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Ishikawagoemon

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performance (as opposed to practice); going before an audience or on-air; game; match; high of the season; height (of summer, etc.)

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videotape recorder; VTR; video recording; pre-recorded video shown during a television programme

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to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)

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please (give me); please (do for me)

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to turn; to rotate; to go around; to circle; to make the rounds (of); to go around (several places); to go by way of

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last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; pre- (e.g. premodern); before; before; earlier

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practice; training

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at times; occasionally

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to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations

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stage name

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

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regrettable; unsatisfactory; deplorable; lamentable

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Hakata Dontaku Festival (Fukuoka)

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named after; associated with; connected with

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bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely

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joke; jest; funny story

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may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly

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which; where; all; both; anyway; anyhow

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big; large; great

3

old man; mister

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to take shape; to look good enough to be shown publicly

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rod; pole; neck (of a shamisen, etc.); shamisen; beam (i.e. the crossbar of a balance); single line (esp. as a flying formation for geese); penis

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telephone call; telephone (device)

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next time (occasion)

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being independent; becoming independent; standing on one's own feet (without the use of crutches, etc.)

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tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)

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prize; award

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one leaf (of a book bound in Japanese style); one block of tofu; one serving (in a restaurant); one long and narrow thing (e.g. a gun, scissors, spade, hoe, inkstick, palanquin, candle, jinrikisha, shamisen, oar); one chō (unit of distance, approx. 109.09 m); one game; one task

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grand; magnificent; lavish; forceful; powerful; vigorous

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to celebrate; to congratulate; to present (a gift) in celebration; to drink in celebration; to wish for (a happy future, good fortune, etc.); to pray for

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after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.

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thank you; thanks

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Beijing (China); Peking

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(United States of) America; United States; US; America (land mass); the Americas

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Secretary of State

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China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryō system)

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Xi Jinping (1953.6.15-; Chinese politician)

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head of state

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talks (i.e. formal discussions); conference; meeting

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stone (of a fruit); pit; core (of an organization, team, etc.); nucleus; nuclear weapons; nucleus (of an atom); nucleus (of a cell)

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missile

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development; cultivation; application; exploitation (of resources)

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acceleration; speeding up

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master; teacher; stable master

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Komatsu Masao (1942.1.10-2020.12.7)

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to digest; to break down; to break to pieces; to be able to use; to be good at; to finish; to complete

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as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still

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to fall ill; to be taken ill

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as you see; as you can see

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