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ten-night memorial service (6th to 15th days of the 10th month in the lunar calendar)

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charcoal making; charcoal maker; charcoal-roasted; charcoal-grilled

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fool; idiot; simpleton

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do ...

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iron pot; kettle

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door-to-door entertainment; door-to-door entertainer; strolling musician; street musician

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swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction

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black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty

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with ... as a start; taking advantage of; inspired by

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newly arrived

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bursting out (laughter); breaking out (applause); in a rush; in a surge; suddenly; all of a sudden

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to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)

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formidable person; shrewd person; certain person (e.g. whose name cannot be disclosed); someone; (arch.) that sort of person; (arch.) that kind of person

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beyond expectation; contrary to expectations; unexpectedly

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to act timid (about doing); to show diffidence; to feel ashamed; to feel guilty

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to tan (leather, hide, etc.); to dress

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frequent; densely packed; thick

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Toshusai Sharaku (Edo period painter)

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second generation; second; junior

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good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)

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oiran; high-ranking courtesan; (arch.) prostitute

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doll; puppet; figure

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history; career

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present day; modern times; recent times; early modern period (in Japan, usu. from the Meiji Restoration until the end of World War II)

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small island; islet

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temple; shrine; hall; company; (arch.) front room

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gobang (game played on go board involving lining up stones); gomoku; Five in a Row

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invincible; unrivaled; unrivalled; matchless; unbeatable; undefeatable

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Kamakura Gongorou Kagemasa

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small peninsula; cape; promontory; headland

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Gakudou

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school child; pupil

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republican; cooperative

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speech; address

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to like; to love; to be fond of

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scholar

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

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mulberry field

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nature; spontaneity; natural airhead

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reason; principle; general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon); (in neo-Confucianism) the underlying principles of the cosmos

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male bathhouse attendant

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study of (ancient) Japanese literature and culture; (arch.) provincial school (under Japan's ritsuryo system and pre-Sui Chinese law)

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in succession; one after another

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(arch.) large river (esp. the Yangtze); Lake Biwa

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Ainu (language)

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sea; ocean; waters

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to interfere (with); to hinder; to be hindered (from doing); to become impeded; to have difficulty; to suffer inconvenience

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Osaka (city); (arch.) large hill

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

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(passenger) fare; freight rates; shipping expenses

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