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ruffian; villain; scoundrel

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edged tool; cutting instrument; knife

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lover; sweetheart; mistress

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to house; to contain; to carry (a baby); to be pregnant; (arch.) to give lodging to; (arch.) to accommodate

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once and for all; completely; spotlessly

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earnest; kind; sincere

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Minatogawa

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sincere; honest; faithful

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words and phrases; words

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responsibility; liability; blame; torture; torment

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determining a speaker's true or hidden meaning; determining a speaker's intentions from his manner of speech; (arch.) divining good or bad luck from listening to someone

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cowardly; craven; unfair; mean; sneaky

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to run a shop; to have a shop

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husband and wife both working (for a living); joint breadwinning (by husband and wife)

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Hyogo (prefecture); armory; armoury; arsenal

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maternity and gynaecology department (gynecology); department of obstetrics and gynaecology (gynecology)

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scheduled date; expected date; date a baby is due; expected delivery date; due date

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along the road; along the way

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crossing a mountain; other side of a mountain; immediately after one's draw; winning off a discarded tile from the player to one's right or across the table on the turn after letting one's winning tile go by from the player to one's left

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false name; alias; assumed name; pseudonym

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inn with hot spring facilities; hot spring inn; hot spring ryokan; onsen ryokan

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last (on the list); (at the) bottom; (in) last position; tailender

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first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface

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to shut up one's house

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garden; orchard; park; kindergarten; nursery school; preschool

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long

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shame; disgrace

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to scent out; to detect

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steamship; steamboat; steamer

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source; origin; birthplace; release from prison; discharge from prison

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sailor; seaman; mariner

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selfish

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secret; private (information)

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telling others; divulging (a secret); revealing; disclosing; letting out

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worry; care; consideration

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(even) a little bit

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being settled; coming to a conclusion

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living in rented quarters

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to make use of; to use (money) for; to lend (money); to advance (e.g. a loan); to accommodate (someone) with

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consolation money; compensation for breaking off relations (e.g. with a mistress); settlement

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hush money

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cheque; check

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absolute secrecy

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coherence; order; focus; point

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to write down one after another; to enumerate; to list; to write at length; to write on and on; to go on writing

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regrettable; reluctant

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

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well-known; famous; noted; popular; recognized

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written work (esp. a bound text, as opposed to a scroll); a text written entirely in kana; graphic novel (esp. one created between the 12th and 19th centuries); notebook (for practicing kana, drawing pictures, etc.); rough draft

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vermillion (colour); cinnabar; vermillion (pigment); cinnabar ink stick; correction written in red ink

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