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main telephone number

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dying; ruining oneself

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to take one's place; to take one's position; to go into position; to line up

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betrayer; traitor; turncoat; informer

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to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice

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difference; disagreement; conflict; clash; discrepancy; inconsistency

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heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)

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black clothes

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emperor; shogun; honored person (honoured); (another person's) wife

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center; centre; metropolis

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to commit suicide; to end one's life; (lit.) to choose death

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to waste time

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to put someone to work; to make someone work

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happy event; cause for celebration; congratulations

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to be idle; to slacken; to neglect (e.g. one's work)

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clever; intelligent; well-behaved (esp. children and pets); obedient; (arch.) good (with words)

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enclosure; fence; storage (of fruit, vegetables, etc.); partitioned area of a room for conducting tea ceremonies; mistress; castle

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chōnin (Edo-period social class of town-dwelling commoners, esp. landowning merchants); townspeople; townsfolk; tradespeople

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to begin; to set about; to start

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I agree with you; it is as (someone) says

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vortex; maelstrom; whirlpool; (in the middle of a) scandal; controversy; quarrel

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to confess; to speak out; to disclose; to tell

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being worth doing

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otherwise; or else; if not

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busyness; a lot of things to do; frequent use; heavy use (of); many uses

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proper; appropriate; due; suitable

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camping; campground; making camp

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squirrel's foot fern (Davallia mariesii); Lepisorus thunbergianus (species of fern); color of clothing layers under one's overcoat (light green on blue); ancient women's hairstyle; clothing patterned using squirrel's foot fern

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simple substance (e.g. chemical); something standing alone; separate item; solo item

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loyalty; faithfulness

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careful; cautious; wary; watchful; vigilant; prudent

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to pledge allegiance; to swear an oath of allegiance; to take an oath of allegiance

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small scale

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to be too late; to be too slow

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hiding place; hideout; refuge; retreat; hideaway

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lord; master

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not a chance; you wish!; that's not going to happen; that won't work

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(arch.) poor; (arch.) unskillful; (arch.) clumsy; I; me

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ringleader; main culprit; main cause; source

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spider

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beast (i.e. any animal other than man); person reborn into the animal realm; brute (i.e. a contemptible human being); damn it; damn

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warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai; (arch.) man in attendance (on a person of high standing); (arch.) retainer

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older brother

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possibly; by some possibility; perhaps

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you (when referring to one's equals or inferiors)

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village; hamlet; countryside; country; home (of one's parents, etc.); hometown

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general; shogun

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father (esp. used in samurai families prior to the Meiji period)

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to harm; to hurt; to injure; to fail to ...; to miss one's opportunity to ...

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early; soon; quickly; swiftly; rapidly

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