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Zenbee

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kabuki dance in which the dancer quickly changes his clothes seven times; the seven common disguises of ninja

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quiet weeping

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tiger's tail; gooseneck loosestrife (species of flowering plant, Lysimachia clethroides); Asplenium incisum (species of spleenwort)

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paper charm; talisman

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meter (in Chinese poetry); consistency

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arson; incendiarism

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goldfish seller (vendor)

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beginning of month

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great; grand; (arch.) obstinate; (arch.) stubborn

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both parents

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security for a loan; collateral

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unjust; inhuman

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arrangements; preparations

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bribe

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to arrest; to apprehend

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raft; forearm protector; skewered baby-eel kabayaki

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imprudence; misbehavior; misbehaviour; misunderstanding

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to backbite

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lost child; stray child

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to ignore; to disregard; to overlook; to connive at

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usurer; usury; loansharking

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secondhand store

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highway route (Edo period); main route

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to command; to order; to tell (to do); to appoint (to the post of)

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one's last moments; hour of death

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to steal or sneak or slip into

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that's right; yes; uh-huh

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Kazusa (former province located in the central part of present-day Chiba Prefecture)

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old friend; familiar face

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to have; to possess

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to be overproduced; to be incredibly good (e.g. for a child); to go much better than expected; to be too good to be true (of a story, etc.)

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there's no knowing; there's no telling; it's anyone's guess; who knows?

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shallow river; shallows; flatboat; river boat

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inhuman; heinous; atrocious

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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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forgetfulness

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chasing after women; womanizing

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

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large fire

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seeming like an excuse; seeming like a justification; defensive; in an apologetic tone

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(lucky) find; bargain; good buy; treasure trove

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acquaintance; making someone's acquaintance

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to put up (a notice); to post

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concentricity; same mind; unanimity; policeman; constable in the Edo period

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wealthy merchant

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bond; deed; contract

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to show

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to be burnt to death

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to have a drink; to have a few drinks

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