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on-stage performance by musicians in a kabuki play; shamisen accompaniment when a performer (esp. a rakugo story teller) appears on stage

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five; 5

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counter for wheels and flowers

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that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)

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mother

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ah; oh; hey!

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(sound of) laughter; laughing voice

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clapping hands; applause

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Shinshou

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yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr

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our

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protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); head of household

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Skanda (swift-footed guardian deity); great runner

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

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one four-of-a-kind and one three-of-a-kind in a dealt hand; three and a four (in dice games)

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

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exhilarating; thrilling; intensely pleasurable

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boy; man; male

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more and more; increasingly; extremely; very

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boy

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Japanese person; Japanese people

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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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for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first

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(stage) appearance; performance; participation (e.g. in a tournament)

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Summer Olympics

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common people; ordinary people; masses

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

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(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style

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how; in what way; by what means

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Olympics

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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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(practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience; first-hand experience

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

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

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yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?

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newsreel

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be; is

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two weeks; fortnight

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in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward

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

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already; too late

1

end; close; termination

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Olympic Games; Olympics

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that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...

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now; the present time; just now; another; more

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exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)

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Japan

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

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now available (e.g. for sale); now showing (e.g. film, exhibition)

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lecturer; rhetorician; orator; narrator in Japanese silent cinema; film interpreter

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