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Izumi (former province located in the southwest of present-day Osaka Prefecture)

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water and sky; Varuna; Vedic god of water and sky (adopted into Buddhism as god of water and protector of the west)

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palace; tonic (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); ancient Chinese punishment (castration for men, or confinement for women); zodiacal sign

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slowly; unhurriedly; easily (e.g. in time); well; well (e.g. sleep); comfortably

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pin (e.g. hairpin, bowling pin, golf pin, etc.); one (on dice, in cards, etc.); beginning; best; kickback

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bleaching; bleached cotton; doxxing; doxing; public humiliation (as an Edo period punishment)

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undershirt (worn under a kimono); singlet

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short sleeves

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forehead; brow

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thin or diluted ink

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fat; tallow; lard; grease

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cheek

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wild; violent; rough-mannered; rough (e.g. work); crude; coarse

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carp streamer; carp banner

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to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat

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gesture; movement; action; acting; performance

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a long time (since the last time); first in a long time

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Tokyo Station

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Kodenmachō

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tortoise; turtle; heavy drinker; turtle crest; turtle mon

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mountain stream; valley; dale; wetlands; swamp; marsh

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thread; 0.0001; one ten-thousandth

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to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid

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year before last

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to shake one's head (in denial)

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(a) jump; splashes (usu. of mud); upward turn at the bottom (e.g. of a vertical stroke of a kanji or of a hairdo); close (e.g. of a theatrical performance); breakup

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for fun; half in jest

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to flow into; to pour into; to stream into

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dirt-poor farmer

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good-naturedness; good-natured person; credulous person; easy mark

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prostitution; prostitute

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poor person; pauper; the poor; the indigent

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one night; one evening; all night; overnight

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management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome

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need; want; necessity; expenses; cost

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as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible

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looks (esp. of a woman); features; ability; capability; (public) estimation (esp. of a man); credit

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to insert; to put in (such that there is a snug fit); to have sex; to fuck; to pigeonhole (into a particular category); to place a ring-shaped object around something (esp. one that restricts freedom, such as handcuffs)

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short way; shortcut

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to drag in; to pull in

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(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any

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one's mother

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to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest; to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)

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to rebuke; to scold harshly

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seven times; many times; seventh (interval)

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night air; stillness of night; cool evening

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to freeze; to be frozen over; to congeal

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vivid (memory, description, etc.); fresh; graphic; fresh (blood, scar, etc.); still new; recent

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cliff; precipice; precipice; brink of a dangerous situation

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even

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