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progress; pace; carriage; step; stage

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manure; night soil

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carrier

1

stamina; endurance; physical strength; strength of an organization (e.g. profitability, productivity, economic clout, stability, growth potential)

1

to cultivate; to foster

1

offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)

2

inexperienced person

1

welcome; reception

1

provision; supply; payment; allowance; grant

1

with meals

1

five; 5

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sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable

1

sailing; marching; going out; dispatch

1

subjugation (using military force); suppression; subduing

12

to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)

2

custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example

2

this; our; the ... in question; right; justice; fairness

1

to carry on one's shoulder; to shoulder; to bear; to bear (burden, responsibility, etc.); to take upon oneself

2

way

1

to knock down; to beat (someone) up; to injure (someone) so badly they cannot recover (esp. emotionally); to overwhelm (with mental anguish, etc.)

1

macho; muscular man

1

showily decorated truck (e.g. chrome, air-brushed pictures, colored lights); art truck

1

driver; chauffeur

1

method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)

3

fervour; fervor; vigour; vigor; ardour; ardor

2

to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)

2

pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously

2

to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from

2

Longstaff

1

indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly

1

man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend

4

to point at

1

loud voice

2

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

1

that; those; the

1

beggar; begging

1

driving off birds; procession held at the New Year to chase away the birds for the year, with children singing songs as the villagers walked from house to house; female street musician who wore a braided hat and carried a shamisen; street entertainer who appeared on New Year's eve and performed with a fan

1

imitation; copy; make-believe; doing something in a way that only superficially resembles the real thing

1

to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)

1

you (plural)

9

somehow dirty; slightly dirty; dingy; somewhat base; vaguely underhanded

1

equal match; good match; fair match; equal in ability; being a worthy rival

1

with the exception of; excepting; excluding

6

neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity

1

accumulation

2

earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)

2

pool (in river)

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Tsu (city in Mie); harbour; harbor; ferry

3

Fushimi

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Wakasa (former province located in the south of present-day Fukui Prefecture)

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