a priest (for reading sutras, etc.)

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Kabutochō (neighbourhood of Nihonbashi, Tokyo, where the Tokyo Stock Exchange is located); Tokyo Stock Exchange

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pride; boast

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seedling; young plant; rice seedling

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since long ago; already; for quite a while; for some time now

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favour; favor; favourite; favorite; patron; supporter

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choice; selection; diagnosis; medical opinion; judgement; opinion

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twenty-five

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in the early period (of something); at the beginning

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dot; point; mark; gidayū musicians (in kabuki)

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moustache; beard; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)

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to grow; to cultivate; to wear a beard

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to wear glasses; to put on glasses

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smart (clothing, etc.); stylish; slim; slender; skilful; slick

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fundamental; basic

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feel when biting; manner of enunciation

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upper part; upper region; region above

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if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say

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splash; splosh

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(set of) facial features; looks

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green grass; young (fresh) grass

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grim face

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proprietress (of a traditional Japanese inn or restaurant); landlady; hostess; mistress

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approximate age; age range

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Nagoya (city)

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conduct; behavior; behaviour

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black diamond

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price; cost

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youth; child (esp. of the young son of someone of high social standing); young; new

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