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one's family; family member

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San'etsu (the three former provinces of Echizen, Etchū and Echigo)

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nectar; honey; honeydew; treacle; molasses; sorbitol (when visible as dark patches inside an apple)

4

shopping; purchased goods

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coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency

3

to want; to desire

2

hey there; I say; see here

1

love and hate

4

to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to assume

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to order; to send away for; to have (something) sent to one; to pull (something) closer

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desperate situation with no escape; being driven into a corner; being cornered; last extremity

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fellow traveler; fellow traveller; travelling companion; taking someone along unwillingly (e.g. in death); forcing to take part

1

front and rear; before and after; order; sequence; consequences; context

2

separation (e.g. of rubbish when recycling); classification; discrimination; division; distinction

2

discretion; prudence; good sense; judgement; judgment; wisdom

1

bed; bedding; sickbed; alcove; riverbed; seedbed; straw "core" of a tatami mat

1

to be flustered; to lose one's presence of mind

1

iron pot; kettle

4

I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said

2

mourning; mourning period; anniversary of one's death

3

to avoid; to refrain from; to shun; to detest

2

battle standard decorated with hanging strips of paper or leather; fireman's standard (Edo period)

1

mark; target; object; subject; point (e.g. of argument)

1

to hate; to dislike

2

tediously; repetitively; insistently; ad nauseam; at great length

1

congratulation; congratulations; celebration; congratulatory gift; present

1

patterned (e.g. clothes, pottery); figured

1

it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...

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deformity; distortion; disability; word written at the end of a letter

1

(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front

1

though; although; be that as it may; nonetheless

1

to swindle; to deceive

1

at any cost; at any price; at any expense

1

to pierce something all the way through (with a lance, arrow, etc.)

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(something) one does not really mean; insincere

1

wicked person; evil person; scoundrel; bad thing; mischief

1

reconciliation; make peace with

4

easy; simple; light

1

end; tip; end (of the year, month, etc.); close; youngest child; descendants; offspring

1

hint

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to think thoroughly

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stretching pieces of a kimono on boards to dry after they have been washed and starched

1

one mind; wholeheartedness; one's whole heart

1

to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort

1

actor; actress; man of wits; clever person; cunning fellow

1

originally; by nature; from the start

3

to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up

1

concealment (of one's vices); veil; cover; overturning; toppling

1

change; alteration; substitute; rate of exchange

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to grow senile; to be childish with age; to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to play stupid; to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine)

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