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a little bit; a little while

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men; manservant; male attendants to an actor

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brown coal; lignite

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reformation; revolution; renewal; Meiji Restoration

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rebel; traitor; insurgent

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bush clover; Japanese clover (any flowering plant of genus Lespedeza); dark red exterior with blue interior (color combination worn in autumn); Hagi (city in Yamaguchi)

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stinging hair (of a nettle, caterpillar, etc.)

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contribution; service

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celebrity; personage

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may I come in?; please forgive me; I'm sorry

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lack of filial piety; disobedience to one's parents

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to make a living

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long way; great distance

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contrivance; managing (to raise money); one's financial condition

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moron; idiot; stupid person

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party (of people); set (of people); clan; family; fellow

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to incur divine punishment; to pay for one's sins; you'll pay for that!; what goes around, comes around

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seeing (or dropping) off, then later picking up or going to meet (the same person)

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Japan

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establishment; opening; setting up; inauguration

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Buddhist priest; monk; boy

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seal (used in lieu of a signature); stamp; chop

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please; kindly; I beg of you; by all means; without fail

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various foreign countries; several foreign countries

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let's see what you've got; show me what you've got

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encouragement; promotion; inducement; incitement; stimulation

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Latin-Japanese (e.g. dictionary)

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taking up a new post

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public holiday; celebration (of)

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forward; officious; impertinent; intrusive

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frail; having a weak constitution; being in poor health

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to bring to naught; to bring to nought; to abuse (esp. another's kindness); to empty; to clear

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fate; chance

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(written) work; book; writings

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pushing forward (undaunted, bravely); working vigorously towards an aim; struggling on; striving towards

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real nuisance; becoming inconvenienced by someone else's problems (through no fault of one's own)

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clearing one's throat; cough

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Satsuma (former province located in the west of present-day Kagoshima Prefecture); sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)

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double-dealing; double tongue; going back on what one has said; repeating oneself

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ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml

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to put someone to work; to make someone work

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practical business; practical work experience; practicum; practice

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to strike back at; to bite back; to turn on; to rise against; to oppose; to defy

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moment by moment; hour by hour

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doctor; PhD; exposition; fair; exhibition

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pleased to make your acquaintance

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common carp (Cyprinus carpio); koi carp

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interest; rights; concession

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unworthy (of one's father, teacher, etc.); I; me; incompetent; unskilled; (arch.) unfortunate

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to grant (a request); to accept; to hear (a prayer); to comply with (a demand)

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