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boiled tofu

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knack; skill; bone; skeleton; cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes

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tofu; bean curd; beancurd

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to swing; to sway; to shake; to waver; to feel shaken; to become unstable

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moment; second; instant

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to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to set free; to let go; to fail to ...

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to scoop up; to dip up

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even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...

4

establishing proof; demonstration; substantiation

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to bear a grudge against; to resent; to blame; to curse; to feel bitter towards

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revenge

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chance; opportunity

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to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer

1

mere; simple; sheer

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to chase; to run after; to pursue

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with the exception of; excepting; excluding

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new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date

5

photograph; photo; picture; moving picture; movie

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Jizo Festival; child-focused religious festival, in which Jizo statues are decorated, esp. in Kyoto; held on August 23-24

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home area; home town; local

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Jizo (esp. statue); Kshitigarbha; Ksitigarbha

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custom

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boy; son; baby boy; young man

3

white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white go stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine

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red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red

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one-by-one; separately; in detail

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parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner

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love; affection; attachment; craving; agape; Ireland

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to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)

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Sakumoto

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have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary

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about when; about what time; how soon

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is not; am not; are not; isn't it?

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word; remark; statement

4

charge (e.g. admission, menu item); cost; price

2

each other; one another

1

since then; from that time; ever since

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bachelorhood; spinsterhood; celibacy; living apart from one's family; living alone; person who lives alone

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hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff

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at that time; in those days; at that moment; then

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exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite

3

circular notice (esp. distributed to households within a neighbourhood association)

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for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now

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traffic; traffic volume

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to take time

2

shortest

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formation; establishment; conclusion (e.g. of a deal); reaching (e.g. an agreement); being valid (of a theory, argument, etc.); holding

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to increase; to multiply

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to collect oneself; to cool off; to recover oneself

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thank you; thanks

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