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festive poem or song; congratulatory form (of waka)

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Sukekuni

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court ladies of the middle rank serving in the inner palace (Heian period); female servant for a samurai family; lady-in-waiting working in the inner palace of the Edo castle (Edo period)

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innocent girl; naive girl; virgin

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tear; rip; breach; spoilage; waste; wastepaper

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sake offered to someone; treat of sake

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to miss; to fail to capitalize; to fail to capitalise

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rain shower while the sun shines; sun shower; procession of will-o'-the-wisps seen at night; jack-o'-lantern parade

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cutting a person down (without a second thought); sacrificing; throwing to the wolves; omission; rounding down (e.g. fractions); truncation

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red-light district

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peace and tranquility; peace and tranquillity

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married man or woman; housekeeping

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long roofed passageway (originally having an earthen floor and used as a bridle path)

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to be arrested; to be put in bonds

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successive generations

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whole district of Kanto

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to undertake a duty

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Nakasendo (Edo-period Edo-Kyoto highway)

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place where fire is likely to break out; possible cause of a fire

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Kyōhō era (1716.6.22-1736.4.28)

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I'm sorry to have kept you waiting

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-off (price reduction)

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to applaud; to cheer (for)

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inherited; family (heirloom); ancestral

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usurer; usury; loansharking

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cicada; locust; small-sized pulley

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a plan

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estate; homestead; house and land (it stands on); messuage

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to hang oneself; to strangle oneself

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imprudent (misguided) fellow

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I assure you it is

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one's business; reading of scriptures before a (statue of) Buddha; bargain; discount; (arch.) money paid to a prostitute or geisha

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lineage; line; unification; all (of you)

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group leader

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to get heavy; to worsen (of illness); to grow serious

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son; punk; brat; penis

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the world

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misogyny; woman-hater; misogynist

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a long time (since the last time)

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prudence; judgement; sense; discipline; care; control

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just a handful; only a small number (of)

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sales clerk

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to walk someone off (e.g. to the police station)

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recklessness; rashness; foolhardiness; temerity; (lit.) without watching where one is going

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this occasion; at this time; now

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to jest; to joke; to play the fool; to act indecently; to be silly over; to talk foolishly

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known as ...; also known as ...; called ...; AKA

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noted doctor; excellent physician

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to grow old; to age

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sutra chanting

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