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to take the profit over the fame

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one's cherished opinion; pet theory

1

to talk on and on; to rattle on; to keep on talking (without pause)

6

to put on airs; to throw one's weight about; to swagger; to act arrogantly

4

loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback

2

upper stream; upper course; upstream; upper classes

1

debt; loan; liabilities; number of games under the .500 mark

2

against; contrary to

1

to build a market for; to promote (a product); to promote oneself; to sell oneself; to sell heavily

1

and then; in addition to that; also; even so

3

peculiarity; uniqueness; characteristic

2

founding of a nation

3

argument; discussion; theory (e.g. of evolution); doctrine; essay; treatise

3

timid face

1

logic; reasoning; argument; line of argument

3

disliking; not wanting; unpleasant; disagreeable; no!; quit it!

1

golden lace (Patrinia scabiosifolia); scabious patrinia; yellow patrinia

2

science (natural sciences and related fields, incl. mathematics, engineering, medicine, etc.); faculties of science, engineering, medicine, etc. (at a university); science (as a school subject)

1

to feel dizzy; to have blood rush to one's head; to lose one's cool; to be obsessed; to be infatuated; to become conceited

4

Kanagawa (prefecture)

1

divine wind (esp. a typhoon thought to have protected Japan from a Mongolian invasion in the 13th century); kamikaze

1

tower; tall building; turret; lookout; (arch.) brothel

1

trace; vestige; evidence

2

to grasp at the air

1

like; as if; the same as

3

among (other things); especially; particularly; at the same time; simultaneously; at once

3

to wet; to moisten; to dampen; to soak; to dip

1

German silver; nickel silver; silver coinage imported to Japan during the late Edo and early Meiji periods

1

three flat objects (sheets of paper, pieces of cloth, etc.); cutting a fish into two boneless fillets and a piece with the skeleton

1

monthly contract; paying by the month

1

with a rustling sound; rippling (of a stream, etc.); murmuring; slurping down (ochazuke); quickly and easily (e.g. write a letter); with ease

1

10,000; ten thousand; 10^4

2

to see; to look; to watch; to try to ...

2

apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal

4

one year; some time ago

1

funds; capital

2

to be needed; to be necessary; to be required; to be wanted; to need; to want

1

head of a household; business owner; proudly independent person; feudal lord; daimyo

2

large part; greater part; people in general; general public; mostly; for the most part

1

nowadays; these days; at present

3

shamelessly; brazenly; coolly; fast flowing (of water)

2

haughty; arrogant; proud; stuck-up

1

(possession of) one feudal domain and one castle; being independent (acting without compromise or assistance); establishing only one castle in each feudal domain (edict issued by the shogunate in 1615)

1

to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer

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the facts; the truth; the true state of affairs; in truth; in fact; in reality

2

supporting the Tokugawa shogunate (at the end of the Edo period)

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much the same

1

formality; social rules; social status; social standing; (arch.) amendments and enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryō)

2

miserable; wretched; unhappy; sad; pitiable

1

future; (future) prospects; bringing (from abroad, another region, etc.); bringing about; giving rise to

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