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Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)

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morning sun

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be; is

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graveyard

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proceeding to the capital (Tokyo)

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to vacate; to move out

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old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)

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to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect

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reputation; respectability; honour; honor

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child

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a person without a single relative

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to be complicated; to be elaborate; (arch.) to push in; (arch.) to be crowded

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after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to

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double suicide; lovers' suicide

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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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thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances

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details; particulars; longitude and latitude; warp and weft; warp and woof

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male help; male labor; man's handwriting; (arch.) kanji

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only daughter

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to raise (to maturity); to bring up; to rear; to train; to educate

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older brother; elder brother; young man; buddy; fella

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press; print shop; printing office

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joint management

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printing

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machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus

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printing

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obi; kimono sash; paper wrapper on books, CDs, etc.; band; belt; cingulum

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to get slightly dirty (all over)

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something wrapped in a furoshiki

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box of cakes

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kraft paper

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to be wrapped up (e.g. in a blanket); to cover oneself

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repeatedly; over and over again; several layers deep; layer upon layer; row upon row

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aim; object; expectations; prospects; something that can be relied upon; snack served with alcoholic drink; pad

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to look after; to take care of; to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment)

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truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance

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God's will; heaven's decree; mandate of Heaven; one's life; one's lifespan

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to leave undone

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so and so; such and such

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always; usually

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to get (someone's) help; to ask for help

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enclosure; annex; separate sheet; accompanying sheet

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distribution of mementos

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impudent; shameless; brazen

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sizzling (of cooking meat, fish, etc.); frizzling

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deathbed; hour of death

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desire; wish; request; entreaty; prayer; (written) application

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pains; efforts; trouble; labor; labour; services

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correspondence; news; letter; tidings

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to write (e.g. a letter); to draw up (a document); to take down (e.g. notes); to have (lunch, dinner, etc.); to eat

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