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understanding; comprehension; appreciation; sympathy

2

(not) even once; (not) ever

1

to open one's heart; to throw off reserve; to be frank

1

kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer

2

more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time

4

placed one upon another; piled up; excellent; splendid; superimposition; superposition

1

chief advisor to the Emperor (adviser)

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Minister of the Left (official in Nara and Heian periods)

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Collection of Poems of Ancient and Modern Times

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Kyoto (city, prefecture)

1

to be ruined (reduced to poverty); to fall low; to go under; to come to ruin

2

peerage (in Japan; 1868-1946); nobility; aristocracy

3

descendants

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coming out; going out; attending (work); appearing (on stage); start; beginning; origins

3

Yosobee

6

adopted daughter; foster daughter

2

at that time; in those days

2

agricultural university

1

to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do

1

since; henceforth

9

bright person; talented student; prodigy

1

student; student who performs housework in exchange for meals and lodging; houseboy (attending school or university)

2

working one's way through school; earning one's own school fees; studying under adversity; studying in harsh economic circumstances

1

mama; mamma; mom; female proprietress (of a bar, etc.)

3

engagement; betrothal

2

overseas travel (to Western countries); going abroad (to study or travel); store operated by a foreigner (in pre-communist China)

1

whether one likes it or not; inevitably; unavoidably; compulsorily; by force

1

mash

2

potato; French fries; chips; sweet potato

1

to recover one's strength; to recover one's spirit; to revive; to be refreshed; to be invigorated; to be encouraged

1

or; either ... or ...

2

reasoning; logic; persuasion

1

forcibly; against one's will

1

university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)

3

studying abroad; studying at a different school, etc. (usu. for a specific purpose)

2

seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of

2

federation; federal state; United States of America

5

beautiful woman; (a) beauty

5

to get (become) acquainted; to get to know; to get (become) intimate with; to become friendly with; to become friends

1

(academic) degree

1

loafer; free-loader; tramp; unemployed person

1

to do for (someone); to take in; to deceive; to hoodwink

1

to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep

1

to do something in readiness for; to get something (needful) done

1

encouragement; urging; spurring on; chastising by whipping

1

taking a quantity (of time, people, etc.); similar to ...; dependent on ...; reliant on ...; while ...; when ...

1

to boost; to force up; to push up

1

rationalism

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imprudence; oversight; omission; mistake

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to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to be prudent; to be complete; to be thorough

1