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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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hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo

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to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need

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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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tonight; this evening

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from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)

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Skanda (swift-footed guardian deity); great runner

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second division; secondary division

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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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the rise of the curtain; opening (of play); beginning (e.g. of an era); opening (festival, event, etc.)

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be; is

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you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...

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to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, 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 sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)

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any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand

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previous time; last time; previous installment; previous instalment; previous session

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remaining; left-over; excess

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remnant; residue; remaining; left-over

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to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)

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to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen

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in that way; thus; so; so?

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

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Taishō era (1912.7.30-1926.12.25); Taisho era

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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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unprecedented; unheard-of; record-breaking

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major earthquake; large earthquake

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Great Kanto earthquake of 1923

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immediately following

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this person

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to raise one's voice; to shout; to yell; to speak up (e.g. in protest); to speak one's mind

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people; men and women; each person; everybody

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hope; wish; aspiration

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

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to face; to go towards; to head towards

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good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result

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prime; conspicuous

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force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort

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be; is

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

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to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in

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prefix for forming ordinal numbers

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counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter

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Paris (France)

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international; diplomatic intercourse

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Olympics

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to; towards; for

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participation; joining; entry; adherence

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