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Ibigawa

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tumour; tumor; growth; boil; ulcer; abscess

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secret notebook

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karuta; traditional Japanese playing cards

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(not) even for a moment

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even though one has fallen on hard times; however down on one's luck one may be

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(articles) imported to Japan by early European traders

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clandestine Christian (during the Edo period); secret Christian

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Netherlands; Holland

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pistol; revolver

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bamboo dealer; person selling bamboo or articles made of bamboo; house made of bamboo

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a little more than; a little over; upwards of; (arch.) excess; (arch.) surplus; (arch.) remainder

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early evening cloud; clouds at sunset

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ball of dried, ground, fermented dyer's knotweed leaves

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to offer incense (for a departed person); to light an incense stick

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to be the same; to coincide; to correspond

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glue (usu. from animal and fish bone, skin, etc.)

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long epic song with shamisen accompaniment (developed in Edo in the early 17th century)

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handsome man; looker; good guy; great guy; influential person (esp. in the yakuza); sumo wrestler

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hired thief taker (Edo-period); private detective; private secret policeman

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defeated soldier fleeing the enemy

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red-hot iron; gunfire; gambling; violent-tempered

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teaching Buddhism; rough person; bullying; ostentatious bravado

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strait with a roaring tidal ebb and flow; whirlpool; kamaboko with a spiral whirlpool-like pattern; cooking technique where ingredients are cut in a spiral pattern; Naruto (city in Tokushima); Naruto Strait; Naruto wakame

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by and by; before long

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Kyoto

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loan; debt; liability

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taking heart; being in high spirits

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Ardisia crenata; coralberry

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imprisonment; captive

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Genji and Heike clans; two opposing sides

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merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper

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on what business

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the body is honest; your body reveals what you really think (or want)

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Tokushima (city, prefecture)

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to forget something ever existed; to pretend something didn't happen; to put something behind one; to forgive (something)

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pickpocket

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to act hastily in pursuit of glory; to hasten after success; to be too eager to succeed

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one's last moments; hour of death

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to demand gratitude; to make a favour of something; to remind of a favour done to someone; to emphasize the favour one has done

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crabbily; unsociably

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beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...

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heaven; paradise

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early Japanese Christianity (from the later Muromachi period); early Japanese Christian

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delay; lag; postponement; falling behind

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source of revenue; financial supporter

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that's right; yes; uh-huh

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to be pregnant; to be with child

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river management; river improvement; flood control

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a mountain hunt

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