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child geisha; geisha apprentice

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pouring alcohol; person pouring alcohol for guests or customers (typically a woman); (apprentice) geisha; dancing girl

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Sichuan (province in China); Shu; Shu Han; Shu; kingdom in ancient China (-316 BCE)

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Mt.; Mount; (fig.) Mt.; (fig.) Mount

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food; foodstuff; eating; appetite; meal; portion

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knack; skill; bone; skeleton; cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes

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fool; idiot; simpleton

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palace; tonic (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); ancient Chinese punishment (castration for men, or confinement for women); zodiacal sign

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riches; wealth; resources; lottery

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man (esp. one who is well-respected); samurai; person (in a certain profession, esp. licensed); member

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haze (esp. in spring); mist; dimness (of sight)

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sunrise

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force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; momentum

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makeup

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10^32; hundred nonillion

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to protrude; to stick out; to be forced out; to be pushed out; to go over (e.g. a budget); to go beyond

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Yoshichō

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narrow; small; cramped

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to become; to amount to

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dresser

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to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)

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battle standard decorated with hanging strips of paper or leather; fireman's standard (Edo period)

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mark; target; object; subject; point (e.g. of argument)

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three years

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now; the present time; the present era

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about the middle

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incense burner; utensil for carrying live charcoal

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slug

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slug

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threshold (esp. one with grooves for sliding doors); sill

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to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)

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year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)

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Monday

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months and years

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bygones; the past; past event

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existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have

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world; society; people; the public

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(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style

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economic slump; hard times; poor (business); dull; gloomy; cheerless

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or something; for instance ... (though there are other suitable options); ... or ...; as soon as; right after; while still

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to collect (debts); to dun; to appoint; to promote; to emphasize; to focus on

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to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose

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unavoidable; no help for

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familiar face; old timer

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to finish up; to complete; to finish off; to get through; to polish off

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retirement (from work); leading a quiet life (after retirement); retired person; retiree; surrendering headship of the family (pre-WWII)

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box maker; man who carries a geisha's shamisen

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to emboss; to print out; to print; to work out (e.g. policy); to hammer out; to strike (a drum indicating the end of a performance)

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on the contrary; rather; all the more; instead

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explanation; matter under discussion; contents; one's opinion

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