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all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew

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youngest child

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(one's) older brother; lad; sonny

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father; dad; husband; you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); he

5

granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman

1

taking the family along

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body; group; party; gang; troupe; troop

1

sound of many footsteps

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old woman

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to shout (in anger); to yell

4

doddering; tottering; unsteady; shaky; decrepit; infirm

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grandfather; male senior-citizen; old man

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family system; the family (as an institution)

1

to tell (a story); to give an account of (an event, experience, etc.); to relate; to tell of; to show; to indicate

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sole; single; solo; independence; singleness; singularity

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to add (numbers); to add (something); to top up (with something); to take care of (e.g. one's business)

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Grimm's Fairy Tales

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Hänsel and Gretel

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(time of) one's childhood; when one was a child

5

Hansel; Hensel; Hänsel

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to stray from the right path; to go wrong; to go off the rails; to turn delinquent

4

pair; two kinds; two ways

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original author (of a work)

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sister (sibling); (Catholic) sister; sister (female partner in a homosexual relationship)

1

Zushiou

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to give one's life; to lay down one's life

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Nansō Satomi Hakkenden (abbr); Satomi Hakkenden; Eight Dog Chronicles; Tale of Eight Dogs

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eight; eight years of age; two o'clock (old time system)

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ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pitch (e.g. in baseball); pile (of noodles, etc.)

1

to be granted (e.g. a title); to be awarded (e.g. a prize); to be gifted with (a talent); to be taught (e.g. a secret technique); to be instructed; to be initiated

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to meet fortuitously; to meet by chance; to happen across

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older brother

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really; very; extremely; (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit

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unconsciousness; unconscious; involuntary; the unconscious

2

should do; ought to do

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preconception; preconceived notion; prejudice

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ancient times; prehistoric times

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society; public; community; social studies

5

firstborn; first child; eldest child

1

throne; crown; government position; court rank; social standing; rank

1

because of; on account of; about; on; per; for every

2

sixteen; 16

1

nth generation; nth (person to occupy a position, e.g. president)

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Emperor Nintoku; Nintoku Tenno

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imperial throne

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to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with

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by gender; according to gender; gender-segregated

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order; ordering; beginning; start; foreword; preface

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the Analects of Confucius (one of the Four Books)

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to take out; to carry out; to bring out from where it belongs; to mention something; to broach a topic; to bring up (a subject)

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