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day of spring; spring sun

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rice ball coated with sweetened red beans, soybean flour or sesame

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bride

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to meet fortuitously (e.g. running into an old friend); to meet by chance; to happen across

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show; exhibition; spectacle

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escaping

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joint (knee, elbow, etc.)

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to make a person sweat for it

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kneeling down on the ground; prostrate oneself

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court ladies of the middle rank serving in the inner palace (Heian period); female servant for a samurai family; lady-in-waiting working in the inner palace of the Edo castle (Edo period)

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thought; consideration; thinking

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acting; performance

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mountainous region; mountainous district; hilly district

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reversal; return; return gift; return favour (favor); barb (on a fishing hook); mixture of soy sauce, sugar and mirin

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stalk; stem

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to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to

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endless; boundless; innumerable; endless; never-ending; going on forever

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walk; walking; (arch.) foot messenger (of a town, village, etc.)

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to deem acceptable; to approve of; to value; to consider a good thing

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to seem to be ...; to become like ...; to behave as ...

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way out; means to escape; escape route

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bog; marsh; swamp; quandary; dire situation from which one cannot extricate oneself; imbroglio

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ability; capability; skill

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Tokugawa period (i.e. the Edo period, 1603-1867)

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Izou

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Kusaka

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to dream (of)

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noble undertaking; heroic deed

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person who has rendered distinguished service

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to kick; to treat (a person) poorly; to walk all over (someone)

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secret; clandestine; covert; spy (for a daimyo, shogun, etc.); secret agent

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reputation; respectability

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immediately; promptly

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to have heard somewhere; to sound familiar

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to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk

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indicates concession or compromise; indicates permission

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cause of offense; cause of offence; annoyance; spasms; convulsions; cramps

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to resolve; to make up one's mind; to decide

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godsend; gift from providence

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ready with a rifle leveled

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to become dim; to become blurred

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residence; estate; grounds; premises; mansion

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neither

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how many months?; how long?

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loud sound; loud reverberation

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suddenly; unexpectedly; by chance; accidentally; lightly; nimbly

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to hold up in one's arms

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douche

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to put on weight; to gain weight; to grow fat; to get stout

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top part; surface

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