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edge (of a knife or sword); prong (of an electrical plug)

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to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant

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to stand watch; to stand guard; to look out; to open (one's eyes) wide

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come, come; come; come now; here you go; here; when handing something

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approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like

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a long time (since the last time); first in a long time

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being imprisoned; being sent to prison

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one year; some time ago

3

winter

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section (i.e. of text); sentence; phrase; verse (of 5 or 7 mora in Japanese poetry; of 4, 5, or 7 characters in Chinese poetry); haiku; first 17 morae of a renga, etc.

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everyone

2

work (e.g. of art); production; harvest; cultivation; technique

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listening respectfully

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today; this day

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each; respectively

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myself; yourself; I; me; you

1

recent work

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announcement; presentation; demonstration; displaying; showing; introducing

1

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

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to see someone off (at a station, an airport, etc.); to escort (e.g. home); to follow something with one's eyes until it is out of sight; to let pass; to pass up (an opportunity etc.); to shelve (a plan, deliberation on a bill, etc.); to postpone

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shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes

2

midwinter; cold season; coldest days of the year

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and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing

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Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)

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-like; pseudo-; comical character who mocks or apes the main character (in Japanese performing arts); (arch.) criticism; (arch.) censure

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parting; separation; farewell

5

lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate

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to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)

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(a) look; gaze

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wonderful; splendid; magnificent

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to be touching; to be moving

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staying in the same inn or hotel; rooming together

2

rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)

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to compose (a Japanese poem); to write; to use as the theme of a poem; to recite (e.g. a poem); to chant; to intone

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to improve one's skill

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feeling obliged; being grateful; being thankful; (arch.) shrinking back in fear

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utmost limit; extremity; result

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to stake; to risk; to bet; to wager

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dream

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cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull

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I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that

2

you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...

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will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope

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to compose a haiku poem

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to go out and away; to leave

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you; dear; honey

4

however; but

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intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation

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people; (all) persons; you (usu. plural); various

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together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)

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