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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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merrymaking

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

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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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traditional Japanese travel outfit; travel kit

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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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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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letter of challenge (to a duel, etc.)

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son; punk; brat; penis

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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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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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reasons; circumstances; significance; hindrance; obstruction; interference

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former years; formerly; a few years ago

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to take advantage of someone's kindness or patience; to get carried away; to be elated; to get puffed up (with pride); to push one's luck; to get cocky

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koban; small oval gold coin used in the Edo period; oval; elliptical; small size (of paper)

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I; as for me

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family precepts; family motto; rule of the home

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dubious tale; cock-and-bull story; questionable information; taking care not to be fooled

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to serve; to do

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good news

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what sort of; what kind of; what way

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discerning (quick) eye; keen insight

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audience (with a person of high standing)

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sacrificial pawn; sacrificed piece; sacrifice

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used to indicate respect for the listener (or reader)

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state ceremony; laborious; troublesome; irksome

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