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robber; mugger; robbery; burglary

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picking up; someone who picks up things; type picking (letterpress printing); walking (of an aristocrat)

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bringing up; rearing; upbringing

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rebels; bandit; robber; traitors

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illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault

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visiting ill or distressed people; writing get-well letters; get-well gifts; get-well letters; expression of sympathy; expression of concern

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here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now

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to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on

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living in peace; living a quiet life; being content with one's present position; being satisfied with one's lot

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paddy field; farm

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Chinese courtesy name (name formerly given to adult Chinese men, used in place of their given name in formal situations); nickname; section of a village

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dango; dumpling (usu. sweet); ball-shaped object; something round; lump; group

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battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict

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absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively

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to support; to maintain; to bring up; to raise; to adopt (a child); to cultivate (a habit, a quality, etc.)

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so to speak; so to call it; as it were

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Higo (former province located in present-day Kumamoto Prefecture)

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upper reaches of a river; upstream

7

Gensai

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lessening; diminishing; reducing

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

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Edo shogunate (1603-1867)

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ruffian; scamp; hooligan; out-of-work person; day laborer without a job

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large bird; peng (in Chinese mythology, giant bird said to transform from a fish); fenghuang (Chinese phoenix)

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Ichibee

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Keichō era (1596.10.27-1615.7.13)

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flippant; frivolous; thoughtless; careless

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inspection; examination; check

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blessings bestowed by the Buddha on all living creatures

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refloating; getting off a reef; getting off the rocks

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clearly miraculous; remarkably miraculous; striking

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ten rulers of the afterlife (who judge the dead and determine their placement in their next life)

4

seventh day after a person's death; first seven-day period after a person's death; (arch.) seven days; (arch.) one week

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woven straw mat (orig. made of wild rice leaves); beggar; (arch.) Manchurian wild rice (Zizania latifolia)

2

being full; (counting) completed years (e.g. when calculating age); full (years, months, etc.); Manchuria

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cunning deed; sly trick; foul play; cunning person; sly fellow; cheat

2

dawn; daybreak; event (e.g. "in the event of ..."); occasion; occurrence

4

revelatory dream; revelation; a vision

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conception; becoming pregnant; pregnancy

4

Monday

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birth; creation; formation

4

build; physique; appearance

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face; mask; face guard; (in kendo) striking the head; surface (esp. a geometrical surface); page; aspect

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thick; deep; kind; cordial; serious (of an illness); abundant

2

children's hairstyle of short untied hair; child with short untied hair; young girl working as a servant for a high-class prostitute (Edo period); (arch.) baldness; (arch.) bald head

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counter for pairs of socks, shoes, etc.

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to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)

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everyone; everybody; all; everything; all

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evil spirit; demon; devil

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birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)

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