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Ogawa Kunio

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large hand drum

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wild; violent; rough-mannered; rough (e.g. work); crude; coarse

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merry-go-round; carousel

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patching (clothing); darning; cobbling together (other people's writings, thoughts, etc.); gathering

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Sachiko

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countryside; rural areas

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rich person; wealthy person; taking good care of things; keeping things for a long time and taking care of them

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figure skating

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Hiroshi

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walleye pollack roe (generally served salted and spiced with red pepper)

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exact; precise

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the Last Supper

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absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively

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welcome

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young lady (in ref. to a maid, etc.)

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God; god

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to connect; to join; to join or tie or knot together

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dancer

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(in spite of) being old enough to know better

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to rekindle one's love; to fall in love again (with a person one has previously been in love with)

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rice and curry; curry rice

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don't worry about it; never mind; that's OK

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taking shelter from rain

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surgeon

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floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river

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second hand (of clock)

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to regret

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to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task

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anyway; either way; one way or the other; whichever; whatever

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irresolute; hesitant

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ahead; before; the future

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greed; avarice; covetousness; greedy person

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damp; humid; wet; gloomy; melancholy

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perfect; perfection; perfect game

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as expected; predictably; not surprisingly

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strenuous exertion; spurt; splurge

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head-butting; head-butt

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stupid; meaningless; worthless; hopeless (person, situation); beyond help; beyond saving

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wish; dream; prayer; one's desire

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to fly (with great force); to blast (e.g. into the sky); to lack common sense; to be extremely surprised (by)

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to hold one's breath; to bate one's breath

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manner of speaking; mode of expression; way of saying something

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to change; to alter; to mistake; to make a mistake; to fail to keep (e.g. one's promise); to sprain (a muscle)

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dinner; evening meal

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showing no signs of; there being no hint of; (arch.) unthinkable

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good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response

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happy ending

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to deem acceptable; to approve of; to value; to consider a good thing

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to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to plunge into; to charge into; to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to press (someone) about

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