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going out; outing; leaving (one's home, office, etc.)

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tea party; get-together; tea ceremony

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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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to drive away; to turn away; to send away; to repel; to repulse

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talkative; loose-lipped; persiflage; frivolous talk

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clear autumnal weather

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neighborhood; neighbourhood; vicinity

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one sweep (of the eye); sweeping view; unbroken view

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common reed (Phragmites australis)

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Tokugawa shogunate (i.e. the Edo shogunate, 1603-1867)

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Japan's best; number one in Japan

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metropolis; big city

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to make out to be; to set someone up (as); to prepare (e.g. someone for a role); to make (e.g. "a man out of him"); to frame

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the whole enormous extent of Edo; from one side of Edo to the other

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rapid (e.g. progress)

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force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; momentum

2

expansion; swelling; increase; growth

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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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vast; extensive; immense; huge; large; grand

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area; region

3

business district; shopping district; bustling street; shopping centre; shopping center; downtown

1

crowding together; clustering together; close formation; swarm

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urban areas; the streets; town; city

2

to assume an aspect; to take on an appearance

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to cross a river

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fields (of rice and other crops)

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samurai residence

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to be scattered; to straggle; to be found here and there

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both countries; Ryōgoku (area of Tokyo)

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piece (in shogi, chess, etc.); (arch.) horse; (arch.) foal; bridge (of a violin, etc.)

2

big river

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end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap

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riverbank; riverside

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along; parallel to; in accordance with

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any beech tree of genus Castanopsis

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seven wonders (of a particular area); total mystery; enigma; conundrum

1

receiving (from a superior); bestowed

1

these days; nowadays; now; at present; recently; lately

1

slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark

1

name of a town; name of a street; name of a neighborhood

1

stationary point

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to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)

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to stand in a row (e.g. shops on a street); to line in a row; to line

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bustle; prosperity

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happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying

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air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all

1

urban; metropolitan

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second day of the month; two days

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merciful eye (of a Buddha or a bodhisattva watching humanity)

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temple; shrine; hall; company; (arch.) front room

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