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stretching pieces of a kimono on boards to dry after they have been washed and starched

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one's leisure hours

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working in the fields; working on a farm

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person with whom to speak; someone to talk to; companion; advisor; adviser

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approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; appropriate age (to ...); old enough (to ...)

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for summer

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please look at it

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warp; curvature; curve; arch

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to (do) like this

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stubble (after shaving)

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talcum powder

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tip of one's nose

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to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)

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care; looking after; repair; (police) raid; crackdown

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dandruff

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to run away (e.g. from work); to escape; to hide; to end a round with less than 20 points

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hair oil

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pompadour-like hair style, popular for unmarried women in the Edo period; shimada coiffure

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need; want; necessity; expenses; cost

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self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)

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photo studio; photographer; camera shop; photography supplies shop; photo processing shop; photo finishing shop

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to like; to love; to be fond of

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independence; self-reliance

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to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)

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former clan; former fief

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Chikako

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nursemaid; nanny; babysitter; child-minding; babysitting

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to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)

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match; game; bout; contest

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unhappiness; misfortune; ill luck

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circumstances; one's situation or lot in life

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innocent; simple-minded

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young man in his prime; swaggerer; ruffian

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the East; the Orient; (East) Asia; Japan

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(arch.) towering; (arch.) lofty; standing out without the influence of others; in splendid isolation

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autumn rain; fall rain

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(United States of) America; United States; US; America (land mass); the Americas

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warship; battleship

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several (boats)

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to come surging (waves, enemy troops, etc.)

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self-willed; (doing or saying things) to suit one's own convenience; oblivious to the convenience of others

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treaty; pact; convention; agreement

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to make (a promise); to conclude (a contract); to act as a go-between; to act as mediator; to curry favour with

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memory; ability to learn

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knowledge; information

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greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice

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to sit for an examination

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to become used to the (ways of the) world; to become worldly or sophisticated

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clever; bright; sharp; wise; intelligent; sagacious

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information; experience; observation; seeing and hearing

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