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Edo-era street merchant who carried wares hanging from a pole, hawking them in the street

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costume; dress; attire; (arch.) interior decoration; (arch.) landscaping; (arch.) furnishing

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lined kimono

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joint together; opposite; facing

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navy blue; deep blue

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gaiters; leggings; puttees

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indecent; obscene

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to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other

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to catch (someone's words); to make out; to follow; to ask about (a situation, circumstances, etc.); to inquire

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strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance

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to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with

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floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river

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shogi; Japanese chess

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buttocks; behind; undersurface; bottom; last place; end

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trunk; torso; plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.)

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prosperous; flourishing; popular; widespread; active; lively

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lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring

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to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to swing

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kneecap

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big mouth; mouth opened wide; boastful speech; tall talk; large amount; large quantity

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to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol

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to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect

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behavior; behaviour; conduct; entertainment; treat; feast

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dumbfounded; in mute amazement

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Kyoto University

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department of Japanese literature

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to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in

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Ōtsu (city in Shiga)

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barrier; gate; seki (in go); mutual life

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temple (Buddhist)

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to move (house); to transfer (department); to change the target of interest or concern; to elapse (passage of time); to be permeated by a colour or scent; to be infected

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end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap

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four

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kilo-; 1000; kilogram; kilogramme; kilometre; kilometer

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vehicle; conveyance; transport; ride (playground, fair, carnival); playground facility

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to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise

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school rules; school regulations

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every day

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making a round trip; going and returning; round-trip ticket; return ticket; correspondence; exchanging (letters)

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nether region; between the legs; groin; crotch

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thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)

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new hair growth

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bathroom

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summer

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very; much; greatly; a lot of

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progress; advance; improvement; development

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ten; 10; ten years of age

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passing through (a tunnel, station, town, etc.); passing by (e.g. of a typhoon); passage (of a bill, e.g. through parliament); carriage; passing (an examination, inspection, etc.); clearing

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next; secondly; subsequently

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Ishiba

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