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comedy

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to work hard; to sweat; to wash off one's sweat

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holiday; day off; sleep; rest; good night

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to turn on; to switch on; to light up

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ventilation

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legend; folklore; tradition

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fairy tale; fairy story; nursery tale

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plausible (but untrue); credible (e.g. lie); specious; seemingly truthful

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to pass down (a story) from generation to generation; to hand down

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dangling; swaying; (walking) leisurely; aimlessly; idly; lazily

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bathtub

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puncture; flat tyre (tire); blowout; bursting; overflowing; being jammed (e.g. phone lines)

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to be constricted; to tighten (in the middle); to narrow

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to invite in; to show someone in

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innocent; naive; artless; unaffected; genuine; childlike

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to be stunned; to be surprised; (lit.) one's eyes turn into dots (as in a cartoon)

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good evening

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courteous; decorous; polite

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what; why; how

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exploration; expedition

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unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected

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point of tangency; point of contact; (electrical) contact; point of contact (between); connection

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unanticipated; unexpected

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that much; as much; to that extent; only that; that alone; no more than that

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point of uncertainty; unclarified issue; doubt

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persistence; single-mindedness; sticking to one point; always making the same bet

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on inquiry; if inquiring

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invasion (e.g. of a country); raid; aggression

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village; hamlet; countryside; country

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derisory; negligible; minimal; nominal; imperceptible

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secretly; in secret; unseen; unobserved; inwardly; in private

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to move (to another area, country, etc.); to migrate

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riches; wealth; resources; lottery

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Industrial Revolution

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period; time; opportunity; chance; age; term (e.g. in office); session (e.g. of parliament)

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ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)

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(United States of) America; United States; US; America (land mass); the Americas

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indigenous people; native people; aborigines

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slaughter (of animals for meat); butchery

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persecution; oppression

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(American) Indian; Native American; Indian

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outline; summary; gist; basic points

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all over; all over the place; everywhere

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rivalry of local warlords; a number of powerful (talented, influential) persons standing by themselves in a given field

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rice field (usu. small)

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Oda Nobunaga (1534-1582.6.21)

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to be granted (e.g. a title); to be awarded (e.g. a prize); to be gifted with (a talent); to be taught (e.g. a secret technique); to be instructed; to be initiated

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gun; firearm; wooden pole that wrestlers strike in practice; puffer fish

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to buy all (of something) one can get one's hands on; to buy up; to scoop up

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free markets and open guilds; relaxed market place policy in the Azuchi-Momoyama Period (1573-1598)

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