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Nouhime

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neophilia; love of new or novel things; one who loves new or novel things

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monkfish liver; goosefish liver

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dark-brown miso paste

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red sea bream (Pagrus major); Japanese sea bream; red tai; porgy

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kumquat (Fortunella spp.); cumquat

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vain person; ostentatious person; show-off

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situation of one's own doing

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appeal made directly to a senior official without going through formalities

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unavoidable; no help for

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some book; book about that subject; books

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women's bridal robe with trailing skirts worn over a kimono; ending play for the day; leaving a game unfinished (esp. Go)

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(possession of) one feudal domain and one castle; being independent (acting without compromise or assistance); establishing only one castle in each feudal domain (edict issued by the shogunate in 1615)

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(for one's stomach) to rumble

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adductor muscle; adductor muscle of a bivalve (e.g. scallop, etc.)

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Honnōji Incident (forced suicide of daimyo Oda Nobunaga by his samurai general Akechi Mitsuhide; June 21, 1582)

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skillful handling of a kitchen knife

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to check (in chess); to threaten (somebody's position, etc.); to close in (on somebody)

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dried persimmons

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destination; receiver's address; consignee

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punctually; on time; as regularly as a clock

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please (give me); please (do for me)

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uncouth person; disgusting fellow; nuisance; outcast; bore

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head of a sleeping person

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to (prepare to) run away (from one's responsibilities, etc.)

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soft roe; milt; albino

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child

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ruler of the whole country; person who holds the reins of government

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aphrodisiac

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price decision; price setting; pricing

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kindness; favour; favor; hospitality

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multitude

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extravagant; absurd

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unique thing; best on earth

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ghee (held to be the greatest of all flavours); (fig.) the ultimate truth of Buddhism; (fig.) nirvana

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finally; in the end; on top of all that

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of all people

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dairy products

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bad boy; naughty child; brat

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absentmindedness; dreaminess; simpleton; fool

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(moral) backbone; spirit; soul; grit

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unavoidable; inevitable

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Bizen (former province located in the southeast of present-day Okayama Prefecture)

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(idle) curiosity; fancifulness; whimsy; (having) strange tastes

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to invent a pretext for a quarrel; to pick a fight

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Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543.1.31-1616.6.1), Shougun 1603-1605

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favorite sword; cherished sword

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to be troublesome; to require the aid and labour of others

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this life; this world

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to be duplicated; to be repeated; to overlap; to fall together (of dates, etc.); to repeat (a failed course, school year, etc.); to make a double play

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