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Kikujirou

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father (esp. used in samurai families prior to the Meiji period)

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mother

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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

3

request; favour (to ask); wish; please

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indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very

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doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")

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indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)

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too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as

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to do

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prosperity; flourishing; thriving

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what

1

hey!; oi!; ahoy!; I; me

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foreign country

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at; in; at; when; by; with; and then

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learning; study

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if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question

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to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise

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to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk

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(United States of) America; United States; US; America (land mass); the Americas

2

to; towards; for

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indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

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studying abroad; studying at a different school, etc. (usu. for a specific purpose)

2

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

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to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do

4

I; me

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indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

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after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to

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father

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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.)

1

Tokyo

1

to face; to go towards; to head towards

1

my; one's own; personal; privately owned

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name; nameplate; caption; storyboard (of a manga); rough draft

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Izu (former province located on the Izu Peninsula in present-day Shizuoka Prefecture, and the Izu Islands)

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how

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yo!; hello there!; wow!; oh!; yah! (yell)

1

De

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tenement house; row house

3

at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for

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to live under another's roof; to become a dependent on; to flatten oneself (against); to lean in close to

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while; during; while; although; all; both

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together; jointly; at the same time; with; both

2

cousin (male)

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English (language)

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to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in

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koto (13-stringed Japanese zither); (arch.) stringed instrument

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America; American; fist

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as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state

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to return; to come back

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