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Izumo (former province located in the east of present-day Shimane Prefecture)

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was

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particle indicating that the speaker is trying to recall some information

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travel; trip; journey; excursion; tour

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how; in what way; how about

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yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof

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so-so; passable; now, now; my, my

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I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that

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what

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hey there; I say; see here

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terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)

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seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!

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look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!

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mother; mom; mum; wife

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at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for

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to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till

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to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch

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the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...

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indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

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Dracula

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witch

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it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...

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but; however; although

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a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily

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strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance

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is not; am not; are not; isn't it?

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skirt

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short; brief

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to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed

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like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to

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(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very

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just right (time, size, length, etc.)

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if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question

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to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine

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why; oh; no!; quit it!; stop!

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for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first

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was; were

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isn't that right?

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bell (often globular)

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indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

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shallows; shoal; rapids; current; position; place

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Bart; Burt; Vad

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department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category

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child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot

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to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)

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truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic

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indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)

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participation; joining; entry; adherence

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you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...

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