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coming out; going out; attending (work); appearing (on stage); start; beginning; origins

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Granada (Nicaragua)

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abridged translation

1

foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese

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Japanese writing; Japanese text

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Bunroku era (1592.12.8-1596.10.27)

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first year (of an imperial era); year something (important) first happened or began

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British Library

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possession; ownership; Tibet; Tibetan people

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original (text)

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text (of a book, document, etc.); body (of a letter); this passage; this sentence

4

taking excerpts; extraction

2

spoken language; colloquial speech; (modern) spoken Japanese; written style based on (modern) spoken Japanese

4

to translate; to interpret

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dialogue form

1

to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check

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

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grounds; foundation; authority; support; prop; something upon which to rely

1

first; new

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Satori; folklore monster that can read minds

1

one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point

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system; lineage; ancestry; group (e.g. of colors) (colours); family (e.g. of languages); close (evolutionary) relationship

2

100; hundred

2

20 years old; (arch.) twenty

5

section (i.e. of text); sentence; phrase; verse (of 5 or 7 mora in Japanese poetry; of 4, 5, or 7 characters in Chinese poetry); haiku; first 17 morae of a renga, etc.

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precious; valuable

2

history of a nation; Japanese history

2

to sell

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desirable; hoped for; preferable; advisable

1

going straight to the point; cutting it short; as it turns out

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modern language; contemporary language; living language; modern Japanese; Japanese as spoken since the Meiji period or alternatively, since the end of World War II

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archaic word; obsolete word; old saying; old adage; old language; ancient language

5

one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although

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sitting; stability

2

profit; gains; benefit; advantage; grace (of God, Buddha, etc.) (esp. as attained through rightful actions, prayer, adherence to one's faith, etc.); blessing

1

recognition; acknowledgement; acknowledgment; approval; consent; agreement

3

illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault

1

uncomfortable feeling; feeling out of place; sense of discomfort; malaise; physical unease

10

(one's) superior; (one's) boss; the higher-ups

1

to be renewed; to change; to be improved; to be reformed; to stand on ceremony; to be formal

1

expression; presentation; representation; notation

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verb

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conjunctive form; continuative form; -masu stem of a Japanese verb

1

concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every

1

as (much) as possible; as (far) as possible

1

effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving

1

negotiations; discussions; connection

2

being out of time; passing the deadline; time-out

1

possible; potential; practicable; feasible

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feelings; thoughts; meaning

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