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tortoise; turtle; heavy drinker; turtle crest; turtle mon

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letter; missive; note; mail

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what; how; what (a) ...!; how ...!; surprisingly; to my amazement

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evening; night; dinner

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older sister; elder sister

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near; close; beside; attendant; retainer; vassal

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to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit

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party-internal; within the party

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to accompany; to follow; to keep up with

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lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate

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oh; ah; I'll be darned

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considerably; greatly; a lot

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easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...

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to imitate; to follow; to emulate

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something or other; one thing or another; this or that

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child

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eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey

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to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to gratefully accept

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(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season

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Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)

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Kagoshima (city, prefecture)

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to occur; to happen

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family or person with samurai ancestors

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to rack one's brains

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Satsuma Rebellion (1877)

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west

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countryside; country; 50-home township (comprised of 2-3 neighbourhoods)

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to kill (with a weapon); to defeat an opponent; to get someone out; to arrest; to take prisoner

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generally; mainly; nearly all; almost all; gist; summary; staying within bounds

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to cough violently; to have a coughing fit

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fourth rank; fourth class; fourth sign of the Chinese calendar; Denmark

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to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold

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both; (not) either

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victory or defeat; match; contest; game

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sigh

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sen (hundredth of a yen); coin made of non-precious materials; one-thousandth of a kan (as a unit of currency); (arch.) one-thousandth of a kan (as a unit of mass)

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to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out

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to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)

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to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself

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interest (in something); curiosity (about something); zest (for)

2

to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience

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indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)

2

the most; the extreme; prime; conspicuous

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to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire

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if; in case; supposing

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place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point

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(a) stop (e.g. in a timber joint, or at the end of a kanji stroke); remaining (e.g. poste-restante); forty-five degree angle

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no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not

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settlement (financial); squaring accounts; liquidation; ending (a relationship); breaking up (with)

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before oneself; in front of one; a bit before reaching (a location); this side (of a location); one's standpoint; one's appearance; skill

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