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Meiji period (1868-1912)

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old family; old-established family; one's old home; one's childhood home

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cause unknown

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destruction by fire; losing in a fire; being burnt down

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you; hubby; dearie

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teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou dynasty Chinese army)

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staring-out (down) game; game in which two children looking at each other try to make the opponents laugh first; constant looking at something (e.g. the computer screen, the clock)

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to proceed with things; to carry out; to do

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to marry

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son-in-law taken (adopted) into family

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to run through one's fortune (in idleness)

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evil spirit (that possesses someone); demon; devil

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to come down in the world; to fall low; to be ruined; to be reduced to poverty; to fall on hard times

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granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman

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at this stage; at this point; (only) now

3

start of a romance; beginning of love

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nowhere

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to behave well (of a child)

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granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman

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unconnected; weakly related; alien; having little prospect of marriage

1

to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to think of (a far-off person, place, etc.); to cast one's mind to; to worry about; to feel anxious about

1

joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing

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statue; picture; picture revealing character

1

stratification; hierarchization; layering; tiering

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to understand; to make out

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sponsorship (i.e. conducting under one's auspices); promotion; organizing; organising; hosting; staging

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businesswoman; female office worker; female employee

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limousine (stretched car); shuttle bus (usu. to airport)

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old gentleman; elderly gentleman

2

beyond one's means or position

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to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create

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natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder

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the way in which something came about; origin; structure; organization; the way something is constructed

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lecture

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hypnopaedia; hypnopedia; sleep-learning

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skillful words; deceitful words; glibness

1

to be on track; to be going to plan; to enter orbit

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assembly hall; meeting place; venue; site; grounds

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full house; all seats occupied; fully occupied

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publicly; openly; ostensibly; formally

2

employer

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daddy; father; husband

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grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen

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to take offense (at); to take offence (at); to feel hurt (by)

2

production

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to reason; to sum up; to conclude

2

sponsor

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social gathering; get-together; (friendly) meeting

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tiger's mouth; pattern of three stones resembling a cat's face; used as a connection

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pet cat

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