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leading aristocrat; great house; grand seigneur; boyar

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selection (esp. from many people for an important job position); exceptional promotion

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Europe

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jellied fish or meat broth

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substantiality (of a meal); fillingness; solidity

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cooking ability

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well done!; good job!; good work!; you did it!; bravo!

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to have tears in one's eyes; to be close to crying

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not in one's recollection; having no recollection (of); having no memory (of)

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orphan; person without friends

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to pick up; to find; to gather

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teaching; instruction; teachings; precept; lesson; doctrine

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gift; boon; (good) result; fruit (e.g. of one's efforts)

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to be negligent in doing something; to shirk; to be off one's guard

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emotion; feeling; feelings; sentiment

1

wave; ups and downs

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assumption (of office); taking up (a post); inauguration; installation

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to behave; to conduct oneself; to entertain; to treat someone (to a drink); to make tea for someone (tea ceremony)

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tone

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I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; thank you very much (for help, etc.)

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never mind!; don't worry about it

1

fast (walking); quick; brisk; quick (passing of time); rapid; swift

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to sit; to squat; to be implicated

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audience (with a superior, e.g. nobility)

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room; wife (of someone of high rank); scabbard; Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

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to change places; to relieve one another; to replace someone

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invisibly; secretly; privately

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to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out

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to curry favour (with); to play up (to); to cozy up (to); to butter up

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one copy (of a book, magazine, etc.); one volume

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Tokyo style

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large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate

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loach or eel dipped and broiled in soy-based sauce

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sale; offering for sale; release (for sale); launch (product)

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eel restaurant

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black ships; Western ships that came to Japan between the 16th and 19th centuries, esp. those of the Perry Expedition in 1853; foreign disruptor (of the Japanese market); product, person, etc. arriving from the West and disturbing the Japanese market

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arrival of ships (from abroad); arrival by ship

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one year ago

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Common Era; CE; Christian Era; Western (Gregorian) calendar

1

wall iris; roof iris; Iris tectorum; fleur-de-lis

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to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on

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this sort of

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gourmandism; gourmet; gourmand; foodie

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retainer; attendant; escort

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nice; likeable; desirable

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preliminary announcement; previous announcement; portent; sign; forewarning

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chattering (teeth); (frozen, worried) stiff; rigid (personality, thinking, etc.); inflexible; voracious (e.g. work, study); without slack or pause

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grimace; sullen face

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this and that; one thing or another

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lion; left-hand guardian dog at a Shinto shrine

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