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cherry tree; cherry blossom; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder; horse meat

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(flower) bud; promising young person; budding beauty

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to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated

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almost; nearly; close to

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yesterday and today; only recently; just recently; only yesterday

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bright; cheerful

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embarrassed; feeling ashamed; feeling awkward

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the eight Edo-period provinces of Kanto (Sagami, Musashi, Awa, Kazusa, Shimousa, Hitachi, Kouzuke and Shimotsuke)

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normal crop

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to come out all right; to take care of itself; to be OK

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the Trinity; three parts; three components; three factors

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to make light of; to ignore; to slight

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(outward) looks; features; face; countenance; expression

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on the occasion of; at the time of

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middle age

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Mizoguchi

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ditch; drain; groove; tread; gap (between people, countries, etc.); gulf

1

aunt

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to control; to take the lead in; to have under one's thumb

1

composition

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Mizokuchi

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to manage; to settle; to dispose of; to deal with; to arrange

1

troublesome matter; burden; difficult task; chore; hassle

1

peace; security; tranquility; tranquillity

1

a thorn in one's side; a pain in the butt (often someone higher in rank, ability, etc.); nuisance; something in the way

1

to become; to appear like; to have a touch of; to look like

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(random) guess; guesswork; shot in the dark; conjecture

1

to wound; to murder

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man fit for the post; right person

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to answer a request

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young person; youth; young

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disaster; calamity; misfortune; trouble; woes

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shallow; superficial; thoughtless; short-sighted; foolish; silly

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bull's-eye; the mark

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to show signs; to have symptoms; to give indications (of); to bud; to germinate; to sprout

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to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)

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violence; oppression; high-handedness; tyranny; despotism

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hereabouts; around here

1

unique; matchless; unparalleled; unparallelled; never again

1

carrying in (esp. heavy objects, artwork, furniture); bringing in; taking in

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Sanuki (former province located in present-day Kagawa Prefecture)

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cheap hotel

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to lure; to invite out

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staying; sojourn

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nightlife; night amusements

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sleepy; drowsy; somnolent

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big job; great task

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debauchee; fast liver; libertine; hell-raiser

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errand runner

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to be crowded; to be packed; to be jammed

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