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I; me

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skin-on boiled taro corm

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Kushita

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Sudani

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Daiemon

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crowding together; grouping together; swarming; crowd; group; swarm

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the passive; passive voice

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measure against unemployment

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salve; ointment; potion

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put heads together and confer; convene and discuss; go into a huddle (over)

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coming to a capital city (esp. Tokyo or Kyoto)

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taciturn; reticent

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Gentetsu

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Nihonbashitomizawachō

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blunder; failure; mistake; error

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Takemi

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Satsusa

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products originating in Kansai (Edo period)

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hair messed up in sleep

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Sanja Festival (Asakusa Shrine in Tokyo, third weekend of May)

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rival labor union; rival labour union

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to consent; to allow; to accept

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Yoemon

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place of death; place to die

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Senryuu

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amateurish business methods; bad business sense

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piece of meat; lump of meat; the body; the flesh

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to call together

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to accumulate years of experience; to become proficient

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connection; relationship; origin; reason; motive (e.g. for an act)

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surviving on rice gruel

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drums which announce the opening of a stage performance or commencement of bouts; the sound produced by such drums

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northern extremity

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premature

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rebellious spirit

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80th birthday

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Sukumogawa

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standard measurement for the distance between pillars in eastern Japan (approx. 182 cm); Kanto-size tatami mat (approx. 176 cm by 88 cm)

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instruction in martial arts

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sightseeing

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near one's knee; (by) one's side; (at) one's hand; place under the protection (of one's parents, etc.); (under) the care (of); territory of a powerful person

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Mimasakanokami

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spring scenery; spring air; signs of spring

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Yasuzaemon

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being prudent and cautious; caution oneself against

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secret; private matter; confidential matter

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to be young; to be young and have a promising future

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Kasumigaseki; district of Tokyo where most of Japan's government ministry offices are located; government ministries (of Japan); Japanese government bureaucracy

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spending all one's time in idle amusement away from home; being absorbed in self-indulgent pleasures

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misfortune; calamity

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