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Houdou

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Chiyotarou

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dark soy sauce; regular soy sauce

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post-fire visit to express sympathy; expressing one's sympathy after a fire

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face lotion

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evening primrose

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Sonezakishinchi

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edition; version; plate; block; editions of a publication

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parcel

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outburst of cicadas singing; chorus of cicadas

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publicity article

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removal of dissolute sons from the family register (Edo period)

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drifting cloud; floating cloud; instability

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Marco Polo Bridge (China)

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present given in return for funeral offering

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(plain) hot water; boiled water

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year of the Horse

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to become grimy or dirty

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bank book

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conspiracy; collusion

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400; four hundred

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run-down shabby house; (arch.) rag and scrap merchant

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wasted money; unused money

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(sitting) knee-to-knee; face-to-face

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to have a drink; to grab a drink

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to compare and contrast two alternatives; to weigh the relative merits of A and B; to weigh one's options; to try to have it both ways; to try to sit on two stools

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special selection; finest pick; top pick

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amanuensis; scribe

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You're kidding!

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on-stage performance by musicians in a kabuki play; shamisen accompaniment when a performer (esp. a rakugo story teller) appears on stage

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appetizer or snack served with drinks; accompaniment to an (alcoholic) drink

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chronology

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Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945)

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sparsely; drop-by-drop; on par with; as good as; (vertical) iteration mark used to represent repetition of the previous kanji (to be read using its kun'yomi)

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to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)

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blowing in; recording

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charred stake; ember

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to have a secret affair; to meet secretly (for two persons); to flirt with one another

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end of the year or season; year end

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order-taking; salesperson

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bank book; passbook

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small dish (usu. one of several accompanying rice); side dish; fill; fill-in (drumming); jack-off material; something to masturbate to

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low flame (heat, gas)

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unreasonable; absurd; irrational; very

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like father, like son; the apple doesn't fall far from the tree; (lit.) the child of a frog is a frog

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monetary offering; offertory

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married man or woman; housekeeping

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endpaper (of a book); end-paper; facing (material sewn on the inside edge of a garment); looking back; triumphing over (a rival)

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entering the barracks; enlistment

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extremely vexing

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