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Hitomi Kinue (1907.1.1-1931.8.2)

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tonight; this evening

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Japanese person; Japanese people

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first; new

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woman; female; feminine gender

7

Olympic athlete

3

story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend

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association; socializing; socialising; fellowship

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five; 5

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counter for wheels and flowers

4

I; me; you; manservant

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being very active; being very useful; playing a very active part; making a spectacular showing; great efforts; splendid work

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drum

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sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading

7

wooden clappers

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first (of its kind) in Japan

3

woman; girl

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to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to

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outer gardens of Meiji Shrine

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field; sports stadium; arena

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revival; reconstruction; restoration; rebuilding; recovery; renaissance

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athletic meet (esp. at school); sports day

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she; her; girlfriend

3

(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style

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one four-of-a-kind and one three-of-a-kind in a dealt hand; three and a four (in dice games)

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island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf

5

(talent) scout; recruiter; scouting; headhunting; Boy Scouts; Girl Scouts

1

after graduation

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route; course; path; one's future course (e.g. after graduating high school)

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to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)

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still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least

4

if it's the case

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Tokyo

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to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)

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together (with); at the same time; in a lump

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to run; to run (of a vehicle); to drive; to rush (to); to dash; to retreat; to flee

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things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that

2

the person concerned; the person in question; the said person

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Great Kanto earthquake of 1923

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missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown

1

to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back

6

following year

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Okayama (city, prefecture)

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proceeding to the capital (Tokyo)

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gymnastics; physical exercises; artistic gymnastics; gymnastics competition; physical education (class); PE

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cram school; private tutoring school; juku

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entry to school or university; matriculation; enrolment (in university, etc.) (enrollment)

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many; much; plenty; hardly

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item; event

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Japanese record; national record

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