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aged hero

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beggar; begging

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your company; your shrine

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annotation; commentary; explanatory note

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one's parents' home

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on the occasion of

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run-down shabby house; (arch.) rag and scrap merchant

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deceptive methods; questionable means

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California (state)

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knowledge applied to evil purposes

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private regulations; bylaws; internal rules; tradition

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something in the shape of a dragon's head (esp. a helmet crest)

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pylorus; opening of stomach into duodenum

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drawstring purse; money pouch; pouch of fried tofu stuffed with var. ingredients, used in oden; (arch.) unlicensed prostitute (Edo period)

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universe; cosmos; space

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to wrestle with; to contest an issue; to take part in sumo

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path in a field

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to spit

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white vegetables or fish simmered without soy sauce

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to compete for the first place; to be one of the best

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high-ranking noh actor; head of a school of noh performance; high ranking courtesan (esp. in Yoshiwara) (Edo-period); jōruri narrator; manzai narrator; female role actor in kabuki; low ranking priest in a Shinto shrine

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bed-wetting

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semi-; half-

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museum (esp. in memory of a person or event); memorial hall

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to be worn out (from domestic life)

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order (for an item); request; demand; condition

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to creep; to crawl

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love of cleanliness; liking to keep things clean; tidiness (of people); neatness

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Kōchi prefecture (Shikoku)

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age; years (old)

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breakfast

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something to wear; clothes

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sandal strap; geta strap

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counter for flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper); (arch.) counter for positions or roles; (arch.) counter for food portions (now only gyōza and soba); counter for ranking level

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don't be absurd; that's out of the question; nonsense; don't mention it

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quick-witted; quick to understand

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resentment; grudge; pent-up anger; frustration; bitterness

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won't (hasn't, isn't, doesn't, etc.); won't you

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district; quarter; enclosure; area enclosed by earthwork; red-light district; wide and empty

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emphatic verbal prefix; humble verbal prefix

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to ask the way

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disused; unused; useless; wasteful; of no use

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to wed; to marry a man

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country samurai

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street vendor; peddler

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coward; gutless person; sissy; weakling; loser; milquetoast

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founding a country; opening of a country (e.g. Japan) to the world; ending (a policy of) national seclusion

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without penalty; acquittal; impunity

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ruffian; villain; peculiar person; idiosyncratic person; tricky thing; something that is more than it seems

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training room (hall); gymnasium

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