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half a lifetime

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financial power; financial means; wealth

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culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)

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fortress; castle; citadel; enclosure; castle walls

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reappearance; reemergence; return; reproduction; reenactment; recreation

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aspiration; ambition; plan; hopes; wishes

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picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage

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the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life

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(act of) encouragement; stimulus; incentive

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to bring someone along

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to raise; to bring to (someone's attention); to appeal to (reason, emotions, etc.); to work on (one's emotions); to complain; to sue (a person)

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gate in the middle of the corridor connecting an annex to a pond-side building (in traditional palatial-style architecture); central gate (between the main gate and main hall of a temple); central gate (separating the inner and outer gardens of a teahouse)

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to do by the use of

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taking a seat; sitting down (in one's seat)

3

to realize; to realise

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abundant; plentiful; rich; wealthy; open (mind); relaxed

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model; pattern; paragon; exemplar

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writer; author

2

guess; speculation; supposition

6

to raise overhead

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self-satisfied look; triumphant expression

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a suitor; an accuser; a complainant; an informant; sue; accuse

3

to swing downward; to bring down (one's sword, fist, etc.)

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ought to have been; was ... right?; to do for (inferiors)

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to dig up; to unearth; to uncover

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approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; appropriate age (to ...); old enough (to ...)

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about; concerning; related to; -ish

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appearance; look; dress

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(facial) expression (esp. fierce, fearless, sinister, etc.); look

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toad (esp. the Japanese toad, Bufo japonicus)

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over-sophistication

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the person concerned; the person in question; the said person

2

to extol; to give praise

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agricultural community; farm village; rural

5

good (quality, condition, etc.); Good (grade); B

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reward

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village headman (esp. in the Kansai region)

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serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady

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probable; likely

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olden days; former

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dangling heavily; swaying to and fro; strolling; rambling; idly; lazily

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lazy person; lazy fellow; slothful person

2

wind; gas; fart; something worthless; something not worth considering

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theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse

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sophism; chop logic; far-fetched argument; quibble; cavil; argument for argument's sake

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to knead; to mix with fingers; to quibble; to argue for argument's sake

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diligent; industrious

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tick (Acari spp.); mite

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wickedness; evil; wicked person

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prevailing view; common opinion; commonly accepted theory

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