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mother

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to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke

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the sun

1

showing one's face in public; facing another person

1

father

2

to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle

1

throughout Japan

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laugh; laughter; smile; sneer; sex aids (e.g. dildos, pornographic books, erotic woodblock prints, etc.)

1

look here; I say; well; I know what; I'll tell you what; just a minute

1

(somebody else's) parents; both parents

3

misunderstanding

1

letter; missive; note; mail

1

victory or defeat; victory and defeat

2

match; game; bout; contest

1

however; but

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captain

1

to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters); to bundle; to govern; to manage; to fold (one's arms); to put together (one's hands)

1

to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch

1

medal

3

many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common

1

to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)

1

somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of

1

to die

1

last year

1

illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane

1

counter for long, thin things (i.e. swords)

1

mother; mom; mum; wife

1

stroke; cerebral haemorrhage; cerebral hemorrhage

1

father; dad; husband; you; he

1

liver

1

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

1

succession; continuation; series; sequence

1

why; how

2

previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance

1

trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern

1

since then; from that time; ever since

1

every night

1

bedside; near one's pillow

1

spooky tale; ghost story

1

ghost; apparition; goblin; monster; something unusually large

1

as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also

1

(one's parents') home

1

tofu seller (maker)

1

to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with

1

should; must; -able; probably; likely

1

work; labor; achievement; performance; salary; income

1

will not do; do not; does not

1

incidentally; taking the opportunity; while (you) are at it; on the occasion

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three meals (a day)

1

to be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)

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