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family positioned to accede to the shogunate

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serious crime; grave sin; mortal sin; deadly sin

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migratory bird; bird of passage

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noodles with duck meat and Welsh onions

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duck; easy mark; sucker; sitting duck

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lower floor

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for use as food; edible

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chicken cooked in a shallow pan with vegetables

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chicken meat

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for (some) doubtful points to remain

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huge rock; massive boulder

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nonexistent; unreal; imaginary; spurious

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assumption; supposition; hypothesis; supposition

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to look at from the outside; to view from an outsider's perspective; to be seen from the point of view of an onlooker

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noisy; loud; much talked of; much-discussed; strict; severe

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slot; slot machine

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older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am; older girl

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bonus

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liquid crystal

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slot machine; fruit machine; poker machine

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medal

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reel

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pattern; design

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four thousand; 4,000

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comma; decimal point; radix point

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smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); urine; piss; elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name)

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reply (esp. on Twitter)

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to sparkle; to glitter; to twinkle

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child actor; child actress; child's role (in a film, play, etc.); child's part

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credit; credit sale; selling on a (monthly) installment plan (instalment); credit card; credit titles (of a film, TV show, etc.); credits; (giving) credits (to the creator, copyright holder, etc.)

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slot machine in a pachinko parlor

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play; playing; game; play and dance (at a kindergarten or elementary school)

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unexpectedly; surprisingly; unexpected; unanticipated; unforeseen

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lamp; light

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to leave one's seat

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faltering; tottering; halting; unsteady; awkward; clumsy

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beginner

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to that extent; accordingly; that being the case; that state; that condition

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professor; teaching; instruction

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regular; standard; regular player (on a team); regular guest (on a TV show); regular (gasoline)

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big

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leaving (it) to others

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slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)

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female genitals; vulva

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lighting (a lamp); turning on a light

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(advance) notice; preliminary announcement; warning; trailer (for a film, TV show, etc.)

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direction (of a play, film, etc.); production; organization (of an event); arrangement; staging (for effect)

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cherry

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congratulations

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attendant's booth (in a bathhouse changing room); door-keeper's stand; watcher's seat

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