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to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study

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(just) making sure; just to be sure; just in case; for caution's sake

2

kitchen door; back door; service door; host's entrance to a tea-ceremony room

4

origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material

1

famous sword; sword blade by Masamune; sake; Japanese rice wine; brand of sake from Nada region during Tenpō era (1830-1844)

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one shō bottle (1.8 litres)

1

ruins; wreckage; wreck; broken remains; debris

1

cigarette end; cigarette butt; tobacco ashes

1

party; company

1

missus; missis

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(one's) wife; (someone's) wife; landlady

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cohabitation (usu. of a romantically involved couple); living together

3

person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute

2

fiance; fiancee

1

in a bad mood

1

all; everyone; everybody

3

pool (in river)

1

young master; son of a high-ranking person

8

going together

3

duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage

2

to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)

1

anxiety; uneasiness; worry; apprehension; fear; insecurity

1

hasty; rash; rushed; hurried; impatient; impetuous

1

meal; Emperor's meal; meal of a noble; high-quality (of a food or drink); premium

1

bitter smile; wry smile; forced smile; strained laugh

1

about when; about what time; how soon

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meeting; greeting; welcome

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I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)

2

whereabout; about where; how much

1

knowing; (an) acquaintance

1

route; road; distance travelled in a day; one's ... (age, e.g. 40s, 60s)

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to run into; to collide with; to come to the end of (a street); to run into (difficulties, problems, etc.); to run up against

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end; verge; extremity; miss; failure; blank (e.g. lottery ticket)

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God; god

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something heard for the first time; hearing something for the first time

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belch; eructation; burp

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timidly; nervously; hesitantly; trembling (with fear)

2

to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel

3

to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver; to quiver

2

to become blue; to turn green; to turn pale; to blanch (with fear)

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trouble; bother; annoyance

4

last night; yesterday evening

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day before yesterday

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yes; that is so

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(arch.) sitting outdoors; room that served both as a reception room and as a living room in a Heian-period mansion; temporary sitting place installed in the garden at the imperial court, used on the occasion of archery or sumo ceremonies

1

storm; windstorm; gale

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rotation (usu. around something); revolution; turning

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fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet

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bottom of one's heart

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mechanism; machinery; trick; dodge; mechanical doll; string puppet

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