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attending (upon); keeping another company

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pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously

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Santou Kyouden (1761-1816)

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huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion

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story; tale

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(husked grains of) rice

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clip-clop (esp. of geta)

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terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific

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ghost story

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to be talked about; to get a name for oneself; to get publicity

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young person; youth; young

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overwhelming

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one's plan

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previously; already; for some time; for quite a while

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Kintarō; hero boy of Japanese folklore, who befriended animals and had supernatural strength; Kintarō doll (usu. having a plump red face, carrying an axe, and wearing a red apron); diamond-shaped apron

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Musashi (former province located in parts of present-day Tokyo, Kanagawa and Saitama prefectures)

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Narita

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homa; Buddhist rite of burning wooden sticks to ask a deity for blessings

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fee; charge; rate; material

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long and narrow

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box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building

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journey; trip; travels; during the journey; on the way; while travelling

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plan; plot; idea; conception; vision; scheme

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relay station (esp. on Edo-period highway); post station; stage

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position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view

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to leave behind; to misplace; to forget

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episode; side story; story within a story; aside; anecdote

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ancient times

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fiction writer; dime novelist

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way of speaking; intimation; lips; mouth; snout

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way of speaking; intimation

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to pattern after; to liken to; to imitate

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pipe; tube

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tediously; lengthily; wordily

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to abbreviate; to omit; to take; to capture

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the fifth

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thread; 0.0001; one ten-thousandth

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to praise extravagantly; to lionize; to lionise; to make much of

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children

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reedy field

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ghost; apparition; goblin; monster; something unusually large

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gesture; sign; hand signal

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everywhere in the capital (e.g. Tokyo); everyone in the capital

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first performance

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(hand) gesture; movement of the hand

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progress; pace; carriage; step; stage

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caudal fin; tail fin

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twenty-five

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-years-old

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robust; brawny; muscular; strong; sturdy

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