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to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen

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custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example

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invitee

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Satomi

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legend; tradition; biography; life; method; way

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originally; by nature; from the start

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sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable

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just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street

2

painful; heartrending; trying; oppressive; suffocating; miserable

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(romantic) love

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surely; certainly; without doubt

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sword fight; sword play

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sensual love; love affair

1

indeed; it's no wonder

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many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common

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feeling; mood

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fake (work); counterfeit

5

it seems that; as if

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origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material

1

to correct; to touch up; to smarten up; to put one's hand in (e.g. pocket)

1

to be mistaken for; to be confused with

2

work (e.g. of art); production; harvest; cultivation; technique

1

even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)

1

detailed; full; minute; knowing very well; knowledgeable (about); well-acquainted (with)

1

so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why

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Takizawa Bakin (1767-1848)

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country in civil war; country disarrayed by war; Warring States period (Japan, China); competiton in which there are several evenly-matched participants; hotly-contested game (match, market, etc.)

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Awa (former province located in the south of present-day Chiba Prefecture)

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one's last resort; trump card

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hero; great man

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the very thing; itself

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to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up

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hanging; suspending; sling

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castle (in place names); castle; fortress

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a certain ...; some ...

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evening; night; dinner

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

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baby

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this evening; tonight

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full moon

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like; similar to; as with; in the same way

3

to turn over (face down); to lay face down; to point downwards (eyes, head, etc.); to cast down (eyes); to lie (one's body) face down; to lie flat (on the ground)

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village; hamlet; countryside; country; home (of one's parents, etc.); hometown

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to set aside one's interests

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peace; harmony

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pity; sympathy; compassion; affection; love

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to name; to call; to christen; to term

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to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)

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17; seventeen

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years later

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