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memories; recollections; reminiscence

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hearsay

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sensibility (artistic, moral); (good) taste; sentiment

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lily (Lilium spp.); yuri; genre of comics and novels about female homosexuality

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particle; atom; little piece; not at all; not the slightest

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to break (into pieces); to be broken; to collapse; to crumble; to become less formal; to throw off reserve

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cannot (do); it is impossible that...; it is (highly) unlikely that...

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to fade into dusk; to fade into twilight; to decline; to wane; to look melancholic (of a person)

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Gojou

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temple (Buddhist)

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to be solved; to be resolved; to loosen; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. a ban)

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inferior; base; vulgar; low grade; lower class

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even though one has fallen on hard times; however down on one's luck one may be

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two-sworded (samurai)

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busy place; busy street; place that's always bustling with people; amusement quarters

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to stroll about; to saunter; to wander; to dangle; to swing

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to wear out

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to clatter; to flap (noisily); to rattle; to walk around being unable to settle down

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obi and cord fasteners (for a kimono)

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noh song

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kyogen; farce presented between noh plays or during the interlude of a noh play; kabuki play; kabuki performance; make-believe; ruse

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madwoman

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How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?

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simply; merely; only; solely

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bashfulness; shyness; (showing) signs of embarrassment

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to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up

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running away from home; elopement; (arch.) outing; (arch.) going out; (arch.) becoming a Buddhist monk; (arch.) entering the priesthood

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looks (esp. of a woman); features; ability; capability; (public) estimation (esp. of a man); credit

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restlessly; aimlessly; to loiter; to drift; to be restless; to fuss

3

lightweight fabric or clothing; silk gauze; thin silk; Latin (language)

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patterned (e.g. clothes, pottery); figured

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rivers and mountains; landscape

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be; is

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Kyoto woman

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price; cost; value; worth; value

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Mutsu (former province located in present-day Fukushima, Miyagi, Iwate, and Aomori prefectures)

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three generations; three periods; third generation

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outlet (e.g. for water or gas); market (for something); outlet (e.g. for excess energy); vent (e.g. for emotions)

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(metropolitan) prefecture (of Osaka and Kyoto); the centre or seat (of) (center); (government) office; fu; historical administrative unit in China, Korea and Vietnam

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shivering; feeling chilly; shuddering (with fear); feeling creepy; thrilled; excited

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red-light district

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setting up a stall or booth (bazaar, festival); opening a branch office; opening a store

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to be noticeable; to notice; to catch one's eye

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to dispose of; to sell off

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scolding

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suddenly; abruptly; unexpectedly

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guffawing; roaring (with laughter); (laughing) heartily

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stamp; seal; seal impression; seal; mudra (symbolic hand gesture); ninja hand sign

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madness; madman; enthusiast; freak; junkie

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certain; sure; doubtless

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