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Neriishi

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stupid chatter; foolish talk

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the whole month; all the month

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honeymouthed; glib; fair-spoken; cajoling; talking glibly

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genius; brilliance; unusual talent; gifted person; person of unusual talent

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Tsunetaru

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fly in the ointment; small flaw in otherwise perfect object; only trouble; only fault

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hurried construction; speedy laying

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bureaucratism; bureaucratic nature

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petty (minor) official (derogatory term)

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realpolitik; pragmatic politics

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se (Japanese unit of area equal to 30 tsubo, approx. 99.174 m.sq.)

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heaven's vengeance is slow but sure; heaven's net is wide and coarse, yet nothing slips through

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personnel system

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eastern suburbs

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to make a long-winded speech; to give a long talk

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sly

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how much; how many; what amount; what extent

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gardening; puttering around in the garden

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wheat sheaf; stacked wheat

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oral instruction; passing information by word-of-mouth; oral tradition

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set an example worth following; take the initiative in doing something thereby setting an example for others to follow

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very resourcefully using tactics adapting oneself to the requirements of the moment; playing it by ear; acting according to circumstances

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Nijou

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above all; especially

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official notice

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one's lack of learning or ability; shallow learning and limited ability

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severe punishment

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lower abdomen

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imperial portrait; photograph of the incumbent Emperor and Empress distributed to schools between 1890 and the end of the Second World War; portrait or photo of a person of high rank

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pillage; plunder

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well-behaved (esp. children and pets); obedient; good

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one's beloved grandchild

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attacking direction

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extremely good friends; best friends

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rash courage

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unswerving loyalty

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amount of tax due

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strength; firmness

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with a smile

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being apt to make a show of one's faults; penchant for boasting of one's faults; pretending to be worse than one really is

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bittersweet; having mingled feelings of joy and sorrow; joy and sorrow alternating in one's heart

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empty (useless) formalities

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work, items, etc. carried over from earlier; hangover; what you ate the day before (and is still being digested)

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wife

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fifth column

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to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to crash; to degenerate; to be removed (e.g. illness, possessing spirit, name on a list)

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having an aptitude (for); having a talent (for)

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tactful; adroit; shrewd; clever; smart; affable

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playing to the gallery; showing off; pretence; surface preparation (for painting, etc.); scraping a surface clean

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