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the Japanese spirit

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inheritance; succession; accession; share-alike

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tiger (Panthera tigris); drunkard; drunk; sot

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with a rosy future; offering promising prospects

1

origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material

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genealogy; lineage; family tree; pedigree

3

warrior; samurai

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embarrassing; awkward

1

fundoshi; loincloth; kimono underskirt; wrestler's ornamental apron

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willingness (e.g. to do something); eagerness; motivation; inspiration; determination; high aspirations

2

thank you for your hard work; I appreciate your efforts

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a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course

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nobody can win against advancing age

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same sex

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judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of

4

good-for-nothing; worthless

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divorce

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something heard for the first time; hearing something for the first time

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gossip; government OSI procurement; GOSIP

1

concise; brief; succinct; compact (style)

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friction; discord; trouble; dissension; disagreement

1

the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it

1

ironically enough; as irony would have it; in a nice little twist

2

being once divorced; one-time divorcee; (lit.) one x mark (i.e. one name struck from the family register)

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to drag out

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an eye for people; the ability to judge character

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having a single meaning; allowing only one interpretation; unequivocal; principal; primary; most important

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passive; lacking initiative; lacking autonomy

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marking; grading; scoring

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for some reason or other; somehow or other; by some chance

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passing mark

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to pass; to pass on; to give (something) a miss; to cut it out; to knock off (for the day); to let the matter drop

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old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)

1

being intrusive; intrusive person

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ironical; ironic

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to assort; to classify; to journalize (in accounting); to journalise

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of tender years; very young

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wavelength

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starvation; famine; hunger

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(on the) verge of death

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drift (of snow, leaves, etc.); hangout for social dropouts

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weakness; debility; breakdown; prostration

3

figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person

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scattering (e.g. in statistics); scatter; dispersion; variation

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to swarm; to crowd; to flock together

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respect; honour; honor

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strategy; tactics

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water tower

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tree sparrow (Passer montanus); talkative person; knowledgeable person

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to lie deep in; to extend far back

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