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(shout of) encouragement; cheering; rooting; support

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revenge; making a new attempt where one previously failed; determination of a loser to win the next time

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impertinent; saucy; cheeky; impudent; audacious; cocky

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forty; 40

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years later

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you; you bastard; you son of a bitch; (arch.) you

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puffed up

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cheek

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sumi; India ink; squid ink; octopus ink; carpenter's inking string

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to swear; to vow; to take an oath; to pledge

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prefix for forming ordinal numbers

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eight; 8

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fifth (interval)

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Shiga Naoya (1883.2.20-1971.10.21)

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A Dark Night's Passing (novel by Shiga Naoya)

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Kawabata Yasunari (1899-1972)

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ancient city; former capital

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entry (on stage); appearance (on screen); entrance; introduction (into a market)

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Shinsengumi; Edo period police and military force dedicated to suppressing anti-shogunate activities

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Chinese soft-shelled turtle (Pelodiscus sinensis); soft-shelled turtle (Trionychidae)

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nourishment

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able-bodied; robust; sturdy; strong

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(Western) soup

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to slurp; to sip (loudly); to sniffle; to sniff

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three times; thrice; third (musical interval); many times; over and over again

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Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)

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establishment (of a business); founding

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sukiyaki; thin slices of beef, cooked with various vegetables in a table-top cast-iron pan

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four times; four colour process printing (color); CMYK printing

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Taishō era (1912.7.30-1926.12.25); Taisho era

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boar meat hot pot; boar stew

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private room; single (room); room for one; (toilet) stall

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not at all; don't worry about it; forget about it

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fine line; weight of thread; slit-eyed

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mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...

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family restaurant

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writing brush; paintbrush; writing with a brush; drawing with a brush; writing (composing text); the written word

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employee (of a store); shop assistant; clerk; salesperson

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water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout

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common use; communal use; sharing

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H; h; indecent; lewd; (having) sex; nth year in the Heisei era (1989.1.8-2019.4.30)

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liver; innards; courage; spirit; crux; essential point

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milk; breast; loop; decorative bump (on a hanging bell)

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to fish; to look for; to search for; to go on a spree (spending, reading, etc.); to binge

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outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough

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not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)

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absorption; giving undivided attention; devoting oneself (to)

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insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy

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immediately following

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image (in one's mind); impression; (computer) image; depiction (e.g. of a product); rendition

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