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Zamamijima

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living witness

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Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7); reminiscent of the Shōwa era; Shōwa-nostalgic; old-fashioned

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(common) cold; influenza; flu; ague; inflammatory respiratory system illness (in general)

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heat; fever; temperature; zeal; passion

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Zamami

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pension (Western-style boarding house)

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to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)

4

hot (to the touch); passionate (feelings, etc.); ardent; hot (e.g. temper); zealous; enthusiastic; intense

3

thin rice porridge; watery cooked rice; rice gruel; congee

1

family

8

guidance; lead; introduction; good offices; guide; primer

1

to become; to be

6

map; atlas; chart; plan

3

to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine

19

wartime fire; war; wartime destruction; horrors of war

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to live through hell; to go to hell and back; to suffer dire straits

1

to be shy; to be bashful; to look shy

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Nakanoshima

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calamity; disaster; catastrophe

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in detail; with great care; completely; fully

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(practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience; first-hand experience

3

honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix

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in good health; alive and well; going strong

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peculiarity; uniqueness; characteristic; understood only by oneself

2

Okinawan language; Okinawan dialect

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interpretation (i.e. oral translation); interpreter

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pathetic; plaintive

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extremely; in the extreme; knows no bounds (e.g. rudeness); boundless (e.g. universe, ocean); limitless

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blood relationship; blood relative

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lukewarm; tepid; lenient

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way of reciting; way of telling a story

1

ninety; 90

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mother

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big tree

2

to overwhelm (e.g. an opponent); to overpower; to overwhelm (someone with emotion); to move; to intimidate; to frighten

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Nago

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Chinese banyan (Ficus microcarpa); Malayan banyan; Indian laurel; curtain fig

2

tree; shrub; bush

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famous product; special product; speciality; specialty

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to prune; to trim; to reap (a crop) and put into storage; to harvest; to prune (a manuscript); to cut down

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all; completely; totally; entirely; thoroughly

3

poor-looking; impoverished-looking; scrawny (e.g. figure); thin-looking; sparse (e.g. meal)

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funds; capital

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to shake; to jolt; to shake (e.g. the political world); to disturb; to put off a batter (by varying one's type of pitch)

2

sadness; sorrow; grief

3

to taste; to eat; to drink; to speak (of); to put into words; to refer (to)

2

treasure

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expression; representation; description; representation (of a group)

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premature; untimely (e.g. death); early

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