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culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)

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vivid; brightly colored; brilliant; radiant

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to cut off; to excise; to tear off; to cut out; to whittle down; to tear out

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machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus

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not only ... (but also); not just; as well as

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movie; film

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size; large and small (sizes); various sizes; daishō (matched pair of long and short swords); large and small drums; long months and short months; sic bo (Macao dice game)

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box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building

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music

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player

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adventure; venture; venture which is unlikely to succeed; risky attempt; danger

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imprisonment; captive

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the opposite sex; isomerism

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point in common; common feature

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in general; generally; mostly; gist; point; main idea

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(social) position; status

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judgment (of a crime); conviction; condemnation; beheading; decapitation

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to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)

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pink; erotic (usually used in relation to the sex industry); blue; pornographic

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saint; holy woman

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treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like

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obstacle; impediment; hindrance; handicap; impairment; disability

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(I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); (I) fancy (that)

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as (somebody) says

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illegitimate child

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points of similarity

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(points of) difference

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large part; greater part; people in general; general public; mostly; for the most part

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past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)

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because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...

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having done that; if that is done; if it is done in that way

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to ill-treat; to bully; to torment; to be tough on (e.g. one's body); to treat harshly

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to hate; to detest

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more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once

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student (esp. a university student)

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to feel goodwill (towards); to wish someone well; to have a strong liking (for); to be emotionally involved

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harassment; pestering

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to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)

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stairs; stairway; staircase

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to thrust down; to push off

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party (gathering, celebration, etc.); party (group, political, etc.)

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better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth

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monastery; convent; cloister; abbey

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whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life

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confinement

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severe; fierce; stern

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removing a name; expelling (e.g. from school); decommissioning

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slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)

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to subsist; to keep on living

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brothel

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