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Sado (former province located on Sado Island in present-day Niigata Prefecture); Sado (island, Niigata Prefecture)

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plain-woven silk cloth produced on Hachijo Island (sometimes striped)

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compromise; giving in

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to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to ascend (the throne); to accede; to start (on a journey); to commence

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underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret

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underground resources

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being very popular; being in great demand

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high salary earner; high income earner; well-paid employee; highly-paid; in the top salary bracket

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not so

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pure; genuine; trueborn; natural-born

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poor; pitiful; piteous; pitiable

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to overlook (a mistake, fault, etc.); to tolerate; to let pass; to give someone a break; to let someone off lightly; to be lenient

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bedtime

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staying up late; keeping late hours; sitting up late at night; nighthawk

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habit; (social) custom; practice; convention

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house arrest

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independence movement; mutually independent

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to fail; to blunder; to make a mess; to drink up; to eat up

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to bear a grudge against; to resent; to blame; to curse; to feel bitter towards

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opposite side; reverse; (on the) other hand

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defense; defence; guard; policing; security

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returning home

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guard; convoy; escort

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daughter

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Bulgaria; spirited; rising; sudden; abrupt

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diaphragm

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senior (e.g. at school)

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to be responsible for; to bear the responsibility of

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unfit; unsuitable; unmarketable

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to weather (a storm, rough seas); to ride across; to get through (adversity); to weather; to load completely (e.g. books on a shelf, people or luggage in a car)

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to prepare oneself for the worst; to strengthen one's resolve; to accept one's fate; to prepare oneself

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déjà vu

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to sit on a seat

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house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family

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older sister and younger brother

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childish; child-like; immature; infantile

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if it is not ...; if it does not ...

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Japanese government

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manor; villa

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class; order; et cetera; etc.; equal; iso-

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special ward; administrative subdivision of a prefecture that has a directly elected mayor and assembly; special economic zone (China); special administrative region of China (e.g. Hong Kong)

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postponement; deferment; adjournment

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big shot; higher-ups

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diagnosis; medical examination

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oar; all; (pulling an) all-nighter; staying up all night long

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last place; lowest position; lowest rank; least significant (bit); lowest order

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average

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to rain (drops on the large side); to go to pieces; to be taken apart

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to work out; to think out; to devise; to invent

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to be jealous of; to envy; to begrudge

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