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lightly; easily; carelessly

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selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful

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summary; contraction; verbal agreement

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to drill; to bore; to hit the mark; to get to the heart of (the matter); (arch.) to put on; (arch.) to wear

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back (side); reverse; B side (of a record); secret levels; hidden levels

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novel serialized in a newspaper

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foreign country

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telegram

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historical novel

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people

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another mountain; another temple

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wherein; therein; thereinto

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of all (things, people, places, days, etc.)

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evening edition (of a daily newspaper); evening paper

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idea; plan; draft; rough copy; expectation; (arch.) desk

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(advance) notice; preliminary announcement; warning; trailer (for a film, TV show, etc.)

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ten times

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look!; there!; here!; that is

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

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came; went; was (somewhere); here it comes!; there it goes!; as expected!

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third son; Occella iburia (species of poacher)

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to say; to speak; to tell; to be called

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protest; objection

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all; everything; entirety; absolutely (not); (not) at all; (none) whatsoever

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Enkyō era (1744.2.21-1748.7.12)

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cheap literature; writing for amusement; light literature popular in the late Edo period

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floral raft; flower raft; Helwingia japonica (species of shrub); (arch.) oily perfume applied under white makeup

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plan; idea; design; taste; liking; preference

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Sasaki Ganryū (?-1612)

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to fall in love (with); to fall for; to be attracted (by); to be charmed (by); to forget oneself; to be entranced (by)

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to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back

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to run away; to flee; to avoid (a question, responsibility, etc.); to evade; to win without being overtaken; to hold off the other contenders (until the finish)

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biological parent

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to avenge (someone) by striking down their killer

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to roar; to thunder; to become well known; to become famous; to pound (of one's heart); to throb

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creator (of a work); author; writer; artist; composer; playwright

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Hachimonjiya Jishou

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inn

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miracle

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Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica)

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baboon; lecher; dirty old man; skirt-chaser

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extermination; elimination; renouncing worldly desires (in order to concentrate on Buddhist teachings); curing (an illness)

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Japanese kana copybook

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quiz-like (TV) comedy segment in which participants improvise one-liners based on a given theme; last piece of the day (in a vaudeville or music hall programme, etc.); last-item comic dialogue

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vengeance; revenge; retaliation

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Sagawa

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retouch; correction; improvement

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Kyōwa era (1801.2.5-1804.2.11)

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(written) work; book; (written) by; clearness; obviousness

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source; origin; birthplace; release from prison; discharge from prison

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