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art; craft; accomplishment; artistic skill; technique; performance

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neurasthenia; nervous breakdown; concentration (card game involving turning over face-down cards to find identical pairs)

2

sign; indication; omen; symptom

1

frequent; incessant

4

successive; consecutive; back-to-back; one after another

1

but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding

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to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough

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definitely; absolutely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness

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comparatively; relatively

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to open one's eyes wide (in astonishment, wonder, etc.); to be wide-eyed; to be amazed

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pride; boast

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to seal (letter); to prevent; to forbid; to block

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sidelong glance; short grain (paper)

2

encampment

2

valley

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seed leaves (of a dicot); cotyledons; bud; early stages; very beginning

2

war chronicle

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army; armed forces; military authorities; team; group

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to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby

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best article under heaven; peerless

1

daredevil; rowdy

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we; us; I; me; my store (business, etc.)

2

loud voice

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to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell

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to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to deep-fry

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low-life; sleazebag; boor; person of humble rank; humble person; peasant

2

low-life; sleazebag; boor; person of humble rank; humble person; peasant

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miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic

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the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person

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monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook

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mawashi; belt; mantle; cape; gang rape

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Yojirou

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financially scraping by; meagre existence (meager); hand to mouth existence; living one's life without plan; living life day-by-day; taking life one day at a time

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excellence; genius

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devising (a way); contriving; device; design; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)

3

traditional performing arts (e.g. shamisen, koto, dance, etc.); accomplishments

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practice; training

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vocal message; speech; statement; prologue at the start of a kabuki performance

1

counter for parts, stages, installments, etc. (of a story, series, project, campaign, etc.); counter for bullets

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prawn; shrimp; lobster; crayfish

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to shut one's eyes; to ignore; to pretend not to know; to die

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inner part; inside; interior; depths (e.g. of a forest); back (of a house, drawer, etc.); bottom (e.g. of one's heart)

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Sagami (former province located in present-day Kanagawa Prefecture)

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shoji (paper sliding door)

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to push open

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already; now; no longer; not any more

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to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to go down (sun); to wane; to sink

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practice; practising; training; study

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two times; twice; two degrees

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to make a mess of; to sacrifice; to waste

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