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to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to ascend (the throne); to accede; to start (on a journey); to commence

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Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)

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to come together; to join; to merge; to get married; to become a married couple

1

to dance in ecstasy

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Shinbashi (Tokyo)

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to fly about; to flutter about; to flit about; to fly past each other

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ancient times; prehistoric times

2

marshy grassland; wetlands

7

tatami room; tatami mat room; formal Japanese room; dinner party in a tatami room (esp. when a geisha or maiko attends)

7

verbal promise; one's word

1

warbler being in a valley; valley in which warblers live; remaining obscure and unsuccessful

10

rented room; renting a room

6

proprietress (of a traditional Japanese inn, restaurant, or shop); landlady; hostess; mistress; female innkeeper

1

preparation; arrangements

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occupying forces (esp. of the Allies in Japan after World War II)

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canned food; tinned food; confining someone (e.g. so they can concentrate on work); being stuck in a confined space

4

lower reaches (of a river); bottom; lower part; lower half (of the body, esp. the privates); feces (faeces); end

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Ueno Station

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missing person; wanted person

2

message board

2

Sendai (city in Miyagi)

2

evacuation (to the country); spreading out (troops); deployment; dispersal

1

purity; homogeneity; unadorned

6

news (from someone); letter; contact; (someone's) whereabouts; (someone's) movements

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in the meanwhile; during the time

2

(several) tens; dozens; scores (of)

5

to rely on

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separate; scattered; apart

1

to go to bed; to be sick in bed; to be laid up

1

mental illness; psychosis

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to let go by; to let pass; to overlook; to miss

1

to age; to grow old

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starvation; famine; hunger

1

nutrition; nourishment

1

beach; seashore; captured pieces; captured stones; Yokohama; (arch.) riverbank

1

town geisha; geisha not working in a red-light district

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retrogression; reversal; relapse; doubling back; backtracking

1

to throb (with pain); to ache; to smart; to rankle; to gall; to rile

1

to settle down

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to divert (e.g. one's mind); to distract; to relieve (boredom, sorrow, etc.); to conceal (e.g. one's grief with a smile); to hide; to shift (the conversation)

1

traditional performing arts (e.g. shamisen, koto, dance, etc.); accomplishments

1

to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in

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suitable; appropriate; becoming; fitting

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leaving (on, open, unfinished, etc.); (doing) continuously; constantly; keep ...-ing

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stylish; smart; chic; (arch.) conceited; (arch.) cheeky

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(of a woman) strong-minded; spirited; mannish

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geisha house; establishment with geisha on its books for whom it acts as an agency

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several years; a few years

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(hard) candy; toffee; rice-sugar; sugar made from the starch of rice, potatoes, etc.; amber; yellowish-brown

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special; particular; peculiar; unique

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