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to feel comforted; to be in good spirits; to feel better; to trifle with; to fool around with

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ruffian; scamp; hooligan; out-of-work person; day laborer without a job

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to become ...-ish; to appear like ...; to have a touch of ...; to become stained with ...; to become steeped with ...; to become smeared with ...

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88 years old; (arch.) rice

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ambush; interception; counter-attack

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distorted; crooked; oval; elliptical shape; round, wooden container for cooked rice; oval coin

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even more; still more; one layer; lowest floor (of a building); rather; sooner

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person to be reckoned with; person of importance; one person; one character; someone

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several steps; much (better, higher, etc.); several cuts (above)

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taikō (esp. Toyotomi Hideyoshi); title for a regent, later for the grand chancellor, also for the father of an Imperial adviser (advisor) who passed the role to his son

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Ministry of Justice (in Tang dynasty China)

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large army

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to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out; to hand (over); to give

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to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do

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eastern coast; east bank

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bent back; indecisive attitude; timidity; lack of nerve

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paper umbrella; bamboo-and-oiled-paper umbrella

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handle; grip; stalk (of a mushroom, leaf, etc.)

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approx. 30 cm

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dagger

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to become muddy; to become slushy

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toes; tips of the toes; toe of a shoe, sock, etc.

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if so; in that case; in that situation

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to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize

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

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to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose

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to incline one's head to the side (in doubt); to tilt one's head to the side (in confusion); to be puzzled

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putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation

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to incline; to lean; to devote oneself to; to concentrate on; to ruin; to squander

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to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)

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young lady of noble birth; princess (esp. in Western contexts, tales, etc.); girl; small; cute; (arch.) prostitute

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(in) the air; midair; sky; (empty) space

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to kneel (on one knee); to crouch down (e.g. in a shooting stance); to break off and spread out; to break and lie down

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to turn a somersault

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muddy place; mud; mire; sludge; slush; quagmire

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gatepost; pier

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mistaking one person for another; (case of) mistaken identity

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all one's strength; desperate effort; (lit.) strength one has when ready to die

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villain

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bright place; the light; the open; light of day; public knowledge

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snow; snowfall

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beautiful woman; (a) beauty; belle; good-looker

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to bend; to warp; to lose heart

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in the rain

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to push out; to project; to stick out; to hand over (e.g. to the police)

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eye; insight; vision; gist; main point; hole

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Tanaka Mitsuaki (1843.11.16-1939.3.28)

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count; earl

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Kōchi (city, prefecture)

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prefectural; managed by a prefectural government

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