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Tokyo City

1

eleven; 11; jack

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cabinet (of a government); ministry

1

cabinet minister

2

(written) work; book; writings

1

easy; simple; plain

1

Imperial household

1

essays; miscellaneous writings; literary jottings

1

doctrine; rule; principle; -ism

1

steady; sound; stable; safe (e.g. business); reliable; trustworthy

1

haiku; 17-mora poem, usu. in 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 morae

1

to make good; to improve; to do often; to be kind to; to treat well

1

early-summer rain

1

blowing (e.g. of the wind); playing (a wind instrument); player (e.g. clarinet); (pair of) bellows; casting; founding

1

maiko; apprentice geisha (in Kyoto)

1

alias; pseudonym; pen name; nom de plume

1

person with low tastes; uncultured person; worldly person; ordinary person (who has not entered the priesthood); layperson; layman

1

Philippines

1

dying while traveling; dying while abroad

1

celebrated personage; big-wig; person in a high position

1

violence; assault; rough (handling, language, etc.); reckless; rape; sexual assault

1

travel; trip; journey; excursion; tour

1

first-class carriage (coach)

1

single word; a few words; brief comment

1

staring-out (down) game; game in which two children looking at each other try to make the opponents laugh first; constant looking at something (e.g. the computer screen, the clock)

1

long distance; long haul; long-distance race

1

more than one can eat

1

God; god; deity; ace; king; superior person

1

order; command; life; destiny; fate

1

to learn; to study; to take lessons in

1

discord; (on) bad terms (with)

1

cash; ready money; money on hand; mercenary; self-interested; calculating

1

lending and borrowing

1

about when; about what time; how soon

3

return; welcome home

2

daughter

1

but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that

1

bride; (one's) daughter-in-law; wife

1

opportunity; chance; folding; fold; small food box (wooden or cardboard); folding in ... (two, three, etc.); counter for folded items

1

to make up for; to compensate for; to indemnify; to recompense; to redeem (e.g. a fault); to atone for

1

to break; to fracture; to fold; to bend; to make (origami); to interrupt

1

unpleasant; awkward; embarrassing; uneasy

1

aftertaste; later (in line or in turn, etc.)

1

quarrel between brothers

1

generation; lifetime; age

1

male (animal, plant)

1

abbreviation; omission; outline; gist; plan; strategy

1

emperor (of Japan); mikado

2

Tanba (former province located in parts of present-day Kyoto, Hyogo and Osaka prefectures)

1

country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); province (of Japan)

3