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Echigo (former province located in present-day Niigata Prefecture)

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sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly

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snow; snowfall

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floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river

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as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")

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Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; Ms.

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clue; lead; key; handhold; hold

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to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant

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lifesaver; person who saved one's life

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(received) favor, kindness or blessing (favour)

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even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little

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to reward; to recompense; to repay; to retaliate; to get revenge

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happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying

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when it comes to the cause; when you get right down to it; as for what started it; as for the reason; originally

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to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out

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to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for

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evening; night; dinner

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nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...

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to sleep; to die; to rest (in peace); to lie idle (e.g. of resources); to lie unused; (arch.) to close one's eyes

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used to indicate respect for the listener (or reader)

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these days; nowadays; now; at present; recently; lately

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to dream (i.e. while asleep); to have a dream; to dream (of the future); to have a fleeting experience

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dream

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to kidnap

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to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?

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relief; peace of mind

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so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why

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full moon

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(one's) inner voice; voice of one's heart; what one really thinks

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to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold

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to make a decision; to draw a conclusion; to give a judgement; to hand down a verdict; to let go down; to lower; to do oneself

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good evening

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preserved food boiled in soy

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to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get

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thank you; thanks

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daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period

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in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something

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permanence; eternity

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honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly

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such; like that; in that way

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poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite

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when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)

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such; this sort of; like this

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by all means; no matter what; at any rate

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complexion; one's colour; one's color; countenance; expression; one's face

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(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least

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to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer

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that gentleman; that lady; he; she

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eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice

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warrior; samurai

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