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one country; the whole nation; the whole country; stubborn; obstinate

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hardship; suffering; privation; adversity

1

justice; equity

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Tosa (former province located in present-day Kochi Prefecture)

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shelving (a play, movie, etc.); closing down; cancelling; rice storehouse (of the Edo shogunate)

1

poor people; the poor

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to give; to do ...

1

New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January

4

hut; cabin; small theatre (theater); temporary playhouse; one's own house

2

rice

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meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up

1

farmland; rice field or paddy

1

household possessions

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financial difficulty; distress

4

to feel ashamed

2

to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat

2

to have a long life; to live a long time

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to choose; to select; to pick (out)

9

misery; distress

1

to brave; to risk; to harm; to afflict; to desecrate; to profane

1

poverty; destitution; privation; indigence; penury

1

accumulation

1

upper class; upper echelons of society; the rich and powerful; the elite

1

luxurious; magnificent; extravagant; sumptuous

1

to consist of; to be made up of; to be concluded (e.g. of an agreement); to hold true (e.g. of a theory); to be viable (of a business, lifestyle, etc.); to carry on

2

quibbling; temporizing; temporising

1

government spending

1

vicious circle; vicious cycle

1

relief; aid; help; (religious) salvation; (Christian) grace

1

just cause; good reason; pretext; duty (to one's country, sovereign, etc.)

2

change; alternation; rotation; replacement; substitution; shift

1

responsibility; liability; blame; torture; torment

1

to send (someone) back; to send (someone) home

1

structure; construction; makeup; framework; organization; pattern

2

(a matter of) chance; fortune (of a given time); force of the times

1

brittle; fragile; weak; tender-hearted; sentimental; easily moved

1

splendor; splendour; gorgeousness; showiness; gaudiness; extravagance

1

substance; essence; entity; subject; content; reality

5

foreign matter; impurities

1

mixing; blending; adding; adulteration; contamination

1

to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated

2

strong power of the state; iron fist; heavy hand

1

non-fruit-bearing flower; sterile flower; something that is flashy with no content

1

for this very reason; that is exactly why

6

nectar; honey; honeydew; treacle; molasses; sorbitol (when visible as dark patches inside an apple)

1

to breathe in; to inhale; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up

3

partner for the night (e.g. at a brothel)

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(dance) partner; (work) partner; partner; spouse

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light purple

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to indulge in; to give oneself up to; to be obsessed by; to be engrossed in; to be lost in; to be absorbed in

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