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Kandasakumachō

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to give up smoking; to stop smoking

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Masae

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state prohibition

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Shinjuurou

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Sahei

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to give money

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agate

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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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eel restaurant

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show tent; circus tent; freak show

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(a place) within one's reach

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strange; unfamiliar; mysterious; suspicious; (lit.) of an unknown nature

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dish of vegetables, konnyaku, etc. simmered in soy sauce and water until the liquid is almost gone

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craving for food, a cigarette, etc.; longing to have something in one's mouth

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house in an alley; rear tenement

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evening star; Vesper; Hesperus; Venus in the evening sky

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male temple employee (esp. one who does odd jobs)

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small pouch containing a paper charm or talisman

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to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)

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the prospects look brighter; there is hope of accomplishing (something)

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fish gong; fish wood block; temple block; round, hollow, wood block (vaguely fish-shaped, usu. with scales), struck while chanting sutras

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daimyo's main Tokyo mansion

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increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less

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black soybean

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badger; raccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides)

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purpose; utility; objective; way to use something

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China under the Qing dynasty; Qing China; Qing dynasty

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difficult to hear; indistinct; hesitating to ask; awkward to ask; unpleasant to hear; painful to listen to

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villa; daimyo's suburban residence

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carrier

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to steal

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to find it hard to say

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woman textile worker; Vega (star in the constellation Lyra); Alpha Lyrae

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chicken meat; reddish-brown chicken

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one month

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rash; eruption (in response to a skin irritant); influence; crazy about; having an affectation concerning all things surrounding something (esp. a language, a culture, etc.)

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one's wife; one's wife and daughter or daughters

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secret

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Altair (star in the constellation Aquila); Alpha Aquilae

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

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firm; trading company

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plaything; toy

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setting sail; putting out to sea; starting anew; embarking on something new

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ghost ship; phantom ship

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to trade in (commercial goods); to deal in; to sell

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to beat; to gain a point; to upset

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western part of Japan (esp. Kyushu, but ranging as far east as Kinki); western nations (esp. India or Europe); thirty-three temples in the Kinki area containing statues of Kannon (Avalokitesvara); pilgrimage to the thirty-three temples sacred to Kannon

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newcomer; new face

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looking for something; searching for something; object being sought

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