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work song

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Water Dog (59th year of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1922, 1982, 2042)

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in time of need; for a rainy day; in case of emergency

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we; us

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Inosuke

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noble's private quarters

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wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do

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feathers; plumage; down

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good-for-nothing; parasite; deadbeat; loafer; drone; idler

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butt of a gun

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piece; fragment; one (object)

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free food; free meal

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my spouse (esp. used to refer to one's wife); my wife; my husband

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Metal Monkey (57th year of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1920, 1980, 2040)

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to manage (all by oneself); to control; to run; to take charge of

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teacher (to whom one owes a debt of gratitude); mentor; one's former teacher

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to call out; to summon

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kindness; courtesy

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ruler and ruled; master and servant

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cannon

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songs with samisen accompaniment; musical performance

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I assure you it is

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everlasting; immortal; eternal; enduring; undying; imperishable

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discord; breaking up (e.g. friendship)

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boorish; inelegant; unpolished; unromantic; tactless

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a cut above the rest; superior; one field; one matter; suitably; reasonably

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(two) matchless things; (two) matchless people; pair of bright jewels

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folk song; popular song

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one's wife; one's wife and daughter or daughters

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scattered; separated; dispersed

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sound of a gun; roar of cannon

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cord used to tuck up the sleeves of a kimono; sash (worn across chest, e.g. by election candidate or relay runners); wrapper band on books, CDs, etc.

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party-internal; within the party

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lord; nobleman; daimyō; dignitary; master

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to perceive; to understand

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decisive action; carrying out; resolute enforcement; execution

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the Tiger (third sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Tiger (around 4am, 3-5am, or 4-6am); east-northeast; first month of the lunar calendar

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a little; paltry; piddling; stud; chad

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weak attitude

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(work) hard; unceasingly; strenuously; assiduously; busily; ardently

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rice ball

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to throw away; to abandon; to give up; to relinquish; to lay down (one's life)

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chisel

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to jest; to joke; to play the fool; to act indecently; to be silly over; to talk foolishly

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to the best of one's meager ability; the little help one can be; though my help might not be worth much

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Bakumatsu period; closing days of the Tokugawa shogunate; end of the Edo period

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appointment; assignment; promotion

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thin veneer; hasty preparation; knowledge or skill learned as a stopgap; re-tempering a dull sword (so that it looks as if it's sharp, but is actually unusable)

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rising to action; standing up against; jumping to one's feet

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crushing defeat

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