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league

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overall victory; championship

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luxury; extravagance; treat (i.e. at somebody's expense)

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southern sea

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grill (esp. fish grill); grilled food; grill room; restaurant serving grilled food; (radiator) grille

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steak

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to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend

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great detective

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to go to see (something, someone); to visit

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to be scheduled to (do); to be expected to (do)

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to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)

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to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)

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forked road; crossroads

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reorganization; reorganisation; reshuffle

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having only tiles of one suit and no honor tiles (meld)

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bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); middle (of a three-tier ranking system)

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Choushuu

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novel; (short) story

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discernment; insight

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to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall

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there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)

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as usual; as is one's habit

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one's own judgement (judgment); decision made without consulting others; arbitrary decision; dogmatism

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prejudice; bias; distorted view

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Akiyama

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Tomoko

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oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!

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suffix for familiar person

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to be coming; to be popular; to be fashionable; to be angry; to have blown one's lid

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August; eighth month of the lunar calendar

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Akita prefecture (Tōhoku area)

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hermit; wizard; wizardry

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district; county; district (of 2-20 50-home neighbourhoods or townships, in the ritsuryo period)

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Satouke

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news coverage; collecting data (e.g. for an article); covering (something for media); interview

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great-grandparents

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offering (e.g. to the gods); votive offering

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shelf with offerings for welcoming the spirits of one's ancestors during the Bon Festival

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receiving; welcoming; going to meet; final call; call of fate; approach of death

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ceremonial bonfire (seeing off the spirits on the final night of O-Bon)

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to make sure of; to assure oneself of; to see with one's own eyes; to ascertain

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legal principle

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research society; study class (e.g. religious); seminar (e.g. presentation of research)

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already published

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topography

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taking excerpts; extraction

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patriarch; family head

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private funds; own funds; private property

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Namihira Emiko (1942.11-)

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bay window

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