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payment (for labour); pay; charge; wages

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gambling; gaming; speculation; undertaking a risky venture; (arch.) professional gambler; (arch.) gamester

1

to knit; to plait; to braid; to compile (anthology, dictionary, etc.); to edit

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paper mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera)

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decorative string used to hold a kimono sash in place

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three times; thrice; third (musical interval); many times; over and over again

2

dressing room; green room; backstage; behind the scenes; the inside; inside affairs

2

800; eight hundred; multitude; large number

5

manor; villa

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sake brewer; sake brewery

2

large attendance; full house; capacity audience

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sometimes; often

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high spirits; high energy; go!; go-man-go!; fashionably clothed and assertive (esp. of a woman); flashy

2

getting an advance (on one's salary)

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short (in height); stumpy; tiny; short (trousers, etc.); undersized

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(of a woman) slender and smartly shaped

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to fall in love; to be in love; to be charmed with; to lose one's heart to

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receiving; reception; eating; drinking; please; please do for me

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to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage

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many; much; a great amount; (arch.) excessive amount

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second son

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attendant; companion

2

to grow fat; to gain weight; to grow fertile; to be refined (palate); to be discerning (eye, ear); to become rich

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seeing through (a trick, someone's mind, etc.)

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child (esp. a boy); viscount; founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius); master; masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature); (arch.) you; -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing...)

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kettle

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story about human nature or emotions (esp. rakugo); emotional rakugo story lacking a punch line

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baldness; bald head; bald person; baldy; idiot; moron

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sleepy; drowsy; somnolent

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dirt under one's fingernails; shred (of decency, etc.); scrap; bit

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to boil; to decoct; to infuse

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creeping at night into a woman's bedroom; stealing into a girl's bedroom at night to make love; sneaking visit

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the whole company; the party; attendance (at a gathering); presence; banquet; dinner; troupe

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small; little; slightly less than; just about; somewhat; somehow

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young person; servant; errand boy in a samurai family; person of lowly status

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to expel; to drive out

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last year of school

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to have a talk; to tell a story

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settlement; solution; resolution

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exposure to wind; severe criticism

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foundation; basis

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to disdain; to look down on; to make light of; to hold in contempt; to scorn; to despise

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must not; do not

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in accordance with; according to

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school education; formal education

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propulsion; drive; promotion (of a policy, project, movement, etc.); furtherance; advancement

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to choke; to have trouble breathing

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to wipe; to dry

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shoulder

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to become stiff (of muscles); to get absorbed in; to develop a passion for; to be elaborate; to be intricate

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