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from now; from this moment; henceforth

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Osaka (city)

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shogunate; bakufu; shogun's headquarters; Imperial Guards office; residence of the Imperial Guards commander

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official recognition; official approval; certification; authorization; authorisation

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red-light district

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considerably; fairly; quite; rather; pretty

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small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive

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(social) class; rank; grade

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division; splitting; sharing; distribution; draw; tie

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vertex; apex; top (e.g. of a mountain); summit; top (of a profession, field, etc.); summit

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traditional performing arts (e.g. shamisen, koto, dance, etc.); accomplishments

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shamisen; samisen; three-stringed Japanese lute

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noh chanting; noh chant

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to sing; to sing of (love, beauty, etc.) in a poem; to express in the form of a poem; to recite (a poem)

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have to (do, be); must (do, be); is indispensable; is absolutely necessary

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to be fit (for a role); to be qualified (for); to be equal (to a task); to be able to fulfill one's duties (as)

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pride of place; most prominent; top-ranking

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court noble; nobility; kuge; Imperial Court

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abdomen; belly; womb; one's mind; one's real intentions; courage; nerve

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daimyo (Japanese feudal lord)

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to work (for, at, in); to be employed (at); to finish (a term); to serve (e.g. a sentence); to conduct (a ceremony); to perform (a Buddhist memorial service)

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magistrate's office

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business trip; official trip

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announcement; presentation; demonstration; displaying; showing; introducing

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celeb; celebrity; wealthy person; rich person; affluent; wealthy

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highest grade; top class

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island; one's territory (of a sex worker, organized crime gang, etc.); one's turf

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suffixed to words indicating a class of people to create a plural (esp. in impolite contexts)

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good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)

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original; primitive; primary; fundamental; proto-

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it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...

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to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to

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tradition; convention

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be; is

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to serve; to work for; to attend

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only; merely; but; no more than

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really; truly

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genuine article; real thing; real deal

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was

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body

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art; craft; accomplishment; artistic skill; technique; performance

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in good health; healthy; skilled; proficient; master; expert

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

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to compose (a Japanese poem); to write; to use as the theme of a poem; to recite (e.g. a poem); to chant; to intone

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innermost feelings; heart; motive; nature; disposition; spirit

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stress

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outlet (for water, gas, etc.); market (for goods); outlet; outlet (for one's feelings, energy, etc.); vent

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period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness

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cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull

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sneeze; sneezing

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