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to ponder; to contemplate

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chūhai; shōchū highball; cocktail of shōchū with tonic water

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Japanese yam (Dioscorea japonica)

4

fish cake

4

surimi; minced fish (or meat) mashed into a paste

1

soft; tender; gentle; mild; light (topic, book, etc.); informal

2

potato starch; starch of dogtooth violet

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thickness (of a sauce, soup, etc.); viscosity; thick consistency

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falling heavily (of rain, snow, etc.)

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hitting a ball (with a bat, golf club, etc.); batting; stroke

1

to be fragrant

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probationer

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the road home

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now is the time

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flying bird; soaring bird

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pity; sympathy; compassion; affection; love

7

cohabitation (esp. of an unmarried couple); living together

3

going (up) to the capital; going to Tokyo

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present day; modern times; recent times; early modern period (in Japan, usu. from the Meiji Restoration until the end of World War II)

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literary critic

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Kobayashi Hideo

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frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed

4

self-portrait

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tear; tears; lachrymal secretion; sympathy

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means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull

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awe; fear; dread; fright

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miniature shrine with double doors (used to store important Buddhist items such as sutras, etc.); cabinet with double doors (used by the nobility to store books, etc.); carved and decorated stone container for storing the bones of one's ancestors (in Okinawa)

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Otfried Preußler

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monochrome

3

(sink) deeply (into mud, snow, etc.); (thrust) deeply (into a soft object); (involved) too deeply (in a matter, relationship, etc.); drenched; soaked; (arch.) extremely (drunk)

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self-; from (a time or place)

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(arch.) to be; (arch.) to be (at a location); sum of money

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to open; to unfold; to spread out

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raining; downpour

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radiation

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(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any

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thought; report on one's investigation into ...; deceased father

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through; by way of; after; via

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being ...

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to lie face down (e.g. on the ground, napping on a desk); to lie prone; (arch.) to lower (one's head, gaze, etc.)

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indicates concession or compromise; indicates permission

1

road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)

1

public bathhouse; building with a bath (esp. in a shrine or temple)

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difficult; tough; formidable; redoubtable; stubborn

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camp gate; general

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to take an aggressive position; to stir up trouble

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hungrily; voraciously; ravenously; greedily; avariciously; eagerly

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three-quarter; half coat; top coat

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to go easy on someone; to be easygoing; to be lenient

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cute; adorable; charming; lovely; pretty

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