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Iwate prefecture (Tōhoku area)

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Morioka (city in Iwate)

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city

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nine; 9

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five; 5

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Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7); reminiscent of the Shōwa era; Shōwa- nostalgic; old-fashioned

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four

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spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence

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moving to a different location to start a new job; (proceeding to) new appointment

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station building

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wooden; made of wood; wooden construction

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two-storied building

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white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white go stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine

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to paint; to plaster; to lacquer; to varnish; to spread; to smear

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poet

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Ishikawa Takuboku (1886-1912)

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home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains

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(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season

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branch office

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to build; to construct

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un-; non-; negative prefix

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doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")

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name; given name; first name

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alley; alleyway; teahouse garden; path through a gate (or through a garden, etc.)

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winter

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when it becomes; when it comes to

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bureau; office building

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potbelly stove

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piece(s) of firewood (esp. chopped or split from logs); kindling (twigs, branches, etc.); firewood

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force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; momentum

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good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial

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flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion

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to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)

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side; edge; beside; while (doing); in addition to; at the same time

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head of a branch; branch office manager; bureau chief

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Tokuzou

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always; all the time; never; usual; regular

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pipe; tube; channels, official or otherwise; (business) connections; tobacco pipe

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to smoke (e.g. pipe); to puff (cigarette)

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stillness; quiet; peacefulness

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consequence; outcome; result; blame

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chest; coffer; rice tub; lidded round, wooden container for cooked rice

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there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you

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every evening; every night

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we; us

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sake sold in a cup rather than a bottle; drinking sake from a regular-size cup rather than from a small sake cup

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to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress

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calm; quiet; gentle; moderate; reasonable; amicable

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smile

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to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully

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