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thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...

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to be

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don't you think?; indicates question

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black-bellied plover; grey plover (Pluvialis squatarola)

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high-ranking noh actor; head of a school of noh performance; high ranking courtesan (esp. in Yoshiwara) (Edo-period); jōruri narrator; manzai narrator; female role actor in kabuki; low ranking priest in a Shinto shrine

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most; highest; maximum; best; wonderful; finest

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subordinate person

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place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point

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(arch.) office; (arch.) official; chief; head; (Yaeyama Islands in Okinawa) person (usually a woman) whose duty it is to officiate at religions ceremonies

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charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of

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time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity

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(a) little; somewhat; somehow

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state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances

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was; were

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isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on

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Edo period (1603-1868)

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yakuza; gangster; mobster; useless; worthless; good-for-nothing

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boss; leader; kingpin; chief; head (e.g. of a crime syndicate)

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to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)

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inn town; post town; post-station town

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air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all

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dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass

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to roll; to tumble; to fall over; to roll over; to lie down; to be scattered about; to be lying around

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(doing) as one pleases; to one's heart's content; letting (something) go unchecked; leaving uncontrolled; leaving (something) to take its own course

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focusing on only one thing; obsessively; intensely; selfish; self-serving

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to become thin; to lose weight; to reduce (one's) weight; to be barren; to be infertile; to be sterile

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to be dying; to be about to die; to be close to death

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child

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dry riverbed; river beach

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amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity

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where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent

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what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn

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meaning; called; said

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graciously

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public affairs; the court; the shogun; the shogunate

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Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation

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force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort

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be; is

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underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret

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-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person

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like; as if; the same as

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to come true (of a wish, prayer, etc.); to be realized; to suit (e.g. a purpose); to meet (wishes, ideals, etc.); to match (implies competition); to rival

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to look after; to take care of; to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment)

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seat; place; position; status; gathering; party; stand

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to be responsible for; to bear the responsibility of

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to endeavor (endeavour); to try; to strive; to make an effort; to exert oneself; to be diligent

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opinion; intention; thought

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then; well; so; be; is

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so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here

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avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)

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