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(professional) storyteller; hereditary role of narrator in early imperial court

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ulterior motive; plot; scheme; complicated circumstances; intricacies

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one day; all day (long); throughout the day; first day of the month

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to live long; to survive

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to play with; to joke; to use (esp. trick, sophistry, etc.); to deride; to scoff at; to make fun of

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not a chance; you wish!; that's not going to happen; that won't work

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come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see

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devil; evil spirit; genie

2

to glare at; to scowl at

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to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out

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story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend

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

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to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old

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to tell (a story); to give an account of (an event, experience, etc.); to relate; to tell of; to show; to indicate

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last night; yesterday evening

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reason; pretext; motive

2

to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor

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on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway

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via; through; by doing; by means of; using

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to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve

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like that; that way; thus

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the end

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to stretch larger; to enlarge (photos); to delay (e.g. the end of a meeting)

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to cover (with something); to put on (e.g. on someone else's head); to plate something (with a metal); to pour or dash a liquid (on something); to charge (a person with a guilt)

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One Thousand and One Nights; Arabian Nights

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(rubbing, twisting) hard; with a squeal; with a creak; (drinking) in one sweep

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to be flustered; to lose one's presence of mind

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a long time ago

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imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action

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comparatively; relatively; unexpectedly; unusually; considering; for one's ...

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various

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irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial

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gravity; gravitation; gravitational pull

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being able to do as one pleases; doing at will; pothook

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to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet

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to feel like it; to get to think that way; to become so minded

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the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life

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access

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king

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should; must; -able; probably; likely

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queen

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one thousand days

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to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate

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finally; in the end; on top of all that

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conversion; reform; correcting someone's conduct

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one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start

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counter for stories, episodes of TV series, etc.

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to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy

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not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; having no intention of ...

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one's normal condition; one's usual state; keynote (esp. shamisen); proper key

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