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great debate; great controversy

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dress rehearsal

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isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on

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funny; comical; humorous; ridiculous; silly; absurd

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having two horses draw (e.g. a carriage); two-horse-drawn carriage

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prosperity; bustle; activity; crowd; turnout

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inside and outside; interior and exterior; inside and outside the country; home and abroad; around; about

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gentlemen of (high) eminence; notables; dignitaries

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lady; (female) pervert

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one part; one portion; one section; one copy (of a book); (one) complete set (of books)

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intellectual class; educated class; intelligentsia

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social; societal; societary

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echo; reverberation; response; reaction; repercussions

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to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)

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ending; quitting; closing; ending before one had time to do something one wanted or intended to

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Kōshirou

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Russo-Japanese War (1904-5)

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third month of the lunar calendar; Yayoi period (ca. 300 BCE-300 CE); Yayoi culture; (arch.) thick growth (of grass, etc.)

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middle act

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bivouac; encampment

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seasonal goods; seasonal items; faddish product; vogue merchandise; novel, film, play, etc. dealing with recent events or trends; work of ephemeral interest

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Sueharu

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songwriting (words and music)

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old mother; aged mother

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shamisen; samisen; three-stringed Japanese lute

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(sheet) music; (musical) note; genealogy; family tree; record of a game of go, shogi, chess, etc.

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Kineya

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Keiō era (1865.4.7-1868.9.8)

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Wagner

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society

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accordion

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light music; popular music

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ensemble (e.g. orchestra, chamber group, etc.); concert

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mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event

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war; battle; match; game; competition

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great victory; decisive victory; overwhelming victory; landslide victory

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newspaper extra

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great success; big hit; (hitting the) jackpot; big win; being right on the mark (of a prediction); being bang on

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establishment; founding; incorporation (of a business)

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overseas travel (to Western countries); going abroad (to study or travel); store operated by a foreigner (in pre-communist China)

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Shoukenkoutaigou (1849.5.9-1914.4.11) (empress dowager)

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going out (of a noble, shogun, royalty, etc.); visit; attendance

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to hurt; to injure; to harm; to damage; to worry; to bother

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(hen's) egg

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concentration; diligence; asceticism; zeal in one's quest for enlightenment; adherence to a vegetarian diet

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violet (any flower of genus Viola, esp. the Fuji dawn, Viola mandshurica)

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decorations; offerings; mere window dressing

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divine; sublime; solemn

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to let (someone) play; to keep (someone) amused; to leave idle; to not make use of; to do; to do

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your will; your pleasure; your wish; certainly; as you say; you are quite right

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