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castle

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service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services

1

experience

1

short and stout; small but wide around

1

contrastive

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to become thin; to lose weight; to reduce (one's) weight; to be barren; to be infertile; to be sterile

1

feature; trait; characteristic; peculiarity; distinction

1

to chip (off); to shave (off); to slice (off); to dampen (e.g. enthusiasm); to discourage; to weaken

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drunkard

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bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh

2

to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with

1

to slurp; to sip (loudly); to sniffle; to sniff

4

task; (doing a) bit of work; difficult task; hard work

1

noisily (crowd of people talking); clamorously; in a hubbub; jabberingly; chatteringly; buzzingly

1

corner; nook

2

to (keep in) mind; to give heed to; to pay attention to

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to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size

2

hard lump under the skin (e.g. adipous tumor, lymph node tumor, etc.); grinding against; pressing or rubbing with turning movements (e.g. someone's shoulders with one's elbow); rolling one's eyes; goggling one's eyes; rattling sound

1

independent state; independent nation

1

plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme

4

to subsist; to keep on living

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Enomoto Takeaki (1836.10.5-1908.10.27)

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Ootori Keisuke

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Shinsengumi; Edo period police and military force dedicated to suppressing anti-shogunate activities

2

capable person; talented person; human resources; personnel

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darn it!; darn!; oops!; oh dear!; oh no!

2

sound of wind rustling through a crack; wheezing

2

breathing of a sleeping person

2

uniform

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to make noise; to make racket; to rustle; to swoosh; to make merry; to clamor; to clamour

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to look away; to avert one's eyes

1

grain; bead; drop; counter for small round objects including grains, seeds, pills, drops

2

old saying; old expression; old language; ancient language; archaic word

1

emphasis-adding particle

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to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)

1

muddy water; red-light district

1

to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on

1

farmer; peasant

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first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)

2

face (of person)

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to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear

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to keep someone from doing; to stop; to prevent; to check; to hinder; to obstruct

1

to close one's eyes partly; to squint; to smile with one's whole face; to look fondly at

1

to flow into; to pour into; to stream into

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clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)

2

dried boiled rice used mainly as provisions of samurai troops and travelers (travellers)

1

ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); very

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to see through; to see the true nature of something

1

wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes

3

hesitation; indecision

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