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Keiō era (1865.4.7-1868.9.8)

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year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)

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January; first month of the lunar calendar

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imperial capital (esp. Kyoto); final word of an iroha poem; 10^16; 10,000,000,000,000,000

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at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for

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to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.); to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.); to be suited to

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hey; hold on; come on

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splendid horse; promoted bishop

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indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)

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to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to

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

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indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

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wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment

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economical; bargain; good value; good-value

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to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do

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to the end; to the last

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Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker

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if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question

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

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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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worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid

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hoop (of a barrel, bucket, etc.)

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then; well; so; be; is

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husband; master (of a house, shop, etc.)

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bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly

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to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)

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the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...

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indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very

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(some) more; even more; longer; further

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to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in

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to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine

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but; however; although

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that; the matter in question

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

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in a company; troupe

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everyone; everybody; all; everything; all

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trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)

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to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend

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to fear; to be afraid of

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to commit seppuku; to commit harakiri; to take responsibility (and resign); (arch.) to laugh until one splits one's side

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who

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in comparison to; rather than

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myself; yourself; I; me; you

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severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)

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(arch.) indicates emphasis, intention, etc.; indicates emphasis, intention, etc.

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inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)

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splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate

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honorific/polite/humble prefix

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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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to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated

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