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Hiragata

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slightly good luck (as a fortune telling result)

1

male bragging; male conceit; bragging about one's husband or (male) lover

1

sweet (pleasant) dreams

1

street violence against middle-aged men

1

Shimokita

1

poor peasant or farmer

1

dirt-poor farmer

1

chamber (of a revolver)

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German cockroach (Blattella germanica)

1

Gen'emon

4

customer at a brothel; john; someone who has forgotten the eight virtues; brothel; owner of a brothel

3

summarization; summarisation; epitome

1

to rust; to become rusty

1

to be uniform (in size and quality); to be uniformly good

1

Kanmu Heishi

2

second half of the (fiscal) year

1

(behaving with) patience and prudence; putting up with something

1

pitch black; completely black

1

joint; reason; sense; logic

1

earthquake disaster; Great Kanto Earthquake (1923)

1

peak; mountain

1

leading members of a party; party executive; party leadership; senior party members

2

gate with a crossbar

1

heaven, earth and man

1

voluntary; optional; free; elective

1

centimeter (esp. of cannon caliber, etc.)

1

pellet drum (used as a children's toy); rattle drum

1

mist; fog

1

prize beyond one's reach; unattainable object; woman who is out of one's league; (lit.) flower on a high peak

1

unparalleled in history

1

worthless (of a person); somebody who wouldn't be missed if they died

1

heavy turnover (trading)

1

mysteries of one's master's art; robes and a bowl (monk's key possessions auctioned off at his funeral); (fig.) transmission of the dharma from master to disciple (in Zen)

1

cavalry; cavalryman; trooper

1

red-light district

1

kabukimono; Edo-period samurai who attracted public attention with their eye-catching clothes, peculiar hairstyle, and eccentric behavior

4

to be pretentious; to put on airs; to show off

1

contest decided by a single round (bout); contest decided by a single roll of dice; one-shot game (contest); make-or-break game

1

thunder; god of thunder

1

orphan

1

light rain; rain falling at a time of sadness; condoling rain

2

to set aside one's interests

1

ronin; masterless samurai; high school graduate waiting for another chance to enter university after having failed the yearly entrance examination; person out of work; jobless person; (arch.) wanderer

1

temptress; flirt; minx; murder of a man; murderer of a man

3

spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham

1

falling star; fireball

1

to come; to go; to participate; to perform Zen meditation

1

motto; slogan; catchword

1

exaggeration

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