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briskly; smartly; promptly; clearly; lucidly

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prosperity; bustle; activity; crowd; turnout

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neighbouring country; neighboring country; adjacent country

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event; festivities; function; social gathering; auspices; opening

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misemono; type of Edo- and Meiji-period side show often held outdoors or in small temporarily erected shacks on temple and shrine grounds; show; exhibition; spectacle

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(arch.) discarding; (arch.) abandoning; variety of street performance from the Middle Ages; casting off one's attachments (in Zen)

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

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to take great care (in doing); to pay attention; to be careful

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this year

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famous; noted; renowned; celebrated; well-known

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Ichikawa Ebizou (1977.12.6-)

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star (actor); prima donna; leading figure

7

to open the lid; to lift a lid; to open the lid (on); to make public; to start (something); to look at the results (consequences, outcome, effect)

1

to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest; to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)

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presence; dignity; corpulence; obesity

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rarely; seldom

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in the end; on top of that

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confession; admission

1

shrewd; astute; cunning; alert

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to fall for (someone's smooth talk); to be taken in (by honeyed words)

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to treat (someone) to (something); to give (someone) a treat; to buy (someone a meal, drink, etc.); to be extravagant; to live in luxury

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programme; program; plans; arrangements

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main point; main object; chief purpose; core; gist; essence

1

feeling in the hands (when striking, poking, etc.); (feeling of) resistance; response (to one's efforts); reaction; (having an) effect (on)

3

actor; actress; man of wits; clever person; cunning fellow

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to bring back; to restore

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lantern bearer; flatterer; booster; brown-noser

1

particular; hard to please; fussy

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to drive away; to turn away; to send away; to repel; to repulse

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politician; statesman

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occupations dependent on public favor (favour)

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imperial loyalist samurai of the Bakumatsu-era; patriots; idealists willing to sacrifice themselves for the good of the nation

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righteous indignation; patriotic lamentation; deploration

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governing; administration; state policy

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generation; lifetime; age

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aspiration; ambition; plan; hopes; wishes

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to be in high spirits; to be encouraged; to be lively; to cheer up

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ass; arse; rear; end; acupuncture point; hole

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Qing dynasty (of China; 1644-1912); Ch'ing dynasty; Manchu dynasty

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occasion; time; section (of a literary work or piece of music); passage; clause; season; term

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noble character

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high-ranking court noble; senior court official; kugyō; three lords and nine ministers (of the ancient Chinese government)

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nasal breathing; breathing through one's nose; person's pleasure; excitement

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to change; to replace

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to show; to display

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foolhardiness; recklessness; savage valour; savage valor; brute courage

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Kamon

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dear; beloved; cherished; adored

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Excellent (grade); A; superiority; excellence; gentle; graceful

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party; set; gang; company; person

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