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Japanese person; Japanese people

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to take advantage of one's carelessness; to perform a surprise attack

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means; way; measure

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failure; mistake; blunder

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to become less crowded; to thin out; to get empty; to be hungry

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to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light

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beginning (of writing); opening passage (sentence, paragraph, etc.); written claim; bill

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when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)

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foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; means of transportation

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at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current

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to scoop; to ladle out

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(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style

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large number (of); many; majority

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to occupy; to hold; to account for; to make up; to take up

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slip of the tongue; misstatement; verbal slip-up

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it is certain true that ... (but); you can't argue that it's not ... (but)

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does not seem (to be)

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to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)

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(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to

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support; stay; prop

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horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside

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(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say

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lower part; substructure; subordinate (office); good and faithful servant

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Heian period (794-1185)

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at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current

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to get goosebumps; to have one's hair stand on end; to shudder

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San'yuutei Enchou (1839-1900)

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ghost story

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tree peony (Paeonia suffruticosa); moutan; wild boar (meat)

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garden lantern; hanging lantern

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easy to understand

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literary critic

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Iwagami Jun'ichi

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important; significant; precious; valuable; careful

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paper mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera)

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to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)

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reality; actuality; hard fact

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to clear up; to clear away; to refresh (e.g. spirits); to be cleared (e.g. of a suspicion); to be dispelled; to be banished

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to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up

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feast; banquet

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playwright; dramatist

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poet

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Miyoshi Juro (1902-1958) (novelist and playwright)

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ruins (of a building, town, etc.); remains

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(a) one-act play

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drama; play; Chinese opera

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something broad and flat; common; ordinary; low-ranking employee; freshman

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to get drunk; to become intoxicated; to feel sick (e.g. in a vehicle); to become nauseated; to be elated; to be exalted

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great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough

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place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point

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