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policeman; cop; walking in a circle (dog trick); (arch.) rounds (doctor, police beat, etc.); (arch.) vegetables that accompany rice (secret language of court ladies)

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elderly housekeeper; elderly maid; wet nurse; nanny

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spout

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white; striped mullet fry (Mugil cephalus); speech; one's lines; white dragon tile; winning hand with a pung (or kong) of white dragon tiles; (arch.) white person

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whiteness

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split bamboo; bamboo slat; bamboo split; noisy bamboo baton used by night watchmen (Edo period)

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to pry; to prize; to prise

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harsh (taste, feeling, etc.); acrid; sharp (language, question, etc.); biting; nasty; gross

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many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly

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Shinshū (alt. name of former Shinano province)

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giant; woodsman; alpinist

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Kagoshima (city, prefecture)

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tough guy; wild one; fearless fighter

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to exchange; to replace

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drawing; picture; diagram; sight; scene

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old clothes; old suit

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rattling of a house

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shock; tremor; impact; vibration

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loud laughter; hearty laugh

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great laughter; burst of laughter

1

family register; census

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half-eaten

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limits; boundary; domain; area (e.g. in programming languages)

1

remembering (and honoring) the teachings of Buddha

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to twist; to wrench; to puzzle over; to defeat easily

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this morning

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to be confusing; to be different from what one is used to

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agency; commission; reception (of guests); conveyance (of messages)

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to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on

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to freeze; to be frozen over; to congeal

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Ms; Miss; Madame; highbrow (woman); cerebral

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to smile (at); to grin (at)

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halfway; unfinished

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spewing; gushing; spouting; eruption; effusion

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miko; shrine maiden; young girl or woman (trad. an unmarried virgin) who assists priests at shrines; medium; sorceress; shamaness

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awfully; terribly

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like; similar to; same as

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ring; circle; hoop; wheel; circle (e.g. of friends)

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supple; flexible; elastic; graceful; elegant; refined

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Japanese box tree (Buxus microphylla var. japonica); Japanese boxwood

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to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark

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the other day; some time ago; recently

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afternoon; p.m.

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to look at again; to re-examine (policy, estimate, plan, etc.); to review; to get a better opinion of; to see in a more positive light; to improve

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at that time; that time

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rudeness; impoliteness; leaving; going (on one's way); taking without permission; stealing

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hum; hmm; hm hm (light chuckle with mouth closed); uh-huh; mm; hmm

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true intention; underlying motive

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unusual; unwonted; uncharacteristic

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bashfully; hesitantly; fidgety; restlessly; squirming; wriggling

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