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unsightly; ugly; unseemly; indecent; deplorable; disgraceful

2

ordinary people; common folk; general masses; man in the street; populace at large

1

loveable; very likeable; like very much

2

small grain; small stature or ability

1

quick wit; ready wit

1

dated; date; fixed; external

3

word game; wordplay; playing with words

3

kimono; Japanese traditional clothing (esp. full-length); clothing; clothes

4

men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders

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relation; relationship

1

thief; robber

1

to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)

1

one's own child; one's own children

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inkstone case

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to remain; to be left over; to be in excess; to be too many

1

variety; variation

1

television program; TV program

1

LOL; haha

1

derivation

1

something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another

1

eared seal (esp. the California sea lion, Zalophus californianus); sea lion

1

rebirth; reincarnation

1

to sprawl; to lie sprawled; to stretch oneself out; to lie relaxed on one's side

1

right (to do something); authority; power

1

help; rescue; assistant

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Natsume Souseki (1867-1916)

3

regular user; person who favors (favours) (something)

1

running continuously; firing in rapid succession

1

to arrange; to make an appointment; to agree upon

1

show; exhibition; spectacle

1

to hire for exclusive use; to reserve; to charter

1

skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis); oceanic bonito; victorfish

6

in good health; alive and well; going strong

1

rising tide; incoming tide; flood tide; surge (in popularity, power, etc.); upswing

1

rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse

2

here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up

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to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)

1

is never the case; has never happened

1

just because; even if; even though

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to run up (a hill, stairs etc.); to dash up; to rush up

1

chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus); domestic chicken; chicken meat

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novel; original; striking; strange; eccentric; fantastic

3

long; (for a) long time

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protecting a rice field; watching over a field; person who watches over a rice field

1

beet; beat

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quick-witted; bright; rapid thinking

1

light (color, colour, taste); simple; plain; frank; candid; ingenuous

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indecent talk; dirty story

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Konjaku Monogatarishū (abbr) (31-volume collection of stories written during the late Heian period); The Tale of Konjaku

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something well-known throughout the world

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