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thank you for waiting; sorry to have kept you waiting

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very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)

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pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely

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third month of the lunar calendar; Yayoi period (ca. 300 BCE-300 CE); Yayoi culture

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zero; nought

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indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very

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something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...

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exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)

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(ancient) Japan; Yamato (former province located in present-day Nara Prefecture)

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pink (any flower of genus Dianthus, esp. the fringed pink, Dianthus superbus); (arch.) lovable, caressable girl

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feeling; sense; impression

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such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o

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don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...

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mother

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dressing (esp. in kimono); fitting; helping someone get dressed; outer garment (in kabuki)

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grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); assistance; help; effects; influence

1

be; is

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too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as

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well-matched (esp. of a couple); becoming; suitable

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ha ha ha; hee hee hee

5

candy; sweets

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to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)

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I see; that's right; indeed

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dress

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empty air; sky; shunyata; emptiness; air force; fruitlessness; meaninglessness

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alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay

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today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays

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festival; feast; carnival

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to enjoy (oneself)

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image; figure; figure; form; image

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to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise

4

dull-witted; stupid; foolish

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bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely

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father; dad; husband; you; he

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to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post

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existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have

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what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest

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Japanese drum

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be; is; did; (have) done; please; do

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to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience

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thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality

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indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)

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amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity

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to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned

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for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first

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indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged

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right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?

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to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding

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furthermore; even more

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enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful

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