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humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits

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to keep an eye on; to keep a watchful eye on

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and yet; even so; nonetheless; for all that

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and; or; and the like; and so forth; and what not

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crash; smash; bang; sound of a large, heavy object falling

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grilling on a skewer; spit-roasting

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skewered dango

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visiting ill or distressed people; writing get-well letters; get-well gifts; get-well letters; expression of sympathy; expression of concern

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being ...

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devising (a way); contriving; device; design; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)

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precisely because

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origin; source; birthplace; release from prison; discharge from prison; exit

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person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)

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Satsuma (former province located in the west of present-day Kagoshima Prefecture); sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)

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cover (e.g. for illegal activity); front; Dendropanax trifidus (species of flowering plant); straw raincoat that makes one invisible

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single; solo; solitary; just one; only one

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one hole; toilet bowl (for both urination and defecation); effective point for moxibustion; one-woman man

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historical event; ancient event; tradition; folklore; legend

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function; facility; faculty; feature

1

skilled; skillful; skilful; competent; capable; good

1

advantage; point in favor; point in favour

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one's native dialect

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to join (cloth, wood, etc.)

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clothes for doing farm work or working in fields

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close fitting trousers; working trousers; long johns; long underpants

2

bare feet

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soot

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half a ken (3 shaku, approx. 0.91m)

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so what?; what of it?; and?; why do you ask?

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to be loath to; to balk at (doing); to grudge (doing); to take (good) care of

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the Two Ise Shrines

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older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am; older girl

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dismissal; firing; retirement; being relieved from one's post; being relieved of a burden

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to belong to; to come under; to be affiliated with; to be subject to

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to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over

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to sit on a seat

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groan; moan; roar; growl; buzz; hum (e.g. motor)

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large feudal domain; large fiefdom; powerful clan

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Suibara

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beside a nobleman; close aid (of a nobleman, etc.); place where a high ranking person resides; one's own city (of a shogun, lord, etc.); place under one's direct control; one's own turf

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all doors closed; blocked in every direction; cornered

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increase

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very recently; in the very recent past

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to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring

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messy; confused; chaotic; complaining about various things

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vague; obscure; indistinct; hazy; ambiguous

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probably not so

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putting that aside; that said; apart from that; anyway; be that as it may

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immediate reply

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to soothe and humor (humour); to coax

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