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girls' high school (pre-WWII)

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nowadays; in this day and age

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heir; heiress; inheritor; successor

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service business (hotel, restaurant, entertainment); service industry

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one house

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to wed; to marry a man

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very high; high up; aloft; only; merely; just

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looks; countenance; facial features; physiognomy

1

to marry

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old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)

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unity; coherence; consistency; settlement; conclusion; completion

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incidental; ancillary; accessory; secondary; collateral

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candidate; applicant

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sumo management stock; one of the 105 titled trusteeships in the Japan Sumo Association; tradable share that entitles the holder to take part in the management of sumo

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experienced person; person who has had a particular experience

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breakdown; failure; damage; hurt; objection; protest

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man who takes his wife's family name and marries into her family; man who is adopted by his wife's family

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expelling; driving out

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once and for all; completely; spotlessly

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other people; others

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knowing when to give up; good at letting things go; accepting failure with good grace; being a good loser

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intentionally; on purpose; deliberately; taking something into account

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assistant official

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intellectual class; educated class; intelligentsia

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each time; every time

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second wife

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laughing while crying; smiling through one's tears; (alternately) laughing and crying; tears and laughter; joy and sorrow

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(not) so; (not) particularly; (not) very; (not) that much

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to learn the ropes; to get the knack

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to bail out (water); to scoop out

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photostat; photographic plate; photogravure

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light-hearted; carefree

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borrower; debtor; tenant

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passenger; rider; good rider

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to dwell; to live; to stay at; to take shelter at; to be pregnant; to be part of a constellation

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term; period; time frame; time limit; deadline; cutoff (date)

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to delay; to postpone; to slow down; to retard

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haramaki; bellyband; stomach band; torso armour that opens at the back; haramaki

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overtime; outside of hours (school, office, surgery, etc.)

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fee; charge; fare

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strong or bitter (green) tea

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

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being startled; getting a shock

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(nth) power; counter for vehicles; multiplication; Buddha's teachings

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uneasiness; vague apprehension; premonition

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one's circumstances; environment; situation (in life)

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potentiality; dormancy; latency

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exposing; unmasking; laying bare

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about this time

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sports ground; playing field; playground

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