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where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually

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Hizen (former province located in present-day Saga and Nagasaki prefectures, excluding Tsushima and Oki Islands)

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to keep a watchful eye on

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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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um; er; nuh-uh; no; oof

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end-of-year

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busy; hurried; confused; flurried

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merchant; store; shop; merchant house; merchant family

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one year; some time ago

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tie up; bind; sum; total amount; judo choking (strangling) techniques; last meal eaten when going restaurant hopping; completion

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running about; making every effort; being busily engaged (in something); good offices

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chōnin (Edo-period social class of town-dwelling commoners, esp. landowning merchants); townspeople; townsfolk; tradespeople

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New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January

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preparation; arrangements

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to begin; to set about; to start

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landlord; landlady; house owner; home owner; head of the household

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appearance; look; a 'seeming' that fortune-tellers relate to one's fortune; aspect; phase (e.g. solid, liquid and gaseous)

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stable; barn

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husband; master (of a house, shop, etc.)

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face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour

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thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward; gift

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to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise

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I can tell you; heh

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all present; all concerned; all of us

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only; nothing but

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that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)

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two

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to remain; to be left

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two; 2

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mother and child

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by the end of the year

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the end

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to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in

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children

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Eh?; What?; Come on!; Damn!

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temple elementary school (during the Edo period)

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as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much

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for example; for instance; e.g.

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town; block; downtown; main street; street; road

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relation; relationship

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to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of

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letter (of alphabet); character; writing

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signboard; sign; draw; attraction; reputation (of a shop); name

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to speak; to say; to vocalize

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learning; study

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speech; tongue; dialect; brogue; bento; Japanese box lunch; petal

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good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)

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character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")

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voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)

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existence; possession; having; limited company

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