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Morishige Hisaya (1913.5.4-)

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draft; rough copy

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San'yuutei Enshou (1900.9.3-1979.9.3)

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Morishige

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incense tray; incense burner; programme (theater); seating arrangement (in a theater)

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Russian person; Russki; Russky

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Medal of Honor with Purple Ribbon (awarded for scholarly or artistic achievement)

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thanks; thank you

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a married woman's paramour; lover

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counter for wheels and flowers

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Shinshou

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something that will help develop one's artistic skill

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doubt; suspicion; hesitation; indecision

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person with a family; family man

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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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Tsurunosuke

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imperial headquarters announcement

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professional jester; professional entertainer; comedian; flatterer; sycophant; brown-noser

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to march in; to transfer; to send

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retired (uniform) number

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lottery run by a temple or shrine

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entertainment hall (for rakugo, manzai, magic, music, etc.); vaudeville theater (theatre); music hall; vaudeville theater manager; music hall proprietor

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irritating; annoying; nosy

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older brother; elder brother; brother (as older-brother figure in friendly and or work relationship); young man; buddy

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high price

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radio broadcast announcing acceptance of the Potsdam Declaration and the end of the war (recording of Hirohito; broadcast August 15, 1945)

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weariness (from); fatigue; tiredness; exhaustion

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best; extra-fine; superfine; exceptionally; extraordinarily; by far

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fly in the ointment; small flaw in otherwise perfect object; only trouble; only fault

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professional comic (rakugo) storyteller

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kappore (traditional Japanese comic dance)

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Mikawa (former province located in the east of present-day Aichi Prefecture)

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smoothly; frictionlessly; easily

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reception of a decoration; reception of an order

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Houten

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thoroughly; completely; utterly; severely; harshly; terribly

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yellow race; Mongoloid race

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dying; ruining oneself

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large snake; heavy drinking; heavy drinker

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lidded; covered; container with a lid

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you fool!; you idiot!

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vegetables; (edible) greens; blueback (any fish with a bluish back, such as the Japanese sardine)

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ignorance; (lack of) enlightenment or civilization (civilisation); unenlightened; uncivilized; uncivilised

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sacrifice fly; bunt

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showman; show manager

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(living) from hand to mouth; living on the fringe of subsistence

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Dalian (China)

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Olympic athlete

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air-raid alarm

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being a bad drunk

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