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to be profitable (business); to pay; to be in the black

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pachinko; mechanical gambling game superficially resembling pinball; slingshot; catapult; pistol

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professional

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such; this sort of; like this

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admiration; being impressed; admirable; praiseworthy; astonishment; being appalled

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Chunichi Shimbun (Japanese newsaper)

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retailing; repeating (someone else's words, opinion, etc.); parroting; echoing

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gap; space; break; interlude; chink (in one's armor, armour); chance

2

to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal

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to emboss; to print out; to print; to work out (e.g. policy); to hammer out; to strike (a drum indicating the end of a performance)

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Chita Peninsula

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stage (theatre, theater); scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)

1

sum; harmony; peace; Japan; Japanese-style

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greatly energetic; ferocious; extreme; severe

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injury; harm; evil influence; damage

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pain; ache; soreness; damage; injury; wear

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striped eel catfish (Plotosus lineatus)

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trouble; problem; mess; difficulty; nuisance

1

wood chip; splinter; worthless thing; worthless person

1

bustle; prosperity

1

iron (Fe); strong and hard (as iron); railway; railway enthusiast

2

alongside a railway line, bus route, major thoroughfare, etc.

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discount coupon or ticket

1

student (esp. a university student)

1

discount; reduction; rebate; tenths discounted; tenths reduced

1

point (of a story, argument, etc.); point (e.g. in stock exchange movement); percentage point; switch; points; point; site

1

each locality; each place; each region

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in succession; one by one

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calling on someone who is ill; enquiry; inquiry

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to say; to tell; to state; to do

5

to lure; to invite out

2

after the rain

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in places

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Amur silvergrass (Miscanthus sacchariflorus)

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goods; article; thing

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king; monarch; ruler; champion

2

10,000,000; ten million

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kan (obs. unit of weight, approx. 3.75 kg, 8.3 lb); kan (obs. unit of currency, equiv. to 1000 mon in the Edo period; col. 10 mon in the Meiji period); counter for pieces of sushi; 10 points; 12 points

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landing; unloading (e.g. a ship); catch (of fish); takings; sales (of a shop); defloration (e.g. of a geisha)

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everywhere; all over; throughout

2

tuft (of hair, threads, etc.); fringe; bunch (of grapes, bananas, etc.); cluster (of flowers); segment (of a tangerine, etc.); section

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Nako

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navicular; boat-shaped

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Takeoka

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breakwater; coast battery

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Kurihama

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lintel (esp. one with grooves for sliding doors)

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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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koku; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180.4 litres; measure of a Japanese-style boat's loading capacity (approx. 278.26 liters)

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light; faint; pale; fleeting

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