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Sadanobu

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Su Shi (Chinese writer, 1036-1101 CE)

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many turns (in a road)

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triennial

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friend

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Matajirou

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woman who puts thick white powder on her neck; low class prostitute

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Sakuemon

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hunting (of animals such as boar, deer, etc.)

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to hurry (up); to urge on; to press; to rush

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70th birthday; ancient Greek (language)

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one's last writing; ceasing to write

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accepting with pleasure

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need not; (not) have to; need not have; need not exist

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boastful; conceited; bragging; impudent

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to accomplish; to finish; to fulfill

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strongly and repeatedly urging (demanding, requesting, pressing)

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(fish) climbing (swimming) up waterfall

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right and proper; legal

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to instruct; to tell to do; to ask to do; to order

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(radio, TV) license fee; licence fee

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ohajiki; traditional Japanese children's game similar to marbles, played with coin-shaped pieces made of coloured glass or plastic

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state of uncertainty; limbo; leaving unfinished with the intention of inflicting suffering; dragging out tortuously; (lit.) half-killing a snake

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win or lose; sink or swim; make or break; all or nothing

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recreation; diversion; relaxation

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15th day of the 8th lunar month

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chopping board; cutting board

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pretending not to see something; turning a blind eye to; burying one's head in the sand

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unfavourably; unfavorably; disparagingly; insultingly; ill

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hereditary daimyo (whose ancestors supported Tokugawa Ieyasu prior to the battle of Sekigahara)

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direct petition

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blue dragon; Azure Dragon (god said to rule over the eastern heavens); seven mansions (Chinese constellations) of the eastern heavens; large horse with a bluish-leaden coat; shape of an old pine tree

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greater-than mark (>); right angle bracket

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extreme foolishness; grave stupidity; big fool; damn idiot; utter fool

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Sesshuu (1420-1506)

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application; petition

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official notice; notification

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now; recently; this time

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Matagorou

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(arch.) gourd; (arch.) calabash; (arch.) bottle gourd; dried gourd, used as flask

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Japanese yam (Dioscorea japonica)

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chaperoning; monitoring someone's behaviour; watchdog; chaperone; watcher

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thoughts; opinion; however much money you wish to give (as alms, a fee at a museum, etc.); fondness (for a significant other, etc.; often used teasingly); love

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without being able to help oneself; against one's will; compelling; pressing; irresistible

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to listen to in an ecstasy

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honeymouthed; glib; fair-spoken

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old friendship

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hush-up; cover-up

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Gorouzaemon

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to lean on; to rest against

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