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to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up

2

only; merely; just; at most; no more than

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Kawaguchi Matsutarou

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Kon Hidemi (1903.11.6-1984.7.30)

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skillful; skilful; adroit; clever; shrewd; ingenious

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to underrate; to belittle; to look down on; to despise

3

father

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to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate

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older brother; elder brother

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Ken'ichirō

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nth son; lang; official title in ancient China; (arch.) man; (arch.) young man; (arch.) my husband

4

practice; practising; training; study

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Tokyo

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twice

1

Osaka (city); (arch.) large hill

5

Kyoto (city, prefecture)

5

to be infected; to be contagious

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Shinjirou

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to happen to meet; to come across

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this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately

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Touchuuken Kumoemon (naniwabushi performer) (1873-1916)

1

to publish a book; to put out a book

1

preface; foreword; introduction

5

contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade

14

painstaking piece of work; work of great effort; tour de force; toil; labor; labour

1

pleased to meet you; how do you do; my regards (to someone); my greetings; best wishes

1

stage (theatre, theater); scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)

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to become aroused (of emotions, nerves, etc.); to become excited; to become stirred up; to be proud; to be haughty; to be pompous

4

to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid

4

reflection; reverberation; reflex; reflexes

3

my goodness!; oh my!; oh dear!

1

tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health

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absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming

6

to wake; to wake up; to become sober; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to be disillusioned

8

to tie; to fasten; to wear (necktie, belt); to put on; to total; to sum; to be strict with

5

expert; professional; master; woman in the nightlife business; demimondaine; geisha and prostitutes

2

to turn completely into; to become completely

2

to manage something successfully; to be successful

2

orderliness; put in order; tidying up; arranging neatly

1

to throw into disorder; to disarrange; to disturb (order, peace, etc.); to corrupt (public morals); to dishevel (hair)

2

to perceive; to sense; to take in; to grasp; to feel

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indescribable

2

elementary; basic; rudimentary

1

great actor; famous actor; star

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skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid

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to lower the curtain; to come to an end

1

to clap

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grandiose; exaggerated

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to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)

2

until now; so far; up to the present

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