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for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now

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floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river

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only; just; since; after; remaining (in a particular state)

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high-ranking noh actor; head of a school of noh performance; high ranking courtesan (esp. in Yoshiwara) (Edo-period); jōruri narrator; manzai narrator; female role actor in kabuki; low ranking priest in a Shinto shrine

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patience; endurance

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round coin with a (square) hole in the center; coin made of non-precious materials; money

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all; altogether; entirely; exactly like; just like; spitting image of

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I; me

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you

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300; three hundred; 300 mon; trifling amount; shyster

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prostitute (esp. Edo period)

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suddenly; in a flash; rapidly; attractive; distinguished; showy

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et cetera; etc.; and the like; the likes of; something like

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idea; thought; discretion; forgiveness; pardon

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rich person; millionaire; magnate; big spender; debauchee

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last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; pre- (e.g. premodern); before; before; earlier

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journey; trip; travels; during the journey; on the way; while travelling

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face; looks; vestiges; trace

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from the beginning; without hesitation; flatly (e.g. refusing); entirely; completely

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rather; sooner; preferably

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to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)

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both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold

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only; nothing but

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to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor

2

to add (numbers); to add (something); to top up (with something); to take care of (e.g. one's business)

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just managing; with great difficulty

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who

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to redeem debts (e.g. of a geisha)

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life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life

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next year

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March; third month of the lunar calendar

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fifteenth day of the month; fifteen days

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the New Year begins; the New Year starts

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head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)

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wife (esp. one's own wife); court lady; female court attache; (arch.) woman (esp. as a love interest)

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namasu; dish of raw fish and vegetables seasoned in vinegar

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to fall in love; to be in love; to be charmed with; to lose one's heart to

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missus; missis

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unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement

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one's last moment; one's death; one's end

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to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to arrive at (a certain outcome); to come to; to end with

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prostitute; harlot

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finally; after; following; at the end (of)

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to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck

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beauty; siren; courtesan; prostitute

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truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; (arch.) that's right

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to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)

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sitting; feast; speech

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be; is

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being deeply moved emotionally; excitement; passion; inspiration; deep emotion; strong impression

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