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light (i.e. not heavy); feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily); light (i.e. of foot); effortless; non-serious; minor; slight

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ultramarine

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parenthood; parent or someone with children on the way (esp. an expecting mother); (of a fish) containing roe (eggs)

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stripe; bar; streak; (weaved) stripe pattern (of 2 or more different colors)

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90th birthday

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congratulation; congratulations; celebration; congratulatory gift; present

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purple; violet; Lithospermum erythrorhizon (species of gromwell); type of soy sauce

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to say something is all right; to give the all-clear (e.g. to do something)

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wife

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projection; reflection; image; match; harmony

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never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up

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ink painting

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indicates question

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New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January

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to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose

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structure of an artwork; pictorial design; pictures inserted in a book

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lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate

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brush

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water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout

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life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation

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painter; artist; drawing pictures; doodling; painting

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several months

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after

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cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship

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cry; crying voice

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and; and then; thus; and now; and finally

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to grow old; to age

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black ships; Western ships that came to Japan between the 16th and 19th centuries, esp. those of the Perry Expedition in 1853; foreign disruptor (of the Japanese market); product, person, etc. arriving from the West and disturbing the Japanese market

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earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)

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shaking; shake; unsettledness; instability; existence of multiple spellings, pronunciations, usages, etc. for a single word

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younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice

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trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support

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third month of the lunar calendar; (arch.) thick growth (of grass, etc.); Yayoi period (ca. 300 BCE-300 CE); Yayoi culture

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sister-in-law (spouse's older sister or older brother's wife); older stepsister; older adopted sister; non-blood-related older sister

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from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; first volume (e.g. book); superior quality; best

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

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new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)

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small peninsula; cape; promontory; headland

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Juurou

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prosperity; bustle; activity; crowd; turnout

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companion; follower; attendant; retinue

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we; us

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how much; how many; however

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to be anxious or concerned about; to ponder (anxiously); to fear; to investigate; to consider; to plan

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to cause someone to worry

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apology; excuse

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all talk; glib; insincere; empty; specious

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to apologize; to apologise

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samurai; warrior; military family

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wrong; groundless; different; separate; unexpected; surprising

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