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Shigeko

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great numbers (of people); numerical superiority; masses; people; folk; clique

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to mix; to combine; to exchange (words, fire, etc.); to cross (e.g. swords); to join together

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destiny; fate; karma

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starvation; famine; hunger

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var. of traditional white, uncreased Japanese paper, made from high-quality mulberry wood

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excuse; pretext

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declining; refusal; nonacceptance; turning down; withdrawal (e.g. of candidacy); pulling out (e.g. of a race)

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to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done

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to go by; to cross; to pass by; to flash across

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insensitive person

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voice; cry; shout

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close to the wall; alongside the wall

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very high; high up; aloft; only; merely; just

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dishonesty; injustice; dishonor; dishonour; ingratitude

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to stay behind; to remain; to work overtime

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to smoke (tobacco)

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to delay; to postpone; to slow down; to retard

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something unrelated (to what has been discussed thus far)

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rickshaw puller; rickshaw driver; rickshaw man

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to find it hard to say

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selfish; self-centred; egotistical

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occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally

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reward; honorarium; remuneration

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emphasis-adding particle

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regrettable; vexing; upsetting; unthinkable; wholly unexpected

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wicked tongue; abusive language

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shafts (of rickshaws or similar vehicles); thills; tiller; yoke

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to pick up and rescue

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rice nursery; bed for rice seedlings

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means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull

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Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo

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Iga (former province located in the west of present-day Mie Prefecture)

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one's heart of hearts; the depths of one's mind

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to put oneself in (situation, environment, etc.); to surround oneself with

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necessities of life (food, clothing and shelter)

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this transient world

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counter for leaves, pieces of paper, etc.; (arch.) counter for boats

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afterglow

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path in a field

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village road

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to step back; to walk backwards

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sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic

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good position; favourable situation

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evening glow; red sunset; afterglow (of sunset)

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(arch.) kariginu (informal clothes worn by the nobility from the Heian period onwards); (during the Edo period) patterned kariginu

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folds of a mountain

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attaching a sleeve to the body of a shirt; sleeve seam

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understanding (of people's circumstances and feelings); perceptiveness; sympathy; wisdom

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including; inclusive of; komi; extra points given to the white player as compensation for playing second (in go)

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