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business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...

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oh; ah

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tag (children's game); tig

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hide-and-seek (game); hide-and-go-seek

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form of hopscotch in which the player kicks a stone through the course

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frame (e.g. of film, panel in a comic, etc.); scene; time block (e.g. of a class schedule)

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mawashi; belt; mantle; cape; gang rape

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any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand

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to unite; to join; to do together; to confuse with

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that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that

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when it becomes; when it comes to

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rule

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inexcusable; unpardonable; can't be allowed to pass (without comment)

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to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)

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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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indicates means of action; cause of effect; by

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to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)

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reinforcement

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trifles; minor details

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forever; for good; eternally; as long as one likes; indefinitely; no matter what

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video game (played on a home console)

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reset; fresh start; new beginning

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to argue vehemently

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to become defiant; to fight back; to turn upon; to take the offensive

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to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out

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subtle; delicate; difficult; complex; doubtful; questionable

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from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth

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four years

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four

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(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season

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to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)

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ago; since; before; previous

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daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)

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in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)

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when one was a very young child; very early in one's life

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Edo Castle (residence of the Shogun during the Edo period, now the site of the Tokyo Imperial Palace)

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attendance at a castle

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receiving an official appointment; being appointed (to the post of)

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one's station in life; one's personal history; one's circumstances; one's lot; one's destiny; one's future

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friendship; friendly relations; connection; relation; intimacy

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to be open (to traffic); to lead to; to flow (liquid, current); to pass; to be understood; to be comprehended; to be honored

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successive generations; hereditary daimyo (whose ancestors supported Tokugawa Ieyasu prior to the battle of Sekigahara)

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vassal; retainer

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in this manner; in this way; like this

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lord; master

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acquaintance; relations; sexual intercourse; intersection

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ruler and ruled; master and servant

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solid; strong; firm

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to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up

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manservant

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