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ordinary person; run-of-the-mill people; John Doe; Jane Doe

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of uncertain meaning; ambiguous; cryptic; nonsensical; incomprehensible; perplexing

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to return; to come back

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ritual visits to a temple

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shamelessly; acting brazenly unaffected; being resigned to (disgrace)

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a line; a streak; one item (in an itemized form); one clause; one matter (affair, event, case, incident); (arch.) the same logic

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to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to investigate thoroughly; to master

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witnessing; observing; sighting

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forever; in perpetuity

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to write down; to note; to remember

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long ago; a long time ago; already

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desolate; dreary; bleak

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ancient burial mound; barrow; tumulus

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on the way back; returning

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to happen to meet; to come across

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fulfillment; fulfilment; realization; realisation; completion

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the five virtues; tripod; three or four-legged kettle stand; family crest in the shape of such an object

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trust; confidence; credence

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abuse; misuse; misappropriation; using to excess

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California (state)

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Kanazawa (city in Ishikawa)

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on good terms with; on cordial terms with; getting along well with; to make friends with; to be good friends with; to get along with

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moon visible in the morning

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moral sense

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ronin; masterless samurai; high school graduate waiting for another chance to enter university after having failed the yearly entrance examination; person out of work; jobless person; (arch.) wanderer

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Hanshan and Shi De (two Tang-era Chinese monks, often the subjects of works of art)

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east and west; Orient and Occident; East and West; ladies and gentlemen!; your attention, please!

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pigeon; dove

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to strain (one's ears, eyes); to prick up (one's ears)

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pretending not to know; feigning ignorance

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reading aloud; recitation

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to take in; to attract

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appearance; air; mien; getup

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to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)

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prominent front teeth; buckteeth; projecting teeth

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small man

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handsome man

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any number of people

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proof to the contrary; disproof; counter-evidence; rebuttal; refutation

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which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who

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Mikawa manzai; style of manzai originating in the Mikawa region in Aichi prefecture

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ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml

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interlude (in traditional Japanese music); chanting or clapping along (during a song or dance); interjection

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as soon as; right after

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gloss; explanatory notes; annotation

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expatiation; enlargement (e.g. on a point); elaboration; clear explanation; paraphrasing

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to increase; to multiply

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to be touching; to be moving

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course; route; path; process; means

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present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times

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