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Shuusou

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cask wrapped in straw matting; beggar

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Kiichirō

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even though one has fallen on hard times; however down on one's luck one may be

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to extort; to shake down (for money)

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Chinese peony (Paeonia lactiflora)

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to show; to display; to dangle (an offer) in front of; to hold out; to send flurries (of snow, etc.)

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chaperoning; monitoring someone's behaviour; watchdog; chaperone; watcher

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Kitamura

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Denji

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hour bell

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safety (well-being) of one's family; peace and prosperity in the household

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superficial; half-hearted; shallow

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unbecoming; unsuitable; disgraceful; wrong for one's age; unworthy of one's years; thoughtless for one's age

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family crest

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minor business

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missus; missis

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I'm sorry to have kept you waiting

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at that very moment; at precisely that time; just when

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to arrest; to apprehend

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to waver in one's resolution

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contrary to one's wishes; gone awry; gone amiss; short of money; in financial difficulty

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to make a lovely picture; to be perfect for a picture; picture-perfect; picturesque

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(arch.) retainer; (arch.) attendant; Omi (hereditary title; orig. one of the two highest such titles, later demoted to sixth highest of eight)

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knot; tying; bundle; lumping; conclusion; ending

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seasoning; flavour; condition; state; (state of) health; physical condition

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threat; bird-scaring device (scarecrow, gun, etc.)

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pushing something out; extrusion; presence; appearance; run walked in; pushing one's opponent out by pressing one's hands up against them

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let sleeping dogs lie; wake not a sleeping lion; (lit.) the spirit you do not approach will not curse you

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down to earth; reasonable

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beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...

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money-making; earning money

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Ladies and Gentlemen!; all of you; everyone

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lower-ranking vassal in the Kamakura and Edo periods

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doomed (business, trade, etc.); in a bad state; poor

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one cup (of sake); (going out for, treating someone to) a drink; small drinking party

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thriving (prosperous) business; rush of business

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ritual music and dancing in shrines and temples; rice dance; rice festival; tofu (or fish, etc.) baked and coated with miso; turning something in the manner one would use to cook dengaku-tofu on both sides

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mother ship; this ship

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harmonious; intimate

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towns and villages

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manager; steward; factotum; useful person

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jitte; short truncheon with a hook made of metal or wood (used by policemen and private thief-takers in Edo Japan)

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to give; to present; to offer; to do for someone's sake

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cause of death

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to be separated by death

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visit (to a religious site, e.g. shrine, temple, grave)

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extreme; terrible; absurd; unreasonable; fool; idiot

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large store

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leaving somebody behind; abandoning someone; marooning someone

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