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it seems so; that's what it looks like

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to get a phone call

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gathering place; labour camp for drifters, criminals, etc. (Edo period); entertainment hall (for rakugo, manzai, magic, music, etc.); vaudeville theater (theatre)

1

relative; relation; kin

4

low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)

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my goodness!; oh my!; oh dear!

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incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; I don't get it; I'm confused; I'm lost

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trivial matter; trifling thing; something ordinary

1

distrust; unjust suspicion

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part of the eyebrow closest to the nose

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to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort

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to rest one's chin in one's hands

3

disgrace; shame; insult

3

hollow at nape of the neck; (arch.) toddler's shaved hairstyle leaving a small portion at the nape (esp. Edo period)

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unbearable; intolerable; unendurable

7

to solicit; to demand; to extort

2

going to and fro; back and forth

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light; lamp; obsolete unit of luminous intensity (approx. 1.0067 candela)

2

storehouse with thick (earthen) walls; godown

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to wipe thoroughly; to polish well

2

tabi; traditional split-toe socks

2

rich in ...; high in ...; full of ...; very ...; quite ...

2

to shake; to wave; to swing; to sway

1

dense (e.g. fog, dust, etc.); thick; vague (as in being unable to think clearly); dim

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to tuck up (a kimono skirt); to tuck in; to make short (a story, explanation, etc.); to cut short; to abridge

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tub; washbasin; washbowl

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soap

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incense

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sponge

2

navel; belly button; protrusion or depression in the middle of an object; center; centre

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to soak (into); to permeate; to sting (of a wound, sensitive area, etc.); to smart; to be infected (e.g. with vice); to be steeped (e.g. with prejudice)

3

look, look!

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bathtub

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to be soaked in; to be flooded; to be submerged; to be immersed in (joy, memories, alcohol, etc.); to give oneself over to; to bask in

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to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol

5

gradually; little by little; soon; before long; here and there; scattered

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criticism; critique; review; commentary

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the other night; a few nights ago

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during absence from home

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respect; honour; honor

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at times; occasionally

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contempt; scorn

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grace; favor; favour; blessing; benefit

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sidelocks; hair at the temples

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straggling hair

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to push up (one's hair) with one's fingers; to comb up; to smooth back (a wisp of hair)

1

that is to say; so that means

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perfection; flawlessness

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to doubt; to think (something is) doubtful; to wonder; to be suspicious

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purity; chastity

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