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notice or order handed down from above; announcement; notification; Edo-period proclamation issued by the shogunate (or a daimyo, etc.) to the concerned parties

2

report; information

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is that so?

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to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on

2

inability to discern the truth due to conflicting testimony

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snake; serpent; large snake

3

mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)

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foot (of a mountain or hill); bottom; base

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presence of other people; (in) public; (in) front of others

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rare

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to stand watch; to stand guard; to look out; to open (one's eyes) wide

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unnatural; affected; studied; forced

3

disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment

1

to be sullen; to be offended; to be huffy; to be stuffy; to be stifling; to be muggy

1

farce; charade; person who serves tea; short and humorous improvised sketch (originating from Edo-era kabuki)

1

harassment; pestering

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(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)

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nothing; naught; nought; un-; non-

1

to send (someone) back; to send (someone) home

1

disappointment; despair

2

miscalculation

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to whirl; to eddy; to be all jumbled together (feelings, thoughts, etc.); to surge; to sweep

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excuse; explanation

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to disappear; to vanish

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to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake

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now; come (now); well

1

to win; to gain victory

2

to teach someone a lesson; to show someone a thing or two; to show someone what one can do

1

to act hastily in pursuit of glory; to hasten after success; to be too eager to succeed

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pale; pallid

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huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion

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variety; kind; type; counter for kinds, species, etc.

2

ability; faculty

2

middle of the night; dead of night

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to jar; to creak; to grate

1

to run around

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two times; twice; two degrees

1

to fall flat; to collapse in a heap

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poor person; pauper; the poor; the indigent

1

to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)

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while crying; in tears

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to live up to expectations; to meet expectations

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inside; interior; inner part

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bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry

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patient

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to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate

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at that time; in those days

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few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom

2

activity (esp. energetic); great efforts; conspicuous service; to flourish; to participate actively; to play an active role

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famous; fame

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