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woodpecker

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poem; poetry; verse; Chinese poem

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debt; loan; liabilities; number of games under the .500 mark

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chasing after women; womanizing

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manuscript fee; payment for a piece of writing

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impatience; irritation; frustration; fretfulness

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arrival (of post, news, correspondence, etc.); receiving (a phone call, email, etc.)

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drop in the bucket; pittance; chicken feed; insignificant amount; (lit.) sparrow tears

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pillow word; decorative word used prefixally in classical Japanese literature; preface; introduction

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comprehensive evaluation; over-all judgment; general comment

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apology

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exchange of letters; correspondence

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to install; to fit; to (manage to) obtain (someone's agreement, permission, etc.); to get; to patronize (a shop); to buy usually (from the same store)

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graduate student; insei; apprentice go professional

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belonging to (a group, organization, etc.); affiliation (with); being attached to; being under the control of; serving (in the military, congress, etc.)

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the place one comes from; one's birthplace; one's hometown

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Shikoku (smallest of the four main islands of Japan)

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88 temples (of, or modeled after those of, Shikoku)

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hereditary occupational group (Yamato period)

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to study; to complete (a course); to order (one's life); to repair (a fault one has committed)

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deep down; special place in one's heart; in the back of one's mind

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finding employment; getting a job

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going (up) to the capital; going to Tokyo

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column (e.g. in newspaper); stand-alone feature article framed by a box

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without an occupation; unemployed; jobless

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episode; anecdote; vignette; episode

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position; opening; employment

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living in peace; living a quiet life; being content with one's present position; being satisfied with one's lot

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going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease

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publisher; publishing house; publishing company

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same sex

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married man or woman; housekeeping

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conclusion of a contract

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to have an itch to; to have a craving for; to have an urge to; to have a desire for; to be eager to; to want to

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unmarried person

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professional; careerman; worker

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to keep one's feet on the ground; to be down to earth

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launch (of a rocket, satellite, etc.); lift-off; end (of a project, theatrical run, etc.); close; party to celebrate the successful completion of a project (run of performances, etc.); wrap party

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consolation party (held after failure or defeat)

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journalism

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Imperial standard; worthy cause

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self-satisfaction; (self-)complacency; smugness

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false; hypocritical

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subculture

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dandy; fop; esthete

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lateral direction; horizontal direction; transverse direction; landscape orientation

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corpulence; fatness; obesity

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slim figure; slender body; slimming; weight reduction

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sticking; clinging; with a smack (e.g. sitting down); hard; all over; thickly

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