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details; particulars; whole story; sequence of events; chronology; circumstances

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Fukuda Randou

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to flatter; to soft-soap; to sweet talk; to cajole; to instigate

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variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width); for kimonos: at least 10 m in length; 300 tsubo (991.74 meters square, 0.24506 acres); six ken (10.91 m)

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pebble

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riverside; edge of a river

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difficulty; trouble; accident; disaster; fault; defect

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person living with a family; lodger; housemate; flatmate; roommate

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with a rustling sound; rippling (of a stream, etc.); murmuring; slurping down (ochazuke); quickly and easily (e.g. write a letter); with ease

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occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally

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Shizuoka (city, prefecture)

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district court; local court

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call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)

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appearance; presence; attendance; surrender (e.g. to the police); turning oneself in

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guard; convoy; escort

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opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat

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acquisition (esp. corporate); buy-out; takeover; bribery; buying off; corruption

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private automobile

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Sasaki Mosaku

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entreaty; supplication; petition

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two eights; hachi-hachi (type of game)

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on the way back; when about to go back

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to be within others' sight; to be visible; to be conspicuous; to attract public attention; to come under observation

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have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary

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firmly, stubbornly

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to grant (a wish); to accede; to comply with; to heed

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bus company; bus line

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to hire for exclusive use; to reserve; to charter

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to pass the peak (of something); to get through the most difficult part; to be over the worst (e.g. an illness); to cross a pass

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seat

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seiza; kneeling with the tops of the feet flat on the floor, and sitting on the soles

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to throw oneself (e.g. off a cliff, etc.)

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to pass (e.g. car); to overtake; to surpass; to outstrip; to get ahead of

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enemy attack; enemy raid

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to grovel; to go down on one's hands and knees

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being startled, surprised or afraid; panic; trepidation

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to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post); to be delivered

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to hide oneself

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pilgrim's staff

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

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absurd; ridiculous; silly; ludicrous; nonsensical; asinine

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bōryokudan; gangster organization (organisation); crime syndicate; yakuza

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where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes

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(typically) Japanese

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impossible; unlikely; improbable

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worthy of; worth doing; worth having

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safe arrival

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assailant; marauder

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cane; walking stick; staff; wand

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to point upward; to look upward; to improve

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