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Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)

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good health

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people

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talkative; loose-lipped; persiflage; frivolous talk

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happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing

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bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive

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confectionery; sweets; candy; cake

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popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character

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tremendous; immense

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intermittently; bit by bit; little by little; in drops (e.g. of rain)

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to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)

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to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to

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to improve one's skill

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hot stock

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trademark gag; trademark routine

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to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul

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spittoon

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peculiarity; uniqueness; characteristic

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heat; fever; temperature; zeal; passion

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to wear (sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted (e.g. with a mission); to take on; to have a trace of; to be tinged with

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very fast; in a twinkle; before one's eyes

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captive; prisoner; victim (of love, etc.); slave (to one's lust, etc.)

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delightful; satisfying; gratifying; brisk; piquant

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to be stingy; to be tightfisted

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that is to say; so that means

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greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice

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something like ...; something called ...

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greedy

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greedy; avaricious; covetous

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-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person

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to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (somebody)

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to pile up; to accumulate; to estimate

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every time; whenever; as; whether; in (either case)

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to lose something

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to want; to desire

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though; even if; whether ... or ...

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approximate age; age range

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twenty-five

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six; 6

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measuring container; measure; box (seating at a theatre, etc.); square on a grid; cell of a grid; square bearing block (at the top of a pillar)

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

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skinny

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from here; from this place

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earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)

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warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai; (arch.) man in attendance (on a person of high standing); (arch.) retainer

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appearance; figure; shape; form

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painstaking; careful; meticulous; scrupulous; detailed; elaborate

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figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition

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distinctly (standing out); clearly; in sharp relief; boldly

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