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oden; dish of various ingredients, e.g. egg, daikon, potato, chikuwa, konnyaku, etc. stewed in soy-flavored dashi

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parents; both parents

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Keiji

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wearing (e.g. uniform, seat belt); having on

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armor and helmet (armour)

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sutra

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to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember

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to throw into; to dump in together

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cold-water ablutions

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good offices; auspices; sponsorship; village official (during the Edo period)

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to let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to make (someone) listen; to make (someone) understand; to grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc.; to hold (someone) enchanted by

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great antiquity; old-fashioned; long ago

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to pass (the night); to spend; to reveal; to divulge; to prove; to verify

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unable to stay (on); unable to endure being somewhere a second longer; feel like running away

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inexperienced person; incompetent person; ignoramus

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bride; one's daughter-in-law

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banishment; exile

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to be subject to punishment; to be punished

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night watch; night guard; night shift

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distant future; inevitable future; places one goes to

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to bear; to endure

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everyone; anyone; no one

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stomach; Chinese "stomach" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

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wink of sleep; snooze; doze; nap

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kitchen

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stomach medicine

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moustache; beard; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)

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remarkably; noticeably; considerably; appreciably

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last month

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false moustache

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nothing new; same as always; an old story; nothing new about it; not the first time it has happened

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change; alteration; modification

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bed-wetting

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raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); live (i.e. not recorded); inexperienced

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rice cracker; senbei; Japanese cracker; rice cookie; wafer

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to be dispirited; to be dejected; to be disheartened; to lose heart

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keep up your strength; chin up!

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to look after; to take care (of); to favor; to gaze at; to stare at; to set one's eyes on

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frame; framework; border; box; limit; restriction; category

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seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be

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about to start out; just about to leave or go out; outing; trip

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(licensed) red light district

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to make (good) progress; to move right ahead (with the work); to advance

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absence; disregard; indifference

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to order; to send away for; to have (something) sent to one; to pull (something) closer

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(in) one's own way

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to become settled; to be fixed

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carpenter

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to employ; to hire; to charter

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to grow hot (e.g. water); to boil; to get excited (at); to erupt (in applause, cheering, etc.); to ferment; to melt (of metal)

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