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... is the reason; ... is my excuse

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twenty-third day of the month; twenty-three days

1

be; is

2

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

1

morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning

10

thinly slicing soft-boned fish for sashimi

1

Kurobee

1

travel; trip; journey

3

garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area

4

halfway; midway; partway; mid-course

1

vomiting of blood

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just like that; in the twinkling of an eye; in the blink of an eye; (lit.) in the time it takes to say "ah!"

1

heart; guts; nerve; central part

1

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

1

extreme; radical

1

diagnosis; medical examination

1

fault; error; indiscretion; faux pas

1

we; us

1

to think, feel, consider, know, etc.

3

sudden death

1

supplement; top up; complement; making up (a deficiency)

2

loan; debt; liability

5

collection (e.g. of a debt); dunning; selection (for a position); exceptional promotion; fresh; freshly picked

1

estate; homestead; house and land (it stands on); messuage

3

hopeless; futile; no use; beyond help; cannot be done

1

certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons

2

to return; to come back

3

the trouble is that ...; the problem is that ...; unfortunately; annoyingly

1

bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; confusion

3

February; second month of the lunar calendar

5

house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family

5

assistant professor

2

advanced age; senility

3

to be helpful; to be useful

2

to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something

3

surely; certainly

1

just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street

3

return to one's country

3

to employ; to hire; to charter

2

to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause

8

moon; month

9

reasonably; fairly; hurriedly; in a rush; approximately; about

1

to remain; to be left over; to be in excess; to be too many

2

large feudal domain; large fiefdom; powerful clan

2

speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...

3

as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much

2

difference; discrepancy; variation

5

anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case

4

far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)

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to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed

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