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Satsuma (former province located in the west of present-day Kagoshima Prefecture); sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)

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(giving) birth; childbirth; native (of); product of; produced in; assets

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fishing line

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looking over someone's shoulder

2

peddler

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a bit more; a bit longer

5

early; a little earlier than usual; a little faster than usual; slightly quicker

2

(please) look; see; (please) try to do

1

to be too late; to be too slow

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soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself

2

with a smooth, unhindered motion; speedily and without delay

2

to hold in one's mouth; to bring with; to take along

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minnow; shinner

2

one fish; one shrimp

1

the grass; grassy place (esp. with long dense grass)

2

old age; ageing; aging; old person; the elderly; the aged

4

parents; both parents

4

indigenousness; being native (to a region); settling (of people); native; indigenous; aboriginal

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farming; agriculture

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thatching a roof (with grass); thatched roof

1

fence; hedge; railing; barrier; wall

7

Japanese zelkova (Zelkova serrata)

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windbreak (forest); shelterbelt

2

sewing; needlework; embroidery

1

childhood name

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to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to

4

number of years

2

again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and

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provincial dialect; rural dialect

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damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very

3

(art of) fencing; swordsmanship

1

delicious; skillful; skilled; expert

1

runny-nosed child; sniveler; sniveller; greenhorn; inexperienced person

1

utterly lacking (in ability); hopeless; useless; poor

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wig; hairpiece (esp. to cover hair loss); toupee

2

was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...

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silent clap (done during a funeral or during certain rites at the Ise Grand Shrine)

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wild horse; pastured horse; grazing horse

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to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray

4

long

2

grandfather; male senior-citizen

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mother; mom; wife; proprietress (of a shop); female shopkeeper; middle-aged woman

4

(as for (that)) thing; (given (that)) thing; matter; (it is a ...) thing; matter; fact

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particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty

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to be careful; to pay attention; to take care

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unpleasant; uncomfortable; frightening; cruel; rude

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model; (good) example; exemplar; model handwriting; model drawing; copybook

2

to boil over

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fishing rod

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barn (for storage); shed; outbuilding

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