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cats and dogs (as an example of a bad relationship); (lit.) dogs and monkeys

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sweet dumpling made with mochi flour and (sometimes) millet flour (famous product of Okayama); millet dumplings

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Onigashima; island of ogres (in Japanese folklore)

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green pheasant (Phasianus versicolor); Japanese pheasant

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long ago; once upon a time

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

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dango; dumpling (usu. sweet); ball-shaped object; something round; lump; group

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grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen

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old tale; folk tale; legend; reminiscence

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grandfather; male senior-citizen

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peach (Prunus persica)

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next; then; after that

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kitchen knife; carving knife; (arch.) cooking; (arch.) food

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monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook

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washing; laundry; relaxing; taking a break

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to take; to carry (something) away; to bear

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baby; infant

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gem; jewel; precious stone

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delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient

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several years; a few years

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the end; closing; being done for; that's it; that's enough; that's all

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one day; (on) a certain day

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to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light

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departure

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to be surprised; to be amazed; to be frightened; surprise (e.g. surprise party)

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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)

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ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); very

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I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)

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wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!

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boy; son; baby boy; young man

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

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to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)

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to pass (of time); to elapse

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island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf

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to pick up; to find; to gather

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dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris); squealer; rat; loser; asshole; counterfeit

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village

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to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up

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to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size

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story; tale; talk; discussion

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to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)

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river; stream; River; the ... river

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people

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loveable; very likeable; like very much

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to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour

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money

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a certain ...; some ...

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to return; to come back

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to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal

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Japan

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