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tedious; boring; being fed up with

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personal information

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good-naturedness; good-natured person; credulous person; easy mark

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to not understand what someone is getting at; to not understand what is being talked about

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Kyoto (city, prefecture)

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one's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)

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handing down (information); legend; tradition; folklore; transmission

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mysterious disappearance; being spirited away

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without leaving any trace

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to disappear; to vanish

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perhaps; maybe; possibly

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to suddenly understand (esp. on basis of experience or memory); to come to mind; to recall (in a flash); to be reminded of; to call to mind; to think of

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decisive blow; game-winning hit (e.g. in baseball)

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trifles; minor details

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rivers and mountains; landscape

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to finish saying

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tomfoolery; foolish act; nonsense; fool; idiot

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sturdy spirit; bold; daring; brave; valiant; undaunted

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knothole; peep-hole; (fig.) bad eyes; tunnel vision

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demon; devil; evil spirit; monster; goblin; apparition

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so; like that; that's right; indeed; let me see ...

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in plain words; in plain terms; put simply

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evil spirit; demon; devil

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traveller; traveler; wayfarer; tourist

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to attack; to go for; to come at; to pounce on; to jump on; to swoop down on

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one by one; one after another; successively

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to devour; to bite to death

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(degree of) risk; riskiness; danger

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attempt; trial; experiment; endeavour (endeavor); effort; venture

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unfortunately; regrettably

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camera shake; picture blur; deviation; slight shifting

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therefore; consequently

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woman; girl

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probably; (most) likely; in all likelihood; I suspect; I dare say; I'm afraid

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ill-omened; unlucky

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metal rod; metal bar; iron rod; iron club; iron staff with rings on top (traditionally used by night watchmen)

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rampaging; raging violently; going berserk

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holly olive (Osmanthus heterophyllus); false holly; holly; spotnape ponyfish (Leiognathus nuchalis)

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pilchard (esp. Japanese pilchard, Sardinops melanostictus); sardine

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legume (esp. edible legumes or their seeds, e.g. beans, peas, pulses); bean; soya bean (Glycine max); soybean; female genitalia (esp. the clitoris); kidney; small

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weak; feeble

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what is called; as it is called; the so-called; known as; so to speak

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in the mountains; among the mountains

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to live (of animals); to inhabit; to nest

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very interesting; of great interest

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grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man

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great-grandfather; great-granddad; great-grandad

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in addition

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ancestor; forefather; foremother

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unmistakable; evident; obvious; certain; beyond doubt

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