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to swing one's arms greatly while walking; to act freely; to be brazen

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absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming

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iron hammer; (fig.) crushing blow

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fully prepared; all ready

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the second time

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in order to do; for the purpose of doing

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to apply pressure (on); to bring pressure upon; to lean on

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towards; against; regarding; in contrast with

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to become rusted together; to become rusted shut; to rust; to become (completely) rusty; to become rusty (of a skill or ability); to become less effective

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palanquin; litter; bier; portable shrine

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execution; punishment; spanking

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to do nothing but; to spend all one's time doing

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self-destruction; ruining oneself; natural decay; perishing naturally

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to supplant; to supersede; to replace; to take the place of

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order (esp. to a number of people); command; ritual of bowing at start and end of school class

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even; but; however

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like; as if; the same as

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cram school; private tutoring school; juku

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seamanship; (the art of) navigation

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skillful; adroit; craft; craftsmanship; plot; scheme

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to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet

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getting on board; sailor; seaman

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orpiment; gamboge; falsification; alteration

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suspicious glance; suspicious look; suspicious expression

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it is not (like that) either

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to lay in stock; to replenish stock; to procure; to learn; to find out; to take in

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to surprise; to frighten; to create a stir

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to lend a hand; to give a hand; to help; to extend a helping hand

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to the core; to the bone; (lit.) to the marrow

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with the exception of; excepting; excluding

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chic; smart; understanding; considerate; familiar with worldly pleasures (esp. sexual relations, geisha districts and red-light districts)

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life or death struggle; mortal combat; struggle to the death

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itching to do something; impatient; sorely tempted; eager

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time; thyme; time out (e.g. in sport)

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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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money

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last night; yesterday evening

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

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sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)

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quickly

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li (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: fire, south)

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according to; reads; reading; is written; says; states

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to take; to carry (something) away; to bear

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indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question

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two things that superficially similar but completely different; night and day; chalk and cheese; (lit.) the Moon and a turtle

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plentiful; lot of; much; pile of

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Satchō Alliance; 1866 alliance between the feudal domains of Satsuma and Chōshū

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life on the run

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official notice; Edo-period proclamation issued by the shogunate (or a daimyo, etc.) usu. to the general populace

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way; method; means

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