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January; first month of the lunar calendar

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to come near; to let someone approach; to bring near; to bring together; to deliver (opinion, news, etc.); to send (e.g. a letter); to let someone drop by

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age; era; period; date

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story about human nature or emotions (esp. rakugo); emotional rakugo story lacking a punch line

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Enchou

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extension; elongation; prolongation; Enchō era (923.4.11-931.4.26)

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first generation; founder

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swallow (bird of the Hirundinidae family); martin; barn swallow (Hirundo rustica); younger man involved with an older woman; boy toy

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counter for long, thin things (i.e. swords)

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rivalry (between two equally strong sides); struggle for supremacy; competing (with); vying (with); contending (with); being an equal match (for)

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to do (for someone)

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Briton; Englishman; (the) English

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Bakumatsu period; closing days of the Tokugawa shogunate; end of the Edo period

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journalist

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father

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coming to Japan (of a non-Japanese person)

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day-by-day renewal; rapid progress

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truth; reality; seriousness; logical truth; printed style writing; star performer

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project; enterprise; business; (arch.) act; (arch.) deed; (arch.) conduct

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volunteer; volunteering

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first year; early years (of a reign or era)

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civil rights

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seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post

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next; secondly; subsequently

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leader; authority; mainstay

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Water Boar (60th year of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1923, 1983, 2043)

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effect; result; worth; use; avail

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violent earthquake; severe earthquake

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to sink; to go down; to pass away; to die; to disappear; to vanish

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entertainment hall (for rakugo, manzai, magic, music, etc.); vaudeville theater (theatre); music hall

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cultural history

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billboard; large signboard; first-rate influential performer (theatre, film, etc.); leading star; draw

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Japanese plum (Prunus salicina); Chinese plum

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suffering (from a calamity); affliction

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songs with samisen accompaniment; musical performance

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dawn; daybreak; event (e.g. "in the event of ..."); occasion; occurrence

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sting (of a bee, etc.); stinger; needle covered with poison

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orphan; person without friends

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blades of grass

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dew; tears; (not) a bit; (not) at all

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dispersal; evacuation; removal; spreading out (troops); deployment

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bibliography (list of books by an author or on a subject); bibliography (history or description of books); book

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June; sixth month of the lunar calendar

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east

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brocade; fine dress; fine clothes

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brightness; discernment; insight; eyesight; vision; nth year in the Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)

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publication (e.g. of an article in a newspaper); carrying (e.g. a story); running (e.g. a serial); insertion (e.g. of an advertisement); printing; posting (e.g. on the web)

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eighth day of the month; eight days

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change of title; retitling; changed title

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Imamura

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