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script; screenplay; scenario

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sewamono (Edo-period drama about contemporary life)

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curtain; bunting; act (in play)

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seven

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place; spot; grounds; arena; stadium; range

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Chikamatsu

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work (e.g. of art); production; harvest; cultivation; technique

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Kansei era (1789.1.25-1801.2.5)

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July; seventh month of the lunar calendar

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Osaka (city); (arch.) large hill

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angle; square; cube; bishop; third degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Chinese "horn" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); jiao (monetary unit of China; one-tenth of a yuan)

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play; drama

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first performance

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that year; same year; same age

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May; fifth month of the lunar calendar

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antiquity; ancient times

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market; fair

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(licensed) red light district

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oil dealer; oil merchant

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Ujiyamada

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doctor; physician

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descendant (usu. of a certain generation); (arch.) lineage; (arch.) pedigree; (arch.) grandchild

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good fortune; happiness; blessing; good luck

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mourning; abstinence; taboo; religious purification; pure; holy

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woman entertainer; prostitute

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waitress (in a ryokan or traditional restaurant); hostess

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killing and wounding; bloodshed

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event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble

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dramatization (e.g. of a novel); dramatisation; adaptation; dramatization; embellishment; exaggeration

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last-minute cramming; overnight cramming; (vegetables) salted just overnight

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kyogen; farce presented between noh plays or during the interlude of a noh play; kabuki play; kabuki performance; make-believe; ruse

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most important work (of a writer, artist, etc.); representative work; masterpiece

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personal affairs; private matter; personal secret; privacy

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to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range

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ten years; decade

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not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned

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once a year

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Yamagata (city, prefecture); mountain shape; chevron; cone

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manor; villa

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within the borders of a country; domestic soil; inland; interior; Japan proper (as opposed to its overseas colonies); homeland

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to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to be about to leave; to be just going out

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to look forward to something

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here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...

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each time; every time; whenever (something happens); on the occasion of

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somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other

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new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date

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discovery; detection; finding

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on one occasion; once; at one point; at one time

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alcohol; sake

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rice field

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