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free from obstacles

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someone (e.g. a woman) who is out of one's league; something beyond one's means

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return gift; return favour (favor); revenge; change (in a cash transaction)

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dried persimmons on a skewer

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parading of portable shrines and floats at Shinto festivals

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selection; choice; choosing; picking; election

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heartfelt

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anger; resentment; indignation; chagrin; irritation

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to rush out from one's mouth (words, phrases, etc.)

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nod deeply; glugging; drinking deeply

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old father

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departure; departing (from ...); sending; sent (by ...); engine; counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.

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to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut

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without intermission for ten (long) years; with constancy of purpose for ten (long) years; in the same old rut for years on end

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deathbed; dying hour; one's death

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orphan

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feudal domain (Edo and early Meiji periods, precursor to current prefectures); fiefdom; province

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one's old bones; old man

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to whip; to lash; to give the rod; to spur on; to encourage

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(one's) age

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(a) few; some; several

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spare time; free time; leisure

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hermitage; retreat; retirement; seclusion

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box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building

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perception; intuition; the sixth sense

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through a fusuma

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candlestick; candlestand

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manager; steward; factotum; useful person

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dusky; dim; shady

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very; extremely; exceedingly; top; highest; best

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warm; mild; (pleasantly) hot; considerate; kind; genial

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February; second month of the lunar calendar

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Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)

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(flower) bud; promising young person; budding beauty

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thickness

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ice; shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)

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to melt; to thaw; to fuse; to dissolve

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to send for (doctor, etc.)

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eldest child; oldest child; child who carries on the family name; (arch.) pre-ritsuryo official established in key provinces, responsible for administration of his home and surrounding provinces; (arch.) head of a warrior clan (Kamakura period)

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custom; habit; customary practice

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solitude; loneliness; isolation

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important task; important duty; important mission; heavy responsibility

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to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass

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to yearn for; to long for; to follow (someone); to idolize (for virtue, learning, status, etc.)

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then; in that case; considering; if that is the case; if so

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son

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few days

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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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well; now; then

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displeasure; ill humour; ill humor; pique

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