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smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)

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Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)

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cherry tree; cherry blossom; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder; horse meat

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season; time of year

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teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder

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it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...

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origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material

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rickshaw puller; rickshaw driver; rickshaw man

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Kanou Jigorou (1860.12.10-1938.5.4)

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request; favor; favour; reliance; dependence; trust

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to come together; to merge; to fit; to match; to be profitable; to be equitable

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to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)

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Mr (junior); master; boy

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guide; tour guide; conductor; guidebook

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well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...

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one's business; reading of scriptures before a (statue of) Buddha; bargain; discount; (arch.) money paid to a prostitute or geisha

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tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well

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like that; so

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I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)

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huff!; yo-heave-ho!; heigh-ho

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why?; what for?; how?; by what means?

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party; group; troop; one act; one action; one deed

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along the river; riverside

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while; during; while; although; all; both

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Shinbashi (section of Tokyo)

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direction; district; area; field (e.g. of study); sphere; quarter

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to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float

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appreciation (of art, music, poetry, etc.)

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lawn; sod; turf

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ryotei; traditional Japanese restaurant (esp. a luxurious one)

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dining together; mess

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and; and then; thus; and now; and finally

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day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date

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Meiji Shrine

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outer garden

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victory or defeat; match; contest; game

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almost; roughly; approximately

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complete; completion; perfection; accomplishment

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Great Kanto earthquake of 1923

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to occur; to happen

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shelter; safe shelter; evacuation shelter; place of refuge

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as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...

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a period (of time)

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citizen; citizenry; city inhabitant; townspeople; bourgeoisie; middle class

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opening (a door, window, etc.); leaving open; opening up (e.g. to the public); allowing (public) access

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approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction

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counter for people

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evacuees; displaced persons; refugees

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living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood

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to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide

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