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

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(one's) late father

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denouement; ending; conclusion; (grand) finale

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call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)

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red and white; colours for festive or auspicious occasions (colors); two teams; two groups; Kōhaku Uta Gassen; annual contest between male and female popular singers on New Year's Eve (sponsored and broadcast by NHK)

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trouble; bother; number of moves (in go, shogi, etc.); number of punches (in boxing)

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loss; going missing

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late; slowly

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to load (with goods, cargo); to put on board; to stow aboard

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ceremony to consecrate a newly made Buddhist statue or image by inserting the eyes (thereby investing it with soul)

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Japan and France

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monetary offering; offertory

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painful; being sorry; feeling sorry

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slander; abuse

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payment in advance; advance payment; payment on delivery (e.g. business-reply mail, collect phone calls); forerunner

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recognition of services

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specie; bullion; cash

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branch manager; manager of a branch office

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Matsukura

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wealthy merchant

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one evening; some evenings

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Asia

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member; the membership

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invitation

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using as an intermediary; through

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originating (something); coming up with the idea; starting (something); spiritual awakening; resolution

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donation; presentation; gift

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mail boat

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reading (books)

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to board; to embark on; to get into (a car); to march into; to enter

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to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)

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irrigation

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to meet; to face someone; to co-star; to appear together; to be matched; to face against

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casting; cast-metal object

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the public; the street (e.g. "word on the street"); street; district; location (e.g. of a battle); scene (e.g. of carnage)

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corner; nook; shade; shadow; dark circles (under the eyes); dark rings

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bear (any mammal of family Ursidae)

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wharf; bridge; jetty; pier

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silence (not speaking); muteness

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to fill (with); to be filled with; to express (an emotion); to project (sadness, joy, etc.); to wear (e.g. a smile)

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