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lecturer; rhetorician; orator; narrator in Japanese silent cinema; film interpreter

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naniwabushi; variety of sung narrative popular during the Edo period

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flute player; flutist; flautist; piper

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familiar; well-known; regular (e.g. customer); old acquaintance; old friend; (a) regular

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(coin) purse with a metal clasp

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purse; wallet; billfold; cashbox; till

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fan; enthusiast; lover (of); (electric) fan

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prodigal daughter; daughter of loose morals

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provincial tour

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sitting; feast; speech

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considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal

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considerable; decent; suitably; reasonably; one matter; one field

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music hall; entertainment hall

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pocket money; spending money; pin money; allowance

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lowdown; inside information; hidden circumstances; inner curtain (in a military encampment)

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asphalt

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gentle spring rain; glass noodles; cellophane noodles; thin noodles made from bean starch (or potato starch)

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splash pattern (e.g. on a kimono); dye pattern; kasuri

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Yasugi

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passenger seat; assistant driver's seat

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piece (in shogi, chess, etc.); (arch.) horse; (arch.) foal; bridge (of a violin, etc.)

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fast; quick; easy; simple; as soon as ...; the moment ...

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occupations dependent on public favor (favour)

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well, I must admit ...

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employee; employment

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(one's) pay; wages

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to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on

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with a (sharp) creak; with a squeak; with a screech

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to strain (oneself); to bear down; to exert oneself; to put on a bold front; to make a show of strength; to swagger

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to stroll about; to saunter; to wander; to dangle; to swing

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thick growth of plants; plantation; shrubbery; thicket

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judging from appearances; to all appearances; from the looks of it; on the face of it; apparently; seemingly

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cellar; basement

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leftover food; leftovers; food scraps

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sweet-smelling; scentful; fragrant

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to send (rain); to shed

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(leading) a vagabond life; (leading) a wandering existence

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it hasn't been long since

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short and round sleeves of a kimono

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mousseline de laine; light woollen fabric

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waist band

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wearing one's hair in braids

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pedestrian traffic

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jazz

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empty conveyance; empty taxi; free taxi; having spaces available (of a parking lot)

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workmanship; craftsmanship; grades; results; quality (e.g. of a crop); dealings

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with energy (of parties and such); enthusiastically; going all out

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district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society

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fleeting life; this transient world; sad world; world of grief and worry; the world of the living; this life

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to pull up; to haul up

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