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nincompoop; simpleton

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sweet (pleasant) dreams

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holding a right (e.g. to vote, copyright); eligibility; having clout; having (political) power

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poor peasant or farmer

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dirt-poor farmer

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chamber (of a revolver)

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summarization; summarisation; epitome

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

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chicken grunt (Parapristipoma trilineatum); threeline grunt

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

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beast in human form

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ruins; wreckage; wreck; broken remains; debris

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earthquake disaster; Great Kanto Earthquake (1923)

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low-ranking samurai; rolling three and one (in a dice game)

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gate with a crossbar

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to spit in the wind; to piss in the wind; to get caught in your own trap; to reap what you sow; (lit.) to turn to the sky and spit

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heaven, earth and man

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dry provisions; dried food; dried goods; groceries

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Shougen

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

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Houjou Ujimasa

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mist; fog

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last stand; last bastion; last stronghold; last frontier

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heavy turnover (trading)

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earthenware baking pan; parching pan

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cavalry; cavalryman; trooper

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woman's looks; woman's charm

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

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orphan

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indiscriminate imitation; monkey see, monkey do; blind follower

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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

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even though one has fallen on hard times; however down on one's luck one may be

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

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impossible dream

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(articles) imported to Japan by early European traders

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Japanese-Italian

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vengeance; revenge; retaliation

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

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motto; slogan; catchword

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earthenware pot (used as a decanter); jar; jug

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carrier pigeon; homing pigeon

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Zipangu (the name for Japan used by Marco Polo)

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windpipe

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to rise in rebellion

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Hideyoshi

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Garuda or Garua (man-bird deity and 'vahana' of Hindu-Buddhist myth)

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providence; luck; favor; favour; advantage

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Spanish Armada; invincible armada

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(in Japanese architecture) transom

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excellent idea; great insight; clearsightedness; penetration; wisdom

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