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it may be because

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strategist; tactician; schemer

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Kanbee

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speech; words; one's lines; remarks

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point worthy of note; highlight; high point; good prospects for the future; promise

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army; armed forces; military authorities; team; group

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Chūgoku Retaliation (military maneuver by Hideyoshi Hashiba in 1582)

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son; penis

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Nagamasa

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legal wife (of a noble) (as opposed to a concubine); room for receiving guests; heir; successor

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food distribution

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armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track

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misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess

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to blame; to reproach; to question (a suspect); to challenge; to aggravate (an injury); to be aggravated

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to advise strongly; to insist (on something)

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to consist of; to be made up of; to be concluded (e.g. of an agreement); to hold true (e.g. of a theory); to be viable (of a business, lifestyle, etc.); to carry on

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no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it

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optical illusion; hallucination; misapprehension; delusion

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scriptwriter; playwright; scenario writer

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regarding as important; attaching importance to; taking a serious view of; putting emphasis on

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to cut into (a line, conversation, etc.); to force oneself into (e.g. a crowd); to wedge oneself into; to fall below (of stock prices, sales, etc.); to drop below

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Inoue Fumio (1942.5.17-)

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Kanetaka

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vast stock of books; bookstore; bookshop

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the same book; the said book; ibid.

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Saitama (city, prefecture)

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Gunma (prefecture)

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junior high school student; middle school pupil

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Tokaido (Edo-period Edo-Kyoto highway)

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alongside a railway line, bus route, major thoroughfare, etc.

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Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane)

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diffusion; spread; popularization; promulgation; familiarization

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cunning deed; sly trick; foul play; cunning person; sly fellow; cheat

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including; inclusive of; komi; extra points given to the white player as compensation for playing second (in go)

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neighboring prefectures; nearby prefectures

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colloquialism; colloquial language; slang

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to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated

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occupational disease

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to correct; to rectify; to reform; to straighten (one's posture, collar, etc.); to adjust

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to talk; to chat; to chatter

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to express (in words); to confess

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serious illness

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I, myself; one-self; by one-self; even I; even one

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crying loudly; bawling; wailing; crying one's eyes out (without making noise); breaking into a flood of tears; crying buckets

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roar of laughter (from multiple people); burst of laughter; uproarious laughter; laughing hard (by a single person)

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to be effeminate; to be a fop; to break into a smile; to grin

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laughing at an inappropriate time; not being able to hold back one's laughter; scornful laughter; snicker; snigger

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to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted

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scattering; diffusion; spread (e.g. signal across the spectrum)

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good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response

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