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to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend

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(not) so; (not) particularly; (not) very; (not) that much

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time; hour; period; class

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to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend

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at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because; as you know

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border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region

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large army

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landing; going ashore; disembarkation; making landfall (of a typhoon); striking land; hitting land

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to push in; to force into; to break in (e.g. into a house); to intrude

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to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case

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glutinous rice steamed with red beans or some other ingredient; (arch.) trickery; (arch.) deception

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self-torture; masochism; inflicting damage to oneself

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father

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uncle

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-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now

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from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point

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east

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Sunpu (old name for Shizuoka City)

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indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that

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but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...

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highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)

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fat; thick; deep (of a voice); thick; daring; shameless

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to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)

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will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope

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Nara (city, prefecture)

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to; towards; for

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facing; opposite; across the street; other side

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cherry blossom viewing; flower viewing

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also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise

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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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unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate

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surely; certainly

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full of things one could poke fun at; full of inconsistencies; absolutely ridiculous

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you (plural); all of you; you all

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basics; fundamentals; basis; foundation

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is not; am not; are not

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since one was born; (in) all one's life

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until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to

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to subsist; to keep on living

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noble; aristocrat; peer

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to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate

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family; members of a family

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father

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I; me

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helpless; forlorn; hopeless; unpromising; lonely; discouraging

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isn't that right?

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still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least

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seven

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-years-old

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in that way; thus; so; so?

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