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one child; only child; one of several children (esp. the son and heir); one stone (in the game of go)

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Tsurumatsu

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to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to

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dying young; early death

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(giving) birth; childbirth; delivery; confinement

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impatience; anxiety

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to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve

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prayer; grace (at meals); exorcism

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effect; result; worth; Kai (former province located in present-day Yamanashi Prefecture)

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action; behavior; behaviour; (arch.) recommendation (of a person for a position)

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door-to-door manzai; form of comedy originally performed at people's homes by entertainers during the New Year festivities; precursor to modern day manzai

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advanced age; senility

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heir; successor

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profit; earnings

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column; beam; girder; digit; decade; order of magnitude

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happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying

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technique; art; skill; move

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light (e.g. aircraft, truck); light motor vehicle (up to 660cc and 64bhp); kei car

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liver; innards; courage; spirit; crux; essential point

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to stamp; to engrave; to inscribe

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to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)

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disappearance; running away; going missing; absconding

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proceeding to the capital

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imitation; fake; phony; pseudo-

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

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kyogen; farce presented between noh plays or during the interlude of a noh play; kabuki play; kabuki performance; make-believe; ruse

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difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy

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six o'clock; six periods of a day (morning, midday, afternoon, evening, midnight, late night)

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to fade; to lose colour (color); to discolour (discolor)

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painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)

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the four cardinal directions; north, east, south and west; all around; here and there; four sides (of a square)

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the world

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circulation; dissemination

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going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease

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conduct; behavior; behaviour

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to creep in; to steal in; to sneak in

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to shine; to glitter; to be bright

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needless to say; obviously; of course

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to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone

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to perceive; to sense; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment

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one's personal belongings; one's vicinity; one's daily life; everyday necessities

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care; looking after; trouble; bother; good offices; recommendation

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used to indicate respect for the listener (or reader)

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women and children

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companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)

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young person; servant; errand boy in a samurai family; person of lowly status

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woven straw mat (orig. made of wild rice leaves); beggar; (arch.) Manchurian wild rice (Zizania latifolia)

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finally; after; following; at the end (of)

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up through; up until; down to; from ... to ... (e.g. from head to toe); everything from ... to ...

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to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively

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