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afterword; postscript

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good(-tasting); nice; delicious; attractive (offer, opportunity, etc.); appealing; convenient

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thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality

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indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

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at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of

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to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint

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

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very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point

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difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy

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be; is

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particularly; especially; in particular; expressly

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actually; really; truly; in practice; practically

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to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on

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thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work

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indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question

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nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible

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cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with (skillfully); handling (well); managing

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that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...

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meal (e.g. lunch, dinner); diet

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scene; sight; scenario; setting

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too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as

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to include (in a group or scope); to instruct; to make one understand; to include (a nuance); to put in (an implication); to put in (someone's) mouth

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imagination; supposition; guess

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only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to

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at; in; at; when; by; with; so

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indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

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for example; for instance; e.g.

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indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly

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fantasy

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don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow

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(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season

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Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times

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Europe

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now; the present time; just now; another; more

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that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you

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indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that

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big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important

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to differ (from); to be different; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to become abnormal; to go wrong

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Japan

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be; is

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if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)

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Heian period (794-1185)

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to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding

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already; yet; soon; shortly; further; more

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chopsticks

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four-legged tray for festive food

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honorific/polite/humble prefix

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bowl (wooden); counter for bowls of food or drink

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to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)

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

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