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(festivity) page; baby; child; (arch.) boys kept by pederasts

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-years-old

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difficult; tough; formidable; redoubtable; stubborn

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to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment

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company; friendship; association; society; acquaintance

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(not) by any means; (not) for anything; wouldn't do for anything; had enough; flatly refusing

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may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly

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exactly right!; indeed; damn straight

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to compete with each other (e.g. out of pride, obstinacy, etc.)

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minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)

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to expel; to drive out

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counter for buildings (esp. houses); suffix for a pen name, stage name, etc.

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later on; afterwards

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whim; caprice; whimsy; fickle; moody; uneven temper

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wild; uninhibited; extravagant; rampant

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now; come (now); well

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greed; avarice

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distrust; mistrust; insincerity; impiety; faithlessness

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grinding of the teeth; involuntary nocturnal tooth grinding; bruxism; grinding one's teeth out of anger or vexation; gnashing one's teeth; gritting one's teeth

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suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally

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to turn back; to go back; to come back; to return; to retrace one's steps

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to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard

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light rain; drizzle

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to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)

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umbrella; parasol; something shaped like an umbrella or a conical hat; shade (of a lamp); mushroom cap

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needle; pin; hook; stinger; thorn; hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer

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wandering samurai; soldier of fortune; brigand; hermit; mountain ascetic; itinerant priest

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why?; what for?; how?; by what means?

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teasing; banter; ribbing; jest; making fun (of); poking fun (at)

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to step forward; to step forth; to advance; to start; to embark on; to set forth on

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to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind

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to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt

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to harbor suspicion; to harbour suspicion

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these guys; these fellows

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in the company of; accompanied by ...; as a group comprising ...; likes of ...

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carpenter's square; instigation; suggestion

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shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes

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two ken (approx. 3.6m)

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to forget; to fail to recognize; to fail to recognise

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Yosaburou

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to jest; to joke; to play the fool; to act indecently; to be silly over; to talk foolishly

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wood chips; wood offcuts; wood shavings; sawdust

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sun-dried

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to grovel; to go down on one's hands and knees

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yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer

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urine; piss; pee; breaking a contract

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to stray from the right path; to go wrong; to go off the rails; to turn delinquent

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Naniwa (former name for Osaka region)

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low-grade prostitute; prostitute working from boats on the Sumida River

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(eating up) quickly; in no time; quickly (sticking out one's tongue); licking; licking up; (peeling off) in one go

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