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low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)

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scenery; scene; landscape; scene (e.g. of a crime)

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period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness

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modern

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group; bunch; crowd; group

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to get in touch with

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creakingly; squeakingly; tightly (squeezing, pressing, etc.); (drinking) all in one sweep

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to tighten; to press hard

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pathos; sorrow; grief

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displeasure; discomfort; unpleasantness; indisposition; ailment

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to fade into dusk; to fade into twilight; to decline; to wane; to look melancholic (of a person)

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to sink; to go under; to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to feel depressed; to become subdued

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one o'clock; once; at one time; for a time; for a while; a time

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sentiment; sentimentality

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nursing; (protective) care

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very; extremely; that is

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alibi

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to hunt (animals); to search (for a criminal); to go looking for (flowers, etc.); to gather (mushrooms)

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more; much more; step; rung; paragraph; passage

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torture

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rough; crude; sloppy; miscellaneous

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speech; expression; wording; language

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to look up (at); to look up to; to respect; to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to depend on

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acquaintance

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birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin

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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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to spread (e.g. a rumor); to circulate; to disseminate

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to say to each other; to exchange (jokes, comments, etc.); to quarrel; to dispute

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inexperienced; immature; green; grassy-smelling; smelling of raw vegetation

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fresh

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to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor

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to be born again; to make a fresh start in life

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to apply (a rule); to be applicable; to come under (a category); to fulfill; to hold true

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example; simile; metaphor; allegory

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to have a certain mood or feeling; to have a hunch

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to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)

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offender; criminal; culprit

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unnatural; affected; studied; forced

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rag; scrap; fault (esp. in a pretense, pretence); defect; run-down; shabby

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just past noon; afternoon

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sound of the wind; voice of the wind

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trainee

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actual spot; scene (of a crime, accident, etc.); (on) site; (on) the ground; filming location; (movie) set

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to lower one's voice; to speak more softly

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lack of expression; blank look (on one's face)

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to happen to pass by

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stray cat; alley cat

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deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing

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to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task

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if so; in that case

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