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reading-book; reader; guidebook; textbook (esp. a pre-war elementary school Japanese language textbook)

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the virtuous man will not long remain lonely

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manservant

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assistance; help; helper; babe; chick; broad

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woven straw mat (orig. made of wild rice leaves); beggar; (arch.) Manchurian wild rice (Zizania latifolia)

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to undo; to untie; to unfasten; to unlace; to unravel; to loosen

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sen (hundredth of a yen); coin made of non-precious materials; one-thousandth of a kan (as a unit of currency); (arch.) one-thousandth of a kan (as a unit of mass)

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between (e.g. two people); face to face; hindrance; impediment; arrhythmic section of recitative in noh music; playing with only 2 players; prefix used for stress or emphasis

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now (while the time is ripe); while one still can

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miso soup

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cellar; cave; hole in the ground

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greens

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needlework; sewing; seamstress

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behind one's back

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being concentrated on one thing; devoting oneself completely to something

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negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness

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to swindle out of; to cheat out of; to defraud of; to misrepresent oneself as; to pretend to be; to assume (a name or title)

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to make a sound; to give off a sound; to hear a sound

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to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong)

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peace; security; tranquility; tranquillity

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permanence; perpetuity; Chōkyū era (1040.11.10-1044.11.24)

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young commander; young leader; young master

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discontented; unhappy

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sometimes; often

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every evening; every night

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pillow talk; conversation in bed; bedtime story

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meat or fish or vegetables preserved in miso

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salted salmon

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long, leisurely bath

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listening respectfully

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exterior; surface; outside; outward appearance; looks

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to be busy at work; to work diligently

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inner thoughts; real intention; at heart; deep down; inner center (centre)

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opportunity; chance; time; occasion

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old age; oncoming age

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six (long cylindrical things)

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old father

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passing on to the next life; death; giving up a struggle; submission; being at one's wits' end; being flummoxed

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old mother; aged mother

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constraint; reserve; feeling hesitant; being afraid of troubling someone

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both in name and reality; both in name and substance

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the whole world; the whole country; society; the public; supremacy over a nation; government of a country; having one's own way

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Ise pilgrimage; pilgrimage to the Ise Grand Shrine

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slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark

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

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manners; customs; sex service; sex industry; sex-oriented entertainment

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boorish; unsophisticated; unrefined; uncouth; tasteless; insensitive

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murder; murderer

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prison; jail; gaol; firm; solid; strong

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muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line

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