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empress (consort)

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Emperor Meiji (1852-1912, reigned 1867-1912); Emperor Mutsuhito

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(flower) vase

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pair; couple

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red and white; colours for festive or auspicious occasions (colors); two teams; two groups; Kōhaku Uta Gassen; annual contest between male and female popular singers on New Year's Eve (sponsored and broadcast by NHK)

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silver cup

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one (thing); one piece; one item

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grant; bestowal; giving something to someone of low social standing (by a person of very high social standing)

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after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years

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return present; return gift; something done in return (as way of thanks); retaliation; revenge

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tragic

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half a lifetime; half one's life; one's life so far

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to park

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executives; top management; governing body

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front line; forefront

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to start (an argument, a battle, etc.)

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loading; carrying

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safe; strongbox; cashbox; depository; cash office; treasury

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war funds; war chest; funds (for activities); campaign funds

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division; splitting; sharing; distribution; dissemination; allocation

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moving; transferring

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12th day of the month; 12 days

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miscellaneous duties; (trivial) routine tasks; small jobs; odd jobs

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true character; real nature

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sentimental; emotional; maudlin; mawkish

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sensitive; susceptible; emotional; impressionable; sentimental

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daybreak; dawn

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order to go into battle; order given on the field of battle

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parting (of people); separation; farewell; breakup

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one night; one evening; all night; overnight

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to spend; to expend; to waste; to squander; to devote

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to become blunt; to grow dull; to become less capable; to weaken; to falter

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to disentangle; to untangle; to break up into pieces; to pick apart; to relieve; to ease

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whole; entirety; to begin with; in the first place; ... the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?")

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nursing (a patient)

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sickroom; hospital room; ward

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desk

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to garnish; to accompany (as a card does a gift); to add to as support; to prop up; to accompany (as an aid, guide, translator, etc.); (arch.) to mimic

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parting; separation

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to have a coughing fit; to sob convulsively

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ceiling; ceiling (e.g. of share price); ceiling price

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youth; adolescence; springtime of life

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eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality

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sobbing; weeping

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house; dwelling; human habitation

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7000; seven thousand

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mosquito

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Toriichō

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Genbachō

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grand; imposing; magnificent

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