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Yamanashi prefecture (Chūbu area)

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handing down (information); legend; tradition; folklore; transmission

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folk tale; folktale; folk story; folklore

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reducing the number of mouths one needs to feed (esp. by giving up children for adoption, apprenticeship, etc.)

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mountain (or hill) behind a house, village, etc.; side of a mountain that gets little sunshine; envious; jealous

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old woman

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mountain where old people were abandoned (according to legend); position or division in a company to which an old and ineffective person is transferred; women's college

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to pity; to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to tend to (e.g. an injury); to care for; to nurse

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(kicking and) struggling; wriggling; floundering; to get into a panic; to make a fuss; to make a scene

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outline; summary; argument

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book title

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to get; to secure; to learn; to master; to complete

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chaos; turmoil; pandemonium; havoc

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lymphocyte

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stimulation (e.g. of an economy); revitalization (e.g. of a town); rejuvenation; activation

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immunotherapy

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alms-giving; charity; offerings (usu. money) to a priest (for reading sutras, etc.)

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part-time job; side job

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summer solstice

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to hang low over (e.g. clouds); (arch.) to seclude oneself (behind screens, curtain, etc.)

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well aware of; know thoroughly; being familiar with (and thus feeling no need for restraint)

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emergency exit

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double feature (movie)

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volume (sound)

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currently popular; in fashion; trendy

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news programme; news program

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bedside; near one's pillow

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to cave in; to become depressed; to sink

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slight; light; thin; faint; dim

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not at all tense; relaxed; calm

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putting off (doing); postponement; delaying

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prejudice; bias; warped view; jealousy; inferiority complex

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to avoid (physical contact with); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way

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paying for one's mistakes; getting one's just deserts; suffering the consequences (of one's own actions); reap what you sow

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a certain someone; Mr So-and-so

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misanthropy; misanthropist

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perverse individual; cynic; misanthrope

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to brace one's legs; to stand firm; to plant one's feet (firmly on the ground); to hold out; to persist; to make an effort

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to improve one's skill

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knob; handle; snack (to have with a drink); side dish; a pinch (e.g. of salt); (file) handle

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active

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sidewise crawl (e.g. of a crab); crawling sideways; leafhopper (insect); jassid; sidewinder (Crotalus cerastes); levelling off (of prices, etc.)

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logo; Logo (programming language)

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A4 paper size (210mm x 297mm)

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opposing argument

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ruling party; government party; party in power; government

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to examine someone's expression

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to come near; to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to; to overhang; to hang over

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be that as it may; even so; though that be so

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capillary vessel; capillary

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