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Taishō period (1912-1926); Taisho period

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to build; to construct

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estate; plot of land

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layout (of a house or apartment); arrangement of rooms

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many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly

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to be needed; to be wanted

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spacious; roomy; broad; wide; extensive

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to marry (of a woman); to become a bride; to marry into (a family); (arch.) to have sexual intercourse

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Shin Buddhism

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status of a Buddhist temple

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utensil; appliance; furniture

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household items; furniture; furnishings; (arch.) bow and arrow

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rough (estimate, outline, etc.); broad; general; generous; openhanded

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unfashionable; uncouth; unrefined; unpolished; unsophisticated

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to find resolution; to be settled; to be collected; to be assembled; to be well arranged; to be in order

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postwar period; period after Second World War

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agricultural land; farmland

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sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment

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property; fortune; assets

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Bonin white-eye (Apalopteron familiare)

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residence; estate; grounds; premises; mansion

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main building (of a manor); central room (of a house)

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most part; greater part; majority

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to let go of; to release; to part with (e.g. a possession); to relinquish; to send away (e.g. one's child); to let go

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to live; to reside; to inhabit

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counter for places

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circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances

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300; three hundred; 300 mon; trifling amount; shyster

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tsubo; traditional unit of land area, approx. 3.31 square meters; tsubo; traditional unit of fabric or paper area, approx. 9.18 square centimeters; tsubo; traditional unit of leather or tile area, approx. 918 square centimeters

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artificial hill (in a garden)

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garden pond; miniature lake; fountain

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Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)

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postwar

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that night; that evening; over the course of the evening

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colored pattern; coloured pattern; love scene

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Japanese clothes

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halfway up (down) a mountain; mountainside

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snow viewing

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garden lantern; hanging lantern

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just then; at that time; right then; appropriate moment

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seventh day of the month; seven days

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Monday

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appearing and disappearing; slipping in and out of view

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spilling; spill; leavings; leftovers

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holding a job; being employed; (arch.) being learned; (arch.) being knowledgeable; (arch.) having great artistic talent; (arch.) being a skilled performer

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tea cloth; tea napkin

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sushi; anything made with vinegared rice (may also contain vegetables, spices, fish, or other delicacies)

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beer

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entertaining with food and drink; treating to dinner; wining and dining; immediately agreeing with someone else; pandering

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here and there; in places

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