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20 years old

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male coming-of-age-ceremony; shaving one's eyebrows, blackening one's teeth, and wearing one's hair in the marumage style (of a newly married woman; Edo period)

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twenty-five

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to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed

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gold thread

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Qing dynasty (China, 1644-1912); Ch'ing dynasty; Manchu dynasty

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child

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as is habit; the way life normally is

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unconditionally; as a rule

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minor; person under age

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body build; figure

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giant

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red earth (i.e. containing cinnabar or minium); vermilion

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alone; unaided; away from home

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bright or beautiful eyes

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eyebrow

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nose tip

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locational advantage; advantageous position; products from the land (farm output, timber, minerals, etc.); land rent

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tough; hard; determined; strong-minded; strong (e.g. sunlight, alcohol); severe

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why; how

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thinking about something else

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innocent; cherubic; childlike

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to cease; to stop; to be over

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this and that; this or that; one thing or another; this way and that

1

synthesis; coordination; putting together; comprehensive

3

middle way; (golden) mean; moderation; the Doctrine of the Mean (one of the Four Books)

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presumption; assumption; estimation

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19; nineteen

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the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it

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dress; outfit

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leather tabi

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the place for; the time for; the level of

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boundary; border; limit; bounds; frontier

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being very surprised

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trip by boat; sea trip; voyage; cruise

1

puppeteer; puppet player; wirepuller; string-puller; man behind the scenes

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puppet; marionette; puppeteer; (arch.) prostitute

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beggar; begging

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rag; scrap; fault (esp. in a pretense, pretence); defect; run-down; shabby

2

to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest

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carefree; buoyant; lighthearted; ease

1

thundering; purring; something large and heavy starting to roll; scattered about; common; idleness; idling about

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imagination; supposition; guess

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for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)

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baby clothes

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to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry

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slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)

5

making; forming; cultivating; form; appearance

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rod; pole; neck (of a shamisen, etc.); shamisen; beam (i.e. the crossbar of a balance); single line (esp. as a flying formation for geese); penis

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rod; pole; neck (of a shamisen, etc.); shamisen; beam (i.e. the crossbar of a balance); single line (esp. as a flying formation for geese); penis

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