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outdoor fire with dense smoke to repel mosquitoes; mosquito-fumigation

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engawa; external corridor on the outer side of traditional Japanese houses; bone at the base of a fin; meat at the base of a fin (esp. of a flatfish)

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cool breeze; cool air; refreshing coolness

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along (wall, coast, river, etc.); alongside; following

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to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)

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eight; 8

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bedroom; bedchamber; (arch.) roost; (arch.) nest

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cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing

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cooking; kitchen work

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Rokubee

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manservant

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married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)

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event; function

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traditional style of Japanese residential architecture

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to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for

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censor; overseer; inspector (Edo period)

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Yuusaku

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three sons; third son

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family status

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for generations; hereditary; generation after generation

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bitter orange (Citrus aurantium); sour orange; Seville orange; orange (color, colour)

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to call out; to summon

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19; nineteen

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(noble's) page

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class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate

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to surpass the rest (e.g. of a large group); to stand out from the crowd; to be the best by far

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be considered; be deemed; be thought to be

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20 years old

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small build; small stature; petite; small pattern

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thin; slender; fine; unlucky

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to be ready; to be prepared; to be in order; to be put in order; to be adjusted; to be regulated

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dainty; delicate; slender; fragile (e.g. furniture); delicate; frail

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virile; tough; masculine; intense

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one turn; one round; (a) size; to go around; to make a circuit; twelve years

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to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size

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long sword (esp. the tachi, worn on the hip edge down by samurai); large sword; straight single-edged Japanese sword (from the mid-Heian period or earlier)

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plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit

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precise; accurate; appropriate; exactly the right

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sharp (blade); pointed; sharp (pain); stabbing; perceptive; keen

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to be splendid; to be superb

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each; every

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soot

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uchiwa; type of traditional Japanese handheld fan

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hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe

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to urge; to encourage; to press; to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken

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to win and advance to the next round

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in that manner; like that

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it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...

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limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...

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to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)

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