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to capture alive; to catch alive; to take prisoner

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firefighter (Edo period); construction worker; scaffolding builder

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pride in one's strength or skill

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to talk; to tell; to recite; to pledge; to conspire with

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to lay (something) face down; to place upside down; to point downwards (one's eyes, head, etc.); to cast down (one's eyes); to lay (oneself) face down; to lie face down; to conceal

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to grapple; to wrestle

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to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple

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slender rope that goes through the hole in a coin; string of coins (usu. 100 mon)

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(hand) weapon; (arch.) one's forte; (arch.) one's special skill; (arch.) weapon one is skilled in using

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brow; glabella; middle forehead; area between the eyebrows

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spurt of blood; hot-bloodedness; hot blood; ardour

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to sting one's eyes; to make one's eyes smart

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black kite (Milvus migrans); construction worker; scaffold erector; fire hook; reddish brown; Inverness cape; filcher

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sturdy spirit; bold; daring; brave; valiant; undaunted

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to stand and shout

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to expect; to look for; to look forward to; to anticipate; to wait for

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diagonally opposite

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guardhouse (Edo-period city)

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attentively; with great attention to detail (e.g. when teaching); patiently

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rolling (something) up by spinning it around; coiling

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to lodge a complaint

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to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)

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desire; wish; request; entreaty; prayer; (written) application

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to pay; to be profitable; to pull against each other

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policeman; thieftaker; method of catching criminals

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rope; cord; policeman's rope

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to push away; to thrust aside; to detach oneself from; to keep away from; to act coldly; to do without emotion

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to arrest; to apprehend

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Avalokiteshvara (Bodhisattva); Avalokitesvara; Kannon; Kwannon; Guanyin; Buddhist deity of compassion

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maker of metallic ornaments

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wife and children; (arch.) wife

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poverty; penury; want; (arch.) insufficiency; (arch.) shortage; (arch.) deficiency

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forged letter

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past misdeeds; old crimes

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like; similar to; something like ...; someone like ...

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instigator

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close examination; careful investigation; investigation of a crime; inquiry into someone's guilt; winner (of the most rounds, i.e. a full game); (arch.) reciting and appreciating traditional poetry

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to have confidence in one's own abilities

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to pretend; to feign

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threat; intimidation; menace

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to suffer an embarrassing defeat

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implicitly; indirectly; tacitly; by implication; obscurely

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to warn against; to caution against; to admonish; to scold; to prohibit; to forbid; (arch.) to be cautious

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very careful; thoroughly prepared

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back; rear; background; behind the scenes

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charge; duty; person in charge; connection; linking

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trial; judgement; judgment

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Nihonbashibakurochō

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magistrate's office

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another thing; other things; another man's property

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