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fresh (e.g. fish); lively; spirited; animated

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wild ginger trefoil coat of arms of the Tokugawa clan

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Japanese transverse bamboo flute (high-pitched; usu. with seven holes)

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book in Japanese; book bound in the Japanese style

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dirty money

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Sasaoka

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to be recognized (by someone of higher status); to be noticed; to get attention

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arson; incendiarism

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merrymaking

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Kumagorou

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Nizaemon

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300; three hundred; 300 mon; trifling amount; shyster

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to be arrested; to be put in bonds

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re-covering; repapering; reupholstering

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self-styled humanitarian; person acting under the pretence of chivalry while participating in gangs and engaging in gambling

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wholesale rice dealer

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just-harvested; something freshly harvested or gathered (usually produce)

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I'm sorry to have kept you waiting

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to become pregnant

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black-bellied plover; grey plover (Pluvialis squatarola)

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traditional Japanese travel outfit; travel kit

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to arrest; to apprehend

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nobleman's illegitimate child

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Yoshimune

3

to not know how to act or what to do; to be at a loss

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hazy moon (esp. on a spring night)

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(arch.) retainer; (arch.) attendant; Omi (hereditary title; orig. one of the two highest such titles, later demoted to sixth highest of eight)

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clouds and fog

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wakizashi; short sword worn by samurai

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leaving one's own house (e.g. when going to war); departure; setting out; starting a new life; starting life anew

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touching a wrong card (in karuta); buzzing too early (in a quiz); making a mistress of a servant; mistress (who is one's servant)

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stillbirth

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excessive profits; usury

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beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...

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whereabouts; country; one's home village; one's residence

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difficult delivery; difficult childbirth; dystocia

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(the privilege to have) an audience (with one's lord, a dignitary, etc.); interview (with one's superior); one's debut (first) appearance; debut (of a new product, work of art, actor, etc.); trial service (of a servant)

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person who avoids others; social outcast

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letter of challenge (to a duel, etc.)

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son; punk; brat; penis

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(Meiji era) official responsible for court ceremonies

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village headman (esp. in the Kansai region)

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to be mistaken for; to be confused with

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clan; partisans; participation (e.g. in a plot); one flavour; one charm; one ingredient (in traditional Chinese medicine)

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(talk of a) moneymaking scheme; moneymaking idea; get-rich-quick proposal

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receiving (from a superior); bestowed

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knowing

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large store

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wise ruler; enlightened monarch; benevolent lord

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policeman's rope

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