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home economics

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to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in

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and then; in addition to that; also; even so

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oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)

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satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client

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which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who

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Kansai; region consisting of Osaka, Kobe, Kyoto and surrounding prefectures; Kansai; south-western half of Japan (during the feudal era)

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method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)

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certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)

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Hiroshima (city, prefecture)

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perhaps; probably; generous; many; much

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anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case

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by myself; in person; by oneself

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to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake

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olden days; former

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indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)

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few in number

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my husband; one's family; family member

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indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)

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that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?

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however

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mother

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common people; ordinary people; masses

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food

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very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point

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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

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isn't that right?

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let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...

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the place for; the time for; the level of

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to be too numerous; to be too much

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to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up

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first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole

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house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name

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it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that

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but; however; although

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father

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diplomat

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instrumentalist; player

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ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah

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that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family

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splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate

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ta-dah!; ta-da!; voilà!

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is not; am not; are not; isn't it?

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then; well; so; be; is

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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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to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach

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to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)

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adds force or indicates command

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in that way; thus; so; so?

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yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof

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