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indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm

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at; in; at; when; by; with; so

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Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; Ms.

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to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by

2

thousand; 1,000

1

dwelling; living

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lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)

1

don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow

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Skanda (swift-footed guardian deity); great runner

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yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?

3

ice; shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)

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shellfish; seashell; shell

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to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)

7

sunlight; sunshine; Nikkō (city in Tochigi); Suryaprabha (bodhisattva)

5

to; towards; for

1

intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation

1

immediately; right away; at once; instantly

1

pluralizing suffix; or so; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.; nominalizing suffix

5

too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as

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Mito (city in Ibaraki)

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the House of Tokugawa; the Tokugawas

1

heir; successor

7

without permission; without notice

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Edo (shogunate capital; former name of Tokyo); Yedo

7

to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to

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to start a journey; to embark on a trip; to set forth; to hit the trail

2

et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance

4

here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...

3

leaving (a decision, job, etc.) to someone else; entrusting; leaving the choice of a meal to the chef; omakase

1

to form; to make; to build up (e.g. a fortune); to create; to accomplish; to achieve; to change (into)

1

to have something on one's mind; to have (undisclosed) reservations; to feel conflicted

1

to accompany; to follow; to keep up with

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because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly

2

to be; to come; to go; to be (doing)

6

the Snake (sixth sign of the Chinese zodiac); the Serpent; hour of the Snake (around 10am, 9-11am, or 10am-12 noon); south-southeast; fourth month of the lunar calendar

2

assistance; help; helper; babe; chick; broad

1

that; those; the

3

we; us

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to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in

2

from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")

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that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...

6

to wound; to murder

2

truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; indeed; really

5

but; however; although

2

torturing to death; tormenting to death

2

things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that

3

by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means

1

that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such

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to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)

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should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out

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