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to get a salary (from); to receive a stipend (from); to be on the payroll (of)

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lazy son; profligate son

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sack for charcoal

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covering used to wrap a baby

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regrettable; unsatisfactory; deplorable; lamentable

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persistent; obstinate; tenacious; relentless; insistent; importunate

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wandering; jobless; unemployed

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grey nightjar (Caprimulgus indicus); nightjar (any bird of family Caprimulgidae); goatsucker; streetwalker; low class prostitute (Edo period); soba vendors who walk around at night

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rear tenement

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distant future; inevitable future; places one goes to

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uniform excellence

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to get scolded severely

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jutting out (of bounds); being crowded out

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to resew; to remake

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to make (someone) learn; to be accustomed to ...; to be used to ...; to always ...

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apologies for the crude food

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influence; power; (arch.) flapping of wings

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instigation; flattery

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partition; distinction

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to take a load off

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to boil; to decoct; to infuse

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the other day; some time ago; recently

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to follow; to shadow; to hanker after; to hover around

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adult; grown-up; person who has come of age; fully fledged; established; qualified

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encouragement; urging; spurring on

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bending; warping; flexibility; pliability

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delicately; weakly; gently; supplely

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daytime; noon; broad daylight

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seasoning with salt; amount of salt

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money (given as thanks); reward money; fee; key money; fee paid for rental rights

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to assume an air of importance; to be self-important; to put on airs

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son and heir; son who will succeed one

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oiran; high-ranking courtesan; (arch.) prostitute

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dagger; dirk

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soba restaurant

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to prowl after; to keep watch on

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chef (esp. of high-end Japanese cuisine); cook; area of a kitchen that contains the chopping board

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abacus; soroban; calculation (esp. of profit and loss); reckoning

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to bring up under one's personal care

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to fail to die (e.g. after suicide attempt or accident); to survive; to outlive

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what kind of; whatever sort of; no matter what; however much

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belly; abdomen

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pupil; student; follower

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(Edo-period) town magistrate

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of good character; kindhearted; good-natured

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Emishi; historical term for non-Yamato peoples in northern Japan; Yezo (northern part of Meiji-era Japan, esp. Hokkaido, but also Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands)

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(being) about to start out; (being) about to leave; having just left; (being) on the way

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prostitute (esp. Edo period)

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to have the memory of having done something oneself

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(face) powder

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