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Zōshigaya Station

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clearing one's mind of all mundane thoughts

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Go Tsuchimikado

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used paper; paper for recycling

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the year ends

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stud

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being in a helpless situation; (lit.) (like a) fish on a chopping board

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lacking enough gravity for (a position, task); being an insignificant figure for (a position)

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unable to put up any resistance; unable to put up a fight; not standing a chance (against)

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one-legged

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Iwao

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old bones; aged body; advanced age

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PR; public relations

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the five festivals (January 7, March 3, May 5, July 7 and September 9)

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spring of sweet water

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Norimune

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Hayato

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hack; inferior horse; inferior person; incapable person

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Engineer boot

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huge amount of material (worth reading); richness of content (of a book)

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if not ... then what is it?; (this) is nothing other than ...; (it) must be ...; (it) is definitely ...

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to be digested; to master (a skill); to be proficient; to mature (e.g. personality); to mellow; to mature (foodstuff)

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leaving a cram school; dropping out of a cram school

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unfinished; unripe; unfermented narezushi; unfermented brine-pickled sushi; noh mask with slightly protruding horns and frizzy hair (representing a woman on her way to becoming a hannya)

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one's usual medicine

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population distribution

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impertinent; impudent; cheeky

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black maple (Acer nigrum)

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legitimate line; direct descent

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Junshi

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Witchcraft

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weariness

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apple of one's eye

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cutoff (e.g. audio, electrical flow, production); cutting off; cutoff (play); cutoff (jeans, etc.)

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arraying a number of reference books in order to compose poetry; literary composition crammed with maxims, ancient episodes, legends, etc.; otters lining a catch of fish on a river bank; (people) making offerings (esp. of fish)

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Doman; Domman; Dooman

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to spoil someone's start; to kill someone's enthusiasm; to take the wind out of someone's sails

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new emperor

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fertile, productive field

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alpha and omega

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Ascot tie

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expert; skillful person; good move (in shogi, go, etc.); clever move

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meninges

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to praise extravagantly; to lionize; to lionise; to make much of

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courageously; fearlessly; defiantly; boldly

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to burn (usu. incense)

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to make a mess of it; to make a hash of it; to fail and lose face; to spread miso (e.g. on konnyaku)

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ceremony performed by a sorcerer to protect a noble setting out on a trip; walking in large steps; walking with a disabled leg; someone with a disabled leg

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purification rite (esp. one held prior to a Shinto event)

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to stamp (one's mark, etc.); to seal; to leave (one's footprints, etc.)

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