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just right (time, size, length, etc.)

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primness; prim person; clear soup; water for rinsing sake cups (at a banquet, etc.)

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

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rural local self-government (Muromachi period)

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to employ; to hire; to charter

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to make someone realize (e.g. their mistake); to bring (something) home to someone; to teach someone a lesson

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address (e.g. opening or closing remarks); speech; ci (Chinese literary form); ancillary word

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you; people

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to weaken; to grow weak; to be downcast; to be dejected; to be troubled; to be at a loss

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unclean; dirty; unsanitary; indecent; dirty (story, money, etc.); obscene

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interview; stage debut; first appearance; meeting; trial for a servant

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hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker

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pitch black

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dirt; filth; grime

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to become; to appear like; to have a touch of; to look like

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because of; owing to; due to

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bathing; to bathe; to take a bath; to enter a bath

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washing; laundry; relaxing; taking a break

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detestable; abhorrent; loathsome

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laziness; lazy person

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nagging; critical; talkative; gossipy

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servant; employee

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tasks; things to do; errand; business (to take care of); affairs; engagement

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doze; nap; snooze

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nightclothes; nightwear; sleepwear; pyjamas; pajamas; nightgown

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clothing

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troublesome; bothersome; tiresome; annoying

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(for) how many days; what day (of the month)

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full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)

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coolness; calmness; composure; all right; fine; OK

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clean; hygienic; sanitary; pure; virtuous; immaculate

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each (every) time; whenever

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wicker trunk; wicker luggage

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to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study

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to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to plunge into; to charge into; to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to press (someone) about

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official; civil service

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direct; immediate; personal; firsthand

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victim; injured party; sufferer

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comrade; friend; associate; colleague; fellow student; fellow apprentice

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indicates emphasis

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dirty things (dishes, laundry, etc.)

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dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty

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bothersome; tiresome; bother to do

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the Emperor; His Majesty; the government; the authorities; proprietress; hostess

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stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; clumsy; unskilled

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buying and eating sweets (esp. children); between-meal snacking

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eating with one's fingers; snitching food; snatched food; embezzlement; misappropriation; flirting

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stomach; Chinese "stomach" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

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having; holding; wear; durability; charge; expense

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louse (esp. a sucking louse); lice

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