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lead nowhere; get one nowhere; no use; fruitless; there's no point (in doing)

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beast (i.e. any animal other than man); person reborn into the animal realm; brute (i.e. a contemptible human being); damn it; damn

1

to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind

1

soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself

1

chic; smart; understanding; considerate; familiar with worldly pleasures (esp. sexual relations, geisha districts and red-light districts)

1

to rest; to suspend; to give relief

1

clothes

2

to feel bitter; to scowl

1

to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death

2

to sniffle; to snivel

1

wheat bran

2

just now; a little while back; a short time ago

1

to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)

2

another helping; second helping; seconds; command to have dog place its second paw in one's hand

1

somehow; for some reason (or other)

1

dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic

3

old story; reminiscence

1

improper; immodest; disgraceful; shameful; vulgar; low

1

servant; employee

1

double suicide; lovers' suicide

3

profound; deep; deep (of a cave, etc.); innermost; interior

1

male (animal, plant)

1

across; over; beyond; throughout (a period of time); for

2

to anticipate; to expect

1

to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for

1

strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle

2

to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal

5

shivering; trembling

1

to cease; to stop; to be over

1

reminiscent talk

1

pipe; tube

1

so; so much; this much

1

with ... as a start; taking advantage of; inspired by

1

knowing

2

book; volume; this; present; main; head

2

night attack

1

year of the Horse

1

at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because; as you know

1

accident; emergency; calamity

2

workmanship; craftsmanship; grades; results; quality (e.g. of a crop); dealings

1

occurrence; happening; taking place; completion

1

to have in one's dreams

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or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean

3

Jounosuke

3

article (in document); provision; stripe; streak; although; though

3

imperial palace (esp. Kyoto Imperial Palace); imperial residence; residence of a shogun, minister, etc.; emperor; ex-emperor; empress

1

(common) soldier; rank and file; army; troops; warfare; strategy

1

seppuku; harakiri; ritual suicide by disembowelment; seppuku as a death penalty (where the convict is decapitated by a second as they make the motions to disembowel themself; Edo period)

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death; the next world; to pass away; to die

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to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant

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