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spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham

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sneaker; sneakers

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koku; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180.4 litres; measure of a Japanese-style boat's loading capacity (approx. 278.26 liters)

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left arm; left-handed (baseball pitcher)

3

log; dace (Tribolodon hakonensis)

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to shoulder; to carry on one's shoulder; to nominate for a position; to choose as a representative; to take (someone) for a ride; to deceive

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charge; duty; person in charge; official; clerk

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inhabiting; living

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green pheasant (Phasianus versicolor); Japanese pheasant

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wrong direction; different direction (from what one expected)

2

modern civilization; modern civilisation

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native people; aboriginal; indigenous people

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symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship); certain; unnamed; undisclosed

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exploration party; expedition team

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to engrave an inscription; to call (designate) itself; to mark; to label

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years gone by; earlier years; former years; the past

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staged event; faked situation; prearranged performance

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amusement program; amusement programme

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waiting for the traffic lights to change

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quiet; calm; easily; comfortably; distant; far-off

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deer (esp. the sika deer, Cervus nippon); cervid

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to take the lead; to lead a group; to be in the vanguard

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throat; singing voice

5

throw; throwing; throwing event

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accent (of one's speech); dialect; provincialism; corrupted form (e.g. of word); mispronunciation

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spoken language; colloquial expression

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Japanese (language)

2

driver's seat (in a car)

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inn with hot spring facilities; hot spring inn; hot spring ryokan; onsen ryokan

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expressing one's feelings; communicating one's intention; declaration of intent

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venison; deer meat

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guest spending the night (i.e. at a hotel)

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magnetic field; ambience; atmosphere; focal point

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waitress (in a ryokan or traditional restaurant); hostess

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splitting the cost; Dutch treat

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hotel charge; lodging expense

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special order (goods); custom (made); bespoke

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looking for a particular person or thing; searching high and low; hunting for; picking out; singling out

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netsuke; carved toggle used to tether a small container to the sash of a robe

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lovey-dovey; head-over-heels in love

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prejudice; bias; warped view; jealousy; inferiority complex

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ryokan; traditional inn; Japanese-style lodging, usu. professionally-run

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hunting; harvesting (e.g. berries, fruit); picking; gathering

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hunting

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license system; licence system; permit system; approval basis

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hunting gun; sportsgun

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gunpowder; powder

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small arms

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rifle

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explosive; blasting powder

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