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vice-minister (Meiji period); undersecretary

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ah; oh; hey!

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hey; hold on; come on

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diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily

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explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend

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so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already

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a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago

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avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)

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at; in; at; when; by; with; and then

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I; me

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marriage

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next month

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child

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to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to

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why?; what for?; how?; by what means?

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about this time

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timing

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to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to set free; to let go; to fail to ...

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-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now

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dress

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trying on clothes

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day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date

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a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)

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to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience

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yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's

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(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally

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that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you

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type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing

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it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?

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come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see

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I; me

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thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work

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liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity

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

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

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yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh

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wedding dress

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indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

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to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)

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bouquet

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to throw; to hurl; to give up; to abandon; to cast (a glance, shadow, doubt, etc.)

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indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

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to grant (request, wish); to answer (prayer); to fulfill (conditions); to meet (requirements)

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dream

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one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of

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was; were

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ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only

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to imagine; to picture; to figure; to see

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(not) ever; (not) by any means; (not) in the least; (not) in any way; (not) at all

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this sort of; this kind of; like this; such

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