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returning to one's residence; returning to one's quarters; returning to one's lodgings; returning home

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ninjōbon; novel from the late Edo period focused on the love stories of ordinary townsfolk

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to throw (liquid) at; to dash; to inundate (with questions); to heap (praise); to hurl (abuse)

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interruption (e.g. of a conversation)

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to throw; to fling; to hurl; to neglect; to abandon; to leave alone

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sardonic laugh; scornful smile

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from the beginning

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to expel; to drive out

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brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost

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all sides; the four cardinal directions and the four ordinal directions; large hanging paper lantern

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neglect of one's social obligations; failure to perform one's social duties; dishonor; failure to pay back one's debt

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forcibly; by force; against one's will

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grief; sorrow; extreme sadness; heartbreak

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reverberation; swelling (of a hymn); lingering memory; aftertaste; suggestiveness (of a book, poem, etc.)

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cheerful; jovial; weather; season; spirit of yang

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indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited; listless

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zealous; enthusiastic; ardent; fervent; keen; eager

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servant (esp. a samurai's attendant); chivalrous man (Edo period); cubed tofu (often served cold); kite shaped like an Edo-period footman; Edo-period hairstyle worn by samurai's attendants; enslavement (of a woman; Edo-period punishment for her own or her husband's crime); (arch.) he

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to lose interest; to be dampened (of enjoyment, interest, etc.); to fall flat; to turn sour

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to distribute; to portion out; to deal out; to separate (out); to pick out

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to be dampened (of the mood, interest, etc.); to be spoiled (e.g. of the atmosphere); to become subdued; to turn white; to fade (to white); to grow light (at dawn)

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to disentangle; to untangle; to break up into pieces; to pick apart; to relieve; to ease

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youth; child (esp. of the young son of someone of high social standing); young; new

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to warm up to; to become enthusiastic about; to be elated

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to be refined (character, manners); to be classy; to be polished

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tile (e.g. roof)

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elderly housekeeper; elderly maid; wet nurse; nanny

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to remain; to be left over; to be in excess; to be too many

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-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of

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pleasure; supreme pleasure obtained by freeing oneself from earthly desires

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concern; interest

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mental; spiritual; emotional

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growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)

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man's looks; handsomeness; good-lookingness

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leading; prominent; eminent; counting on one's fingers

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followers; hangers-on

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(an) only child

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conduct; behavior; behaviour; being pregnant

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having one's own way; giving free rein to one's desires; acting as one pleases

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cleaning up someone else's mess; making up for someone else's mistake; ass-wiping; arse-wiping

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to set one's hand to; to start work on; to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion); to have sexual relations; to have an affair

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black kite (Milvus migrans); construction worker; scaffold erector; fire hook; reddish brown; Inverness cape; filcher

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omission; failure; incompleteness; irregularity; mismanagement; misconduct

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cause; origin; source

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and yet; even so; nonetheless; for all that

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prostitute; harlot

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to meddle (in someone's affairs); to poke one's nose into; to interfere; to make a pass (at someone); to hit on

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debauchee; fast liver; libertine; hell-raiser

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turning away from; shift away from; being far removed from; being very different from; becoming independent of

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thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception

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