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to have the nerve to

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farmer; peasant

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familiar; well-known; regular (e.g. customer); old acquaintance; old friend; (a) regular

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if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say

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low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)

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Hamamatsu (city)

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sales clerk (in a merchant house, ranking between the head clerk and an apprentice); shopman; shop assistant

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we; us; I; me; my store (business, etc.)

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forgive me; my sincere apologies

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a little more

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well-mannered; courteous; polite

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for work; in a manner related to work

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association; socializing; socialising; fellowship

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kimono fabrics shop; draper

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chief clerk (in a shop, managing affairs on the owner's behalf); head clerk; store manager

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dignity; quality; grace; panache; level

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to talk on and on; to rattle on; to keep on talking (without pause)

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name of store; trade name (esp. of a sole proprietorship); stage name (e.g. of actor)

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Mikawa (former province located in the east of present-day Aichi Prefecture)

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eastern part; the east (of a region)

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Ise merchant; shop name of an Ise merchant; (arch.) miser; (arch.) stingy person; (arch.) skinflint

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Ōmi (former province located in present-day Shiga Prefecture)

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fortune; property

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to build; to construct; to erect; to build up (a reputation, position, fortune, etc.); to establish (a relationship, household, tradition, etc.); to lay (a foundation)

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person from the Kansai region; Kansai native

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marked; pronounced; showing a strong tendency (towards)

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congratulations

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pure; true; genuine; unmixed

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Kantō dialect

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(matter) for congratulations; worthy of celebration; happy (occasion, ending, etc.); naive; too good-natured; gullible

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measuring container; measuring box; box (seating at a theatre, etc.); square on a grid; cell of a grid; square bearing block (at the top of a pillar)

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by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking

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Kansai dialect

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colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance

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inflow; influx

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secret language of court ladies (Muromachi period)

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court noble; nobility; kuge; Imperial Court

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to marry (of a woman); to get married (to); to marry into (a family); (arch.) to have sexual intercourse

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case (container); case (instance, situation); case

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very much; very many; more and more

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in the twinkling of an eye; in a flash

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oden; dish of various ingredients, e.g. egg, daikon, potato, chikuwa, konnyaku stewed in soy-flavored dashi

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rice ball coated with sweetened red beans, soybean flour or sesame

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ritual music and dancing in shrines and temples; rice dance; rice festival; tofu (or fish, etc.) baked and coated with miso; turning something in the manner one would use to cook dengaku-tofu on both sides

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rice ball coated with sweetened red beans, soybean flour or sesame

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to take in; to gather in; to adopt (e.g. an idea); to accept (e.g. advice); to harvest; to reap

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modern state; modern nation

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to arrive; to come to pass

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state; country; nation

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unity; consolidation; uniformity; unification; compatible

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