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pure; innocent; pure; unmixed; long kimono made from the same plain-coloured cloth

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smirkingly; broadly (grinning)

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mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short

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extraordinary; preposterous; outrageous; absurd

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yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?

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to be; to exist

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to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision

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stinginess

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foxtail millet (Setaria italica); Italian millet (also Hungarian, German)

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indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very

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fault; defect; flaw; failure (in an examination); failing grade

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digestion (of food); digestion (of information); assimilation; consumption; absorption; (arch.) losing one's form and turning into something else

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(festivity) page; baby; child; (arch.) boys kept by pederasts

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restlessly; fussily; anxiously; to be cramped; to be claustrophobic

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contour; outline; summary; outline; looks; features

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various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)

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there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)

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plantation

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house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family

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ruin; fall; collapse; downfall; bankruptcy

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village-owned; village property

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means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull

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to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for

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Fukuoka (city, prefecture)

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to go out and away; to leave

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together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)

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centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government

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fire fighting; fire department; fire brigade

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fire tower

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turret; watchtower; high wooden stage; scaffolding; wooden frame (of a kotatsu); yagura

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caves dug as tombs in and around Kamakura during the Kamakura and Muromachi periods

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near; close; beside; third person

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many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common

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that's so, isn't it

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to pull one's hair back into a bun

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yikes; oops; eep; wow

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(arch.) Chinese "Extended Net" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); counter for objects with stretched strings (i.e. bows, kotos), curtains, papers, etc.

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simple; artless; naive; unsophisticated

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carbon paper

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carbon

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briskly; smartly; promptly; clearly; lucidly

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to think, feel, consider, know, etc.

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clever; intelligent; well-behaved (esp. children and pets); obedient; (arch.) good (with words)

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picture postcard

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face

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five (long cylindrical things)

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counter; window; teller window; contact person; point of contact

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to come near; to let someone approach; to bring near; to bring together; to deliver (opinion, news, etc.); to send (e.g. a letter); to let someone drop by

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innocent; simple-minded

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together with; same; both; all; including ...

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