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to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size

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gradual progress

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revival; restoration; resuscitation

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trend; tendency; momentum

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wet nurse; nursing mother

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interval; distance; suitable time; appropriate opportunity; distance between opponents (kendo)

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to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough

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mud

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surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality

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the touch of; feel of; texture

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gloss; luster; mellowness (of a voice); youthfulness (e.g. of skin); interest; appeal

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desperation; despair; self-abandonment

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cupboard on the floor

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refining; purification

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copper plate; copperplate

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place where there are hot springs; hot springs spa

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to excuse oneself; to take one's leave; to quit; to resign; to decline; to turn down

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to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to

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var. of knot often used to tie mizu-hiki; woman's hairstyle, braided in this fashion

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ground; crust (earth); foundation (building, etc.); base; constituency; power base

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lead glaze (porcelain manuf.)

4

porcelain bowl; donburi; bowl of meat, fish, etc. served over rice

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plop; splash

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Japanese puppet theatre (theater); bunraku

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ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to

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craftsman; skilled artisan

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to exist

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vivid (memory, description, etc.); fresh; graphic; fresh (blood, scar, etc.); still new; recent

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ordinary; average; run-of-the-mill

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Wakayama (city, prefecture)

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Tokugawa Yorinobu (1602-1671)

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

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cotton

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flannel

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Kuroe

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inlet; bay; inland sea

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coarse oilpaper umbrella

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skillfulness

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to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)

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around there; near there; or thereabouts; or so; such a matter; such a thing

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Citrus kinokuni (species of mandarin orange)

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Negoro lacquerware

2

alley; alleyway; bare earth (i.e. ground not covered by a roof); open field; teahouse garden; path through a gate (or through a garden, etc.)

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(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season

2

somewhere; anywhere; in some respects

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flour; meal; powder; dust

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solidification

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tan (color, colour)

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obedient; docile; quiet

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corner; nook

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