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recent past; recent times; early modern period (Azuchi-Momoyama to Edo in Japan)

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unnatural death; violent death

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passbook; bankbook

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latest; most recent; nearest (in time)

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to bring (someone) back home; to take (someone) back home

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innermost secrets (of an art or skill); mysteries; essence; heart

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coming and going; recurring (esp. thoughts)

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(financial) settlement; squaring accounts; liquidation; ending (a relationship); breaking up (with)

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aimlessly; unexpectedly (showing up); slowly swaying; staggering; moving feebly

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chance meeting

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lintel (esp. one with grooves for sliding doors)

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one (bird or rabbit)

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bench

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to let one's hair hang down

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back-to-back; facing in opposite directions; two sides of the same coin; inextricably linked (esp. with something dangerous or undesirable); on bad terms; at odds

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atonement (for one's sins); expiation; making amends; making up for (a misdeed)

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older sister and younger brother

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single-handedly (usu. of a female raising children); on one's own; as a single mother

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to hold one's tongue; to shut up

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regret; chagrin; mortification; freedom from obstructive thoughts

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to make a good showing

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winner; victor

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evening cicada (Tanna japonensis)

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slightly; faintly

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imitation; copy; make-believe; doing something in a way that only superficially resembles the real thing

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consideration; inquiry; enquiry; investigation; study

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to come to know; to perceive; to realize; to realise; to become aware (of)

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to save up; to stockpile; to stash away; to hoard; to amass; to salt away

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streaming (of tears); pouring; pouring (of rain or sweat)

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as one had hoped; as one wishes

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to do something with painful reluctance; (lit.) to have one's hair pulled from behind

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mountain stream; mountain torrent

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tatami room; tatami mat room; formal Japanese room; dinner party in a tatami room (esp. when a geisha or maiko attends)

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width of a river

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sense of emptiness; empty feeling; feeling of meaninglessness

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law; regulation; rule; code; agreement; arrangement

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medical intern; resident

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first term; first half-year; preceding period; early period

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latter period; second half; late stage; third trimester; second semester

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rotation

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during; for the duration of

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urology

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error; mistake; fault; sin; wrongdoing; offense

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brain surgery

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not non-existent; not completely lacking; there is some; certainly existent

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Kiyosato

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Kobuchisawa

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interchange; service interchange

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idea; plan; draft; rough copy; expectation; (arch.) desk

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under a railway (oft. of shops, bars, etc.); under the tracks; under a railroad overpass

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