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master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy

2

I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal

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too; also; still; as before; even so; either way

1

long ago; already; a long time ago

1

to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach

4

to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage

5

war experience; experience of war; memories of war

1

person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute

1

it is, isn't it?; I know, right?; innit?

1

soldier; sailor

1

volunteer soldier

1

draft papers; call-up notice; red paper

1

closing years (period, days); last stage; end stage; terminal (e.g. cancer, disease, etc.); final

2

student; follower; students and pupils

3

going into battle; departure for the front

3

university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)

3

incredible; unbelievable; terrific; impressive

1

terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)

1

university student; college student

1

passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit

1

grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)

1

to be silent; to say nothing

1

granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman

1

sure; yeah; I know

1

Tsukuba

1

during the war

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training school

1

oh, yes?; really?

1

Takanori

1

this person

1

teacher; instructor; professor

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to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with

1

teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder

1

anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case

1

I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)

1

when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days

1

date and time

1

consultation; discussion; discussing; asking (somebody) for advice

1

afterwards

1

eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey

1

place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament

1

when it becomes; when it comes to

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(arch.) eastern Japan (esp. Kamakura or Edo, from perspective of Kyoto or Nara); (arch.) eastern provinces; (arch.) east; wagon; yamatogoto

2

nth year in the Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7)

2

product

2

president (of a society); chairman

3

large company; large enterprise; large corporation

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isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on

1

to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen

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thank you for waiting; sorry to have kept you waiting

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