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to lower one's voice; to speak more softly

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one month

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fierce

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systematic; organized; organizational

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efficient

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they; those guys

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as if; as though

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chilly; rather cold; somewhat cold

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celebratory banquet; feast

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in an instant; instantly; in a moment; instantaneously; in the twinkling of an eye

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to change completely; to switch (to); to shift (to another mode)

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stockpile; reserves; storing; stocking up; laying in (supplies)

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food (esp. staple food such as rice or wheat); provisions; rations; food supply

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dance

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to pile up; to heap up; to stir up; to enliven; to bring to a climax

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centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government

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crowd; turnout

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Aomori (city, prefecture)

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Nebuta Festival (in Aomori, August 2-7)

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to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)

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festival; feast; carnival

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Sakanouenotamuramaro

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Emishi; historical term for non-Yamato peoples in northern Japan; Yezo (northern part of Meiji-era Japan, esp. Hokkaido, but also Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands)

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conquest; subjugation; overcoming; chastisement; punishment; punitive expedition

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no-holds-barred party; free and easy gathering

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shouts uttered during the Nebuta Festival

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shout (of encouragement, etc.); yell (used to time or encourage activity, e.g. "Heave ho!")

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Nebuta festival dancer

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model; type (e.g. of machine, goods, etc.); type; style; mold (mould); template; kata (standard form of a movement, posture, etc. in martial arts, sport, etc.)

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to jump up and down; to hop

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to place one's arm around each other's shoulders; to join shoulders

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discord; disharmony; false note; being out of tune

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light (of movements); nimble; light-hearted; cheerful; taking a turn for the better (of an illness); receding of symptoms

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dance

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to open one's heart; to throw off reserve; to be frank

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tumult; great noise; clatter; hustle and bustle

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to resign; to abandon; to step aside; to back out of; to retire; to get away

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recent past; recent times; early modern period (from the Azuchi-Momoyama period to the end of the Edo period)

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demise

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Ainu people; the Ainu

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Ainu (language)

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origin of a word; derivation of a word; etymology

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Kindaichi Kyousuke (1882.5.5-1971.11.14)

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famous; well-known; renowned; your name

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Japanese philology; Japanese linguistics

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dramatic decrease; sharp drop; sudden fall

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fleeing abroad

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self-evident; obvious; axiomatic; self-explanatory; trivial

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Pacific War (1941-1945)

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hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory

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