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close; intimate; on good terms

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Tōtōmi (former province located in the west of present-day Shizuoka Prefecture)

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beach; foreshore

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to greet; to call out (to); to invite; to get in touch (with); to cheer (on); to give vocal support (to)

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since; henceforth

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to smell; to sense

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Iwami (former province located in the west of present-day Shimane Prefecture)

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Osaka (city); (arch.) large hill

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why; how

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to be unable to let pass unnoticed; to be unable to be indifferent; to be unable to just watch (without doing anything)

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another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger

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acquaintance; appreciative friend

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to take care of

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to ask

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wandering; jobless; unemployed

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go (board game)

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instruction (in martial arts, performance, etc.); teaching; coaching

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from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth

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four years

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messenger; police and judicial chief (Heian and Kamakura periods); klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)

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to improve one's skill

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talent; gift; function; noh (theatre)

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dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish

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bet; wager; stake; gamble

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one game (of go, shogi, etc.); one board (go, shogi, etc.); one office (of a broadcasting station, post office, etc.)

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cinnabar; vermillion; red pigment (and ink made from same); red text (as used to correct documents)

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pupil; student; follower

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to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble

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(playing) a game of go, shogi or chess, etc.

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half a year; six months

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no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it

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quitting while one is ahead

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another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to

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playing go for stakes

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moment to quit; way to quit

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essential; important; crucial; vital; main

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betting; gambling

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to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend

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precious; valuable

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months and years

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to spend; to expend; to waste; to squander; to devote

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in fact; as a matter of fact; actually; in reality; to tell the truth

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cough; coughing; tussis

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(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when

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the Snake (sixth sign of the Chinese zodiac); the Serpent; hour of the Snake (around 10am, 9-11am, or 10am-12 noon); south-southeast; fourth month of the lunar calendar

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period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; strictness; cruelty

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(sound of) wind through pine trees; soughing of wind through pine trees; (metaphorically) sound of a boiling tea kettle

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field; plain; prairie; tundra; moor; wilderness

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well done!; good job!; good work!; you did it!; bravo!

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opinion; intention; thought

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