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crest of the Sanada clan (featuring six sen coins, trad. to pay for crossing the Sanzu River)

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Kiki

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flower-shaped family crest

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matter; thing; affair; circumstance

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sickbed; (hospital) bed

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he has not lived that lives not after death; the great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it; (lit.) tigers leave their hide when they die; men leave their name

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old; olden

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weeding out; elimination (e.g. of unneeded employees); culling; selection (e.g. natural selection)

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pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in

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collision; crash; running into; conflict; quarrel; clashing

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trouble (I have put you through); (your) hard work; thank you for your hard work; I appreciate your efforts

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simplicity; convenience; easiness; quasi-

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to sit (down)

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dried chestnut

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kombu (usu. Saccharina japonica); konbu; kelp; any edible species from the family Laminariaceae

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hitting a ball; batting; stroke

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abalone; ear shell

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to eat

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complete set; all; everything

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certain victory

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prayer (for something); supplication

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ceremony; rite; ritual; service

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to put into the mouth; to eat

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to watch over; to watch attentively

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confidence; popularity

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therefore; consequently

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to take advantage of an opportunity

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under control (e.g. of territory)

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trying to think of a way (to); devising means (to); working out (how to do); contriving (to raise money); managing

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at a proper time; at a suitable occasion; at the correct moment; when the time is right

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to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)

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to make sacrifices for; to pay dearly for

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to invade; to raid; to infringe; to encroach; to harm; to afflict

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to enter a New Year

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to die; to ascend to heaven

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talisman; amulet; charm

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liquid

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to spill over and fall; to scatter (petals, leaves, etc.)

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patient's condition; pathology

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to continue (going along some trend)

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obvious; clear; plain; evident; apparent; explicit

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annoying; provoking

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frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed

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sword; blade; single stroke

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sword wound; sword cut

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to leave this world; to die

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myself; oneself; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) you (referring to one's inferior)

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to maintain itself; to last; to make itself pay; to make a living; to keep going

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foundation stone; cornerstone

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lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pitiful

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