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laughingstock

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unwelcome favor; unwelcome favour; misplaced kindness

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downtown style

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since our last meeting; since we parted

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appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of

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to happen to come along

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traditional married woman's hair style with an oval chignon on top; type of men's hairstyle during the Edo period

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child

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to sit knee to knee (with); to sit opposite each other; to have a congenial talk; to have a candid discussion

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penny candy; cheap individually wrapped sweets

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favourite dish (favorite); favourite food

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respect; esteem; reverence; honour; honor

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terrible; terrifying; dreadful; astonishing; astounding; staggering

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two or three days

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each time it happens; at all such times

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a lacquer painting

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to line up; to form a party

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cinnabar; vermilion (mercury sulfide); red color; vermilion pigment; elixir (esp. of immortality); pill

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movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling

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bare livelihood; subsistence

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(one's) shame and public reputation; (one's) sense of shame and concern for appearances

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main street; avenue

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to talk the night away; to talk all night

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Jūrouzaemon

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Maniwa

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master swordsman; skilled fencer

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if times were better; if one had been born at an earlier, more opportune time; if times had not changed; if I had my due

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kendo; Japanese martial art using bamboo swords

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sword; dagger; knife; bayonet

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swordsmith

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apocryphal work; forgery; spurious article

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to feel ashamed

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hoe

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sickle; leading question; trick question; sickle-and-chain (weapon); spear with curved cross-blades; gooseneck tenon and mortise joint; (arch.) noisiness

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first-class; first-rate; characteristic (of); peculiar (to); school (e.g. of flower arrangement); one flag

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head of a school (of music, dance); head family of a school

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noh actor

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leaving (fleeing) the capital

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acquaintance; friend; (arch.) lover

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generations; ages; years

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period; Nihon Shoki (second oldest work of Japanese history, compiled in 720 CE); Nihongi; Kii (former province located in present-day Wakayama and southern Mie prefectures)

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to pile up; to make a heap; to lay (e.g. bricks); to acquire (e.g. experience); to build (a reputation)

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piling up; making a heap; laying bricks

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shall ...; to assume; to suppose

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to spur (on); to expedite; to encourage

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shame; embarrassment; disgrace

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extraterritoriality

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annulment; abolition; repeal; rescission

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law; legislation; act

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court (of law); courtroom

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