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fiction writer; dime novelist

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cheap; rash; thoughtless; careless

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sitting cross-legged (i.e. Indian style)

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Robun

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comic novel (Edo period)

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to despise; to disdain; to scorn; to hold in contempt; to look down on

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two legs; two feet; two pairs

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four legs; four-legged; quadruped

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the West; the Occident; Western countries

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alkali

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acid; sourness; sour taste

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change; alteration; difference; distinction; something wrong; abnormality

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ancient sage

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to eat; to drink; to smoke; to suffer (e.g. defeat); to receive a blow

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devil; demon; Satan; the Devil; Māra; evil spirits or forces that hinder one's path to enlightenment

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lick; bottom card of the draw pile; (arch.) tasting (a nobleman's) medicine to see if it contains poison; (arch.) medicine taster

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(religious) precept; discipline; commandment; mitzvah

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vexatious; troublesome; complicated

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severe; harsh; hard; cruel; rigorous

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prohibition

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poor (living); barely continuing; just scraping along; very narrow

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minutely; in detail; with particular attention

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observance of the Buddha's teachings

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tearing up and discarding (e.g. documents); disposal (e.g. weaponry); annulment; cancellation; reversal (of an original ruling)

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convenient; favorable; favourable; expedient; expedience

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to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up

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upright; honest; faithful; conscientious; sincere

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outer moat (of a castle)

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old-fashioned idea

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Sanada Yukimura

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plait; braid

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the way there; outbound leg; bound for ...; outbound ticket

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unevenness (of colour, paint, etc.); irregularity; unevenness (of quality, results, behaviour, etc.); inconsistency; fickleness; capriciousness

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summer campaign of the siege of Osaka (1615 CE)

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first part of a word

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to marry (of a woman); to become a bride; to marry into (a family); (arch.) to have sexual intercourse

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remainder of one's life; one's remaining days; time left (to live)

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new era; new period; new age; new epoch

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mound; heap; hillock; burial mound; tomb; tumulus

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digression

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(one's) exclusive use; private use; dedicated use; use for a particular purpose; exclusive use (of particular products); using only (e.g. a certain brand)

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just as (each) one likes; as (each) one pleases; as (each) one prefers; (each) in one's own way

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yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer

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voice; cry; shout

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to drop like a rock (e.g. of reputation, power, influence); to go down the toilet

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to die out; to become extinct

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change; transition; return present

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this person

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good and evil

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vague; obscure; vast; boundless

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