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unusual trick; rarely seen skill

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extreme busyness

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store that has been gone out of business; household that lives without carrying on a business

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Aoi

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Sahei

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foreign ship (esp. of Spanish and Portuguese ships arriving from the south prior to the Edo period)

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magistrate of Nagasaki (Edo period)

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whim; vagary; capriciousness; eccentricity

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anesthetic; anaesthetic

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house in an alley; rear tenement

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having a short time to live; having not much longer to live; having little time left; (one's) days are numbered

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regrettable; unsatisfactory; deplorable; lamentable

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person of high rank or income

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wallet; billfold; purse; handbag

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flood

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to be buried; to be covered; to be hidden

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arrival of ships (from abroad); arrival by ship

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to enliven; to liven up; to cause a stir in (e.g. the newspapers); to make prosperous

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daimyo's main Tokyo mansion

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you can get used to living anywhere; home is where you make it; wherever I lay my hat is home

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beginning of autumn; beginning of fall

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wrecked ship

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congratulation; congratulations; celebration; congratulatory gift; present

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temple elementary school (during the Edo period)

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villa; daimyo's suburban residence

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three parts; three copies

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daytime; noon; broad daylight

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fatal disease

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etiquette; courtesy; manners

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broadcast(ing) satellite; BS; satellite television

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stopping at a port

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Bungo (former province located in present-day Ōita Prefecture)

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Japan and the Philippines

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female ninja; woman

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failure

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chicken meat; reddish-brown chicken

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great burdock (Arctium lappa); gobo

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chest; breast

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outside a gate; beyond one's area of expertise

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one month

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(of a woman) divorcing and moving back in with her parents; (of an employee) leaving a position only to return to it later; (of a ship) leaving from and returning to the same port

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founding a country; opening of a country (e.g. Japan) to the world; ending (a policy of) national seclusion

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ruffian; villain; peculiar person; idiosyncratic person; tricky thing; something that is more than it seems

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to die by drowning; to drown

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firm; trading company

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stomach

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black ships; Western ships that came to Japan between the 16th and 19th centuries, esp. those of the Perry Expedition in 1853; foreign disruptor (of the Japanese market); product, person, etc. arriving from the West and disturbing the Japanese market

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one's home; hometown; native place; birthplace

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to visit frequently

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good match; suitable candidate (for marriage); good opportunity to be saved by Buddha

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