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Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica)

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sauce (esp. soy or mirin-based dipping sauce); hanging; something hanging (flap, lappet, etc.); (kendo) loin guard; kanji radical enclosing the top-left corner of a character; -ass

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to elevate; to raise; to lift up; to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky

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to ease up the speed

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ring; circle; hoop; wheel; circle (e.g. of friends)

4

to happen to meet; to come across

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to throb; to beat fast

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stone bridge

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to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)

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article; item; quality; flirtatiousness; coquetry

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borderline; boundary

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unit of weight, approx. 3.75 kg

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revision

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troop headquarters; stronghold; inn designated for use by a daimyo (Edo period)

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maid at an inn who served clients and worked as a prostitute (Edo period)

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to (call and) stop; to call (someone) to stop; to hail (e.g. a taxi)

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to come and stay; to drop in; to visit

2

to invite in; to show someone in

1

hospitality; treating like a guest

1

regular customer; regular patron; frequenter; constant companion

1

guest of honor; guest of honour; good customer; important customer

1

as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively

1

to capture a silver general; to desilverize; to desilverise

1

strenuous exertion; spurt; splurge

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particle indicating that the speaker is trying to recall some information

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to entertain; to make welcome

1

party; banquet; reception; feast; dinner

1

older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am; older girl

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How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?

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refreshing; exhilarating; invigorating; bracing

2

stairs; stairway; staircase

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dinner; evening meal

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sashimi (raw sliced fish, shellfish or crustaceans)

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nimono; food cooked by boiling or stewing

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pickled vegetables

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juice; sap; soup; broth

1

article; goods; fine thing; fellow; (arch.) prostitute; (arch.) price

3

padded kimono

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to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)

3

garden tree

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to sit on a seat

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medium build

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devious; cunning; sly; crafty

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armrest

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to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air

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drinking party

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geisha; professional female entertainer, usu. at traditional banquets

1

professional jester; professional entertainer; comedian; flatterer; sycophant; brown-noser

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showy; brilliant; gorgeous; florid; gay

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to offer a cup (of sake)

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