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to be harmonious; to get on well; to be intimate or close

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under one's eyes; below one's eyes

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to lie down; to stretch out; to lie ahead (of danger, difficulty, etc.); to lie in wait

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streets

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to incline one's head to the side (in doubt); to tilt one's head to the side (in confusion); to be puzzled

2

tile (e.g. roof)

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residence; housing; residential building

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intellectual

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petty bourgeois; lower middle class

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disposition; temperament; nature; mentality; spirit; character

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to gather; to collect; to assemble

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west

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to drive on; to urge forward (e.g. cattle); to rouse (game from its cover); to press a tenant to leave; to evict

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hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)

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to long for; to yearn for; to hanker after; to be attracted by; to be drawn to; to aspire to

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lament (song); elegy; dirge; Lamentations (book of the Bible)

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one's home country; one's homeland

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national language; Japanese language (esp. as a school subject in Japan); one's native language; mother tongue; native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords and Chinese-derived words)

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to hold in one's mouth (without biting, before chewing or swallowing, etc.)

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graceful; ladylike; modest; gentle; polite; quiet

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modest; reserved; quiet; frugal; simple; plain

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vocalization; vocalisation

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legitimate; orthodox; traditional

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funny; comical; humorous; ridiculous; silly; absurd

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ugly; unsightly; hideous; mean; repulsive; disgraceful

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rakugo story teller; comic story teller

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banzai; hurray; something to cheer about; something worthy of celebration; giving up; throwing one's hands up

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kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer

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Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)

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to evaluate; to appraise; to comment on

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Sōseki; Sōseki Natsume (1867-1916; novelist)

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high class; high grade

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storytelling (of war chronicles, revenge tales, etc.) with highly dramatic delivery; story

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ancestors

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gesture

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to borrow; to rent; to hire; to make use of (another's help, wisdom, etc.); to obtain; to use (for another purpose)

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Tenpyō era (729.8.5-749.4.14); Tenbyō era; Tenhei era

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speech; address

2

foreign language

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Seto Inland Sea; Inland Sea

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islands

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Kobe (city)

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pier; wharf; quay; dock

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to spur on; to urge forward; to impel; to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)

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to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)

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people; race; nation; ethnic group; ethnos

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to sell over to

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becoming complicated; becoming involved; being intricate; becoming entangled; becoming jumbled; becoming mixed up

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to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to reach the peak of something (e.g. luxury, hardships, etc); to be extremely (e.g. busy); to exhaust completely; to have nothing left (e.g. to say)

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picture of the world; world picture; image of the world; Weltbild

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