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to flatter; to curry favor (with); to butter up; to fawn over

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how much; how many; however (much); no matter how; what matters is ...; it all comes down to ...

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to choose; to select; to pick (out)

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bad person; villain; scoundrel; wrongdoer; wicked person

2

Nogi

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general; admiral; head; chief; old chap; mate

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Emperor Meiji (1852-1912, reigned 1867-1912); Emperor Mutsuhito

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look!; there!; here!; that is

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muahaha (laughter); mwahahaha; bahaha; bwahaha

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dwelling; house; residence; living; life

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part-time job; side job; part-time worker; albite

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to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do

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Shikoku (smallest of the four main islands of Japan)

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Takamatsu (city in Kagawa)

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liquor store; wine shop; bottle shop; sake dealer; liquor-store owner; brewer

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apprenticeship

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Osaka dialect

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because; since

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coming out; emerging; being born into (a certain family); being a native of (a particular place)

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position; job; employment; opening

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to roll in; to tumble into; to visit (esp. to stay overnight as an unwanted guest); to fall in one's way; to fall into one's lap

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to be crushed; to be squashed; to go bankrupt; to go under; to be ruined (of a plan); to be cancelled; to be lost (of one's voice, eyesight, sense of smell, etc.)

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darn it!; darn!; oops!; oh dear!; oh no!

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moving from place to place; being passed around repeatedly; rolling about

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cart (esp. a food cart); stall; festival float; portable shrine dedicated to a god and shaped like a house; stage prop fashioned after a large building; framework (of a building)

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ramen; Chinese-style noodles

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that's not true!; no, no

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single; simple; singles (tennis, badminton, etc.); win bet (bet which predicts the winner of a race)

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Naniwa (former name for Osaka region)

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multi-floor building; multi-storey building; bill; check; bill; promissory note

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(security) guard; caretaker; janitor; doorkeeper; gatekeeper

2

different school (e.g. of ikebana)

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often; frequently; now and then; occasionally

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to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing

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association of like-minded people

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putting in an appearance; visiting; coming to the surface; appearing; showing one's face (on TV, social media, etc.); face reveal

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indicates emotion or exclamation; hey; you

5

letter of introduction

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and; thereupon; because of that

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president; chairman

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Japan's best; number one in Japan

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I assure you it is

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is not; am not; are not; isn't it?

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great; excellent; distinguished; important; awful; terrible

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doctors; teachers; lawyers

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Occident and Orient (esp. the Occident); ocean; sea; foreign; Western

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to be superior (to); to surpass; to outdo

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hey!; hey!

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cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike

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world fair; international exposition

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