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Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7); reminiscent of the Shōwa era; Shōwa- nostalgic; old-fashioned

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and; and then; thus; and now; and finally

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that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage

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the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life

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you; dear; honey

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origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material

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to be needed; to be wanted

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to pass (of time); to elapse

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to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid

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coming; going; being (somewhere); come; go; stay

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position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view

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if it's the case

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(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely

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to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry

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everyone; everybody; all; everything; all

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to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on

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meaning; called; said

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udon; thick Japanese wheat noodles

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juice; sap; soup; broth

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John Doe; person of unknown name; (arch.) country bumpkin

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forcibly; against one's will

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ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only

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modern convenience; convenience of civilized life; blessings of civilization

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natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary

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fact; truth; reality

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shhh! (sound used when getting someone to shut up); shoo! (sound used to drive animals away)

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mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)

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(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least

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to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed

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and then; and so; and; so then

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alms-giving; charity; offerings (usu. money) to a priest (for reading sutras, etc.)

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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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liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity

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to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think

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-like; sort of; similar to; resembling

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to stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on

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even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that

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to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)

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who

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band; belt

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there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you

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Edo period (1603-1868)

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foreign country

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giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange

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prohibition; inhibition; ban

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national isolation; closing the country (to foreigners); sakoku; policy of national isolation enacted by the Tokugawa shogunate

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political measures; policy

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to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)

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hey; hold on; come on

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clear weather; fine weather; formal; ceremonial; cleared of suspicion

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