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letter of introduction

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to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint

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as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")

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getting free admission on the strength of one's name; being let in somewhere because one is recognized

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terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)

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leading aristocrat; great house; grand seigneur; boyar

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to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations

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toes; tips of the toes; toe of a shoe, sock, etc.

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penniless; broke

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lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)

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to stay at (e.g. hotel); to be docked; to be berthed; to be moored

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tonight; this evening

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youth; young man

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on the bone (meat, etc.); unboned; skeletal system; skeleton

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bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry

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to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on

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mumbling; chewing one's words; chewing (food); squirming; wriggling

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middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart

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imposing stance; daunting pose

3

to throw at; to turn; to raise

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white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white go stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine

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with a click; with a snap

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light brown; pale brown

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left; left hand side

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wrist

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agate

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bracelet

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

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handsome; shapely; clean-cut (features); decent; proper; correct

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looks; features

3

crowd of people

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towards (a destination); for the purpose of; with the goal of; targeting (a group, a demographic)

2

fat; tallow; lard; grease

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to drip; to drop; to trickle; to overflow (with freshness, beauty, etc.)

3

chicken meat; fowl; poultry; bird meat

3

to bite into; to sink one's teeth into

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Kyoto and vicinity (esp. during Edo period); Kyoto-Osaka region; Kansai region

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to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around

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for a while; for some time; for a period

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overhead; above one's head; high in the sky

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one's line of sight; one's gaze; one's eyes (looking); glance; gaze; look

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suddenly; abruptly; deliberately; slowly; gently

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mica; isinglass

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starry sky

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to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)

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sludge; slime; dregs; hopeless situation; hell; despair

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to clear up; to clear away; to refresh (e.g. spirits); to be cleared (e.g. of a suspicion); to be dispelled; to be banished

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for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)

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strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious

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speech; words; one's lines; remarks

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