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title

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being startled

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not a chance; not likely; no way; oh no; yuck; eew

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(smelling) strongly; pungently; reeking; angrily; sulkily; in a huff

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and then; after that

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Kyoto and vicinity (esp. during Edo period); Kyoto-Osaka region; Kansai region

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chōnin (Edo-period social class of town-dwelling commoners, esp. landowning merchants); townspeople; townsfolk; tradespeople

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culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)

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center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused

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Genroku period (1688-1704); Genroku era

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dead center; (right in the) middle; midst; midst (e.g. of a storm); heyday; (the) height (e.g. of a debate)

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sixteen; 16

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eight; 8

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publication

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ukiyo-zōshi; Edo-period genre of literature depicting everyday life of the merchant class

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because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...

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fleeting life; this transient world; sad world; world of grief and worry; the world of the living; this life

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that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage

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at that time; in those days

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people

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life; living; livelihood; (one's) living

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manners; customs; public morals; sex service; sex industry

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love; romance; tender passion; emotion; affections

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popular novel

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creator (of a work); author; writer; artist; composer; playwright

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representative; exemplary; model

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clearly; plainly; distinctly; to be clear; to be definite; to be certain

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profile

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general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different

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Osaka (city)

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wealthy; rich; affluent; well-off

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fifteen; 15

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... years old; age (of) ...

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haikai (collective name for haiku, haibun, haiga, senryū, etc.); haikai no renga (humorous, often vulgar style of renga which emerged in the 16th century); absurd; comical

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family business; family trade; one's occupation; one's trade

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neglecting; leaving alone

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to play around; to gallivant about

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disinheritance; disowning

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freedom; liberty

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bold; daring; audacious

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section (i.e. of text); sentence; phrase; verse (of 5 or 7 mora in Japanese poetry; of 4, 5, or 7 characters in Chinese poetry); haiku; first 17 morae of a renga, etc.; maxim

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to compose (a Japanese poem); to write; to use as the theme of a poem; to recite (e.g. a poem); to chant; to intone

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manner; style

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Netherlands; Holland

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many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common

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to compete; to contend; to vie; to contest

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arrow; wedge; chock

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number; amount

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whole day and night; 24 hours

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10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various

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