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main telephone number

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Nakasendo (Edo-period Edo-Kyoto highway)

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serving tea (esp. at a company); tea server; tea lady

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transport truck; transport vehicle

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taking on a life of its own (of a rumour, etc.); walking by oneself; talking a walk by oneself; walking unaided; being able to walk without help; standing on one's own feet

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

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to pour on

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warming up; limbering up

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to distract

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to think deep down (that); to tell oneself (that); to secretly believe (that)

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to impersonate someone; to go under a false name; to make fraudulent use of someone's name

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facetious; droll; funny

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Edo Castle (residence of the Shogun during the Edo period, now the site of the Tokyo Imperial Palace)

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to take command; to give direction

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love and hate

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fly (any insect of infraorder Muscomorpha); person of no worth; pisher; scrub

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to seek knowledge; to ask for instruction

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haiku; 17-mora poem, usu. in 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 morae

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demotion; relegation; downgrading

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share; portion; quota; cut

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splendid; praiseworthy; admirable; well done!; bravo!

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enactment; establishment; creation

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not bad; not half bad; pretty good

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negligent; neglectful; careless; remiss

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master; expert; expert board game player (chess, go, shogi, etc.)

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easy task; no problem

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shuriken; small throwing blade; throwing star

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countryside; country; 50-home township (comprised of 2-3 neighbourhoods)

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otherwise; or else; if not

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swallow (bird of the Hirundinidae family); martin; barn swallow (Hirundo rustica); younger man involved with an older woman; boy toy

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stroke of sword

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very easy; piece of cake; child's play; before breakfast

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to compose (a Japanese poem); to write; to use as the theme of a poem; to recite (e.g. a poem); to chant; to intone

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personage; person (deserving of respect)

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interest (in something); enthusiasm

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grateful; indebted

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to lure someone; to entice someone

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ladder; stairs; going to several places in succession (e.g. barhopping)

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carefully; with caution

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ready wit; quick wits; resourcefulness; raising (money)

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home position; origin; usual place (for something)

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together with ...

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shorthanded; short of hands; undermanned; insufficient (stock, money, etc.); in short supply; low

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spy; emissary

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to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that

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sword; blade; single stroke

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to use one's head

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performance (at a party or banquet, etc.); side show; entertainment

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waste; scrap; garbage; scum; piece of trash; loser

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retainer; retinue; servant

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