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to find fault with everybody; to make oneself disagreeable

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open-hearted; free and easy; frank; not being bothered by unimportant things

4

thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward

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feast; treating (someone); to treat (someone, e.g. to a meal)

1

entertainment (at a party); amusement; fun; trick

1

game; play; sports

1

true feeling

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continuous; unbroken; ceaseless

1

with difficulty; faltering; tottering; awkward

1

village; hamlet; countryside; country

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express messenger; postman; mailman; courier

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carriage; poise; bearing; demeanor; movement (of the body)

1

remembrance; recollection; recognition

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Shuzen

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Rintarou

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talking to oneself

3

autobiography

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to be absorbed in reading

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exorbitant; outrageous; ridiculous; absurd; excessive; inordinate

2

scorn; disdain; contempt

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bargain sale; selling cheaply; giving out freely

2

extraordinary; preposterous; outrageous; absurd

2

to overestimate (someone); to overrate; to think too highly of; to make too much of; to give (someone) too much credit

3

ornamentation; embellishment; decoration; modification; qualification

1

to lie; to cheat; to pretend; to trick; to deceive

1

to transcribe; to duplicate; to describe; to film; to picture

2

maximum; extreme; utmost

1

dressing up

2

mixing; blending; adding; adulteration

1

stink; bad odor; bad odour; stench

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one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)

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passing (an examination); making the grade

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nobleman; dignitary; feudal lord (of the Edo period); daimyō; man brought up away from the world; arrogant man with little knowledge of the ways of the world

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man of virtue; wise man; person of high rank; the four gentlemen (plum, chrysanthemum, orchid, and bamboo)

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true Tokyoite; Edoite; person born and raised in Edo

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Arai Hakuseki (1657-1725)

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Fujita Touko (1806-1855)

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Hitachi (former province located in the major part of present-day Ibaraki Prefecture)

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band (e.g. conduction, valence); belt (e.g. Van-Allen, asteroid, etc.)

2

laugh; smile

1

fee; charge; rate; material

1

to go on reading

4

content of a letter

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copying; duplication; reproduction; copy

1

in the following manner; as follows

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moth

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ninety; 90

4

wholesale store; wholesale dealer; wholesaler

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Mito (city in Ibaraki)

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(your) business; (your) concern; (customer's) order; official business (of the government, Imperial Court, etc.); arrest; capture

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