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warrior; samurai

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past middle age; nearing old age; near-elderly; age 40

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Edoyashiki

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pathos; sorrow; grief

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coarse oilpaper umbrella

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what color

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stature; height; size; physique

2

that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage

5

son

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prosperity; flourishing; thriving

1

clandestine meeting

1

step; pace; stride

3

what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything

3

recovery; rescue; recapture

3

uh-oh; oops; sorry

1

continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence

8

disappointment; despair; despondency; broken heart; adversity

3

substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange

3

writing on someone's behalf

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stamp; seal; seal impression; seal; mudra (symbolic hand gesture); ninja hand sign

2

stripping (of rights, office, etc.); deprivation; divestiture; forfeit; revocation

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exile; banishment; deportation

3

to announce; to tell; to sentence; to order

5

to fall apart; to collapse; to be completely defeated (in battle); to be wiped out; (arch.) to fall apart (one's body or health)

2

to be brought forward (e.g. by three hours); to be moved up; to be hasty; to be rash; to quicken; to speed up

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to close one's eyes; to lower one's eyelids; to shut one's eyes; to die; to breathe one's last

8

cake box

1

manjū; steamed yeast bun with filling

1

red bean paste; red bean jam; kudzu sauce; filling (of a dumpling, etc.); filling; stuffing

1

poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite

6

Qin dynasty (of China; 221-207 BCE); Ch'in dynasty

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cavity

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classical Chinese opera

3

evolution; progress

8

vocalization; vocalisation

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bargaining point; terms of exchange; conditions for meeting a demand

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love affair; liaison

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being well versed (in); being well acquainted (with); being familiar (with); (a boy's) first ejaculation; spermarche; semenarche

2

the beginning (as in "this is only the beginning"); lowest division in sumo

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bodhisattva; one who has reached enlightenment but vows to save all beings before becoming a buddha; High Monk (title bestowed by the imperial court); title bestowed to Shinto kami in manifestation theory

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tortoise; turtle; heavy drinker; turtle crest; turtle mon

6

carapace; shell; 1st in rank; grade A; instep; back of hand

5

gravesite; tomb

6

passion; passions; (sexual) desire; craving

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to happen to meet; to come across

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blocking the way; standing in the way

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to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way

4

to keep step (with); to keep pace (with); to move in lockstep; to align (with another's thoughts or actions)

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attachment; adhesion; tenacity; fixation; obsession

4

short way; shortcut

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