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earthquake disaster; Great Kanto Earthquake (1923)

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another prefecture; other prefectures

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working away from home

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to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into

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work; job; labor; work

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black porgy (Acanthopagrus schlegeli)

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burn; scald

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cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood

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any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand

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skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid

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such; this sort of; like this

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child

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to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out

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have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than

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rice cooker

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porcelain bowl; donburi; bowl of meat, fish, etc. served over rice

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to serve; to dish up; to dish out; to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn

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rough; crude; sloppy; miscellaneous

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to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)

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direct; immediate; personal; firsthand

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soy sauce; shoyu

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to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)

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tube

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wasabi (Wasabia japonica); Japanese horseradish

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to squeeze out; to wring out

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extempore; impromptu; improvised; ad-lib; off-the-cuff; instant

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miso soup

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to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry

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to flirt with; to dally

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sidelong glance; short grain (paper)

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counter; service counter (e.g. at a bank); counter (at a bar, cafe, etc.); automatically responding with an upload slot to someone who allows you to download (e.g. in P2P systems)

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to have a meal; to eat; to make a living; to earn one's bread

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promptly; immediately; quickly; indifferently

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first floor; ground floor; one floor; one storey; one rank

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shop; store

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second floor; upstairs

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dwelling; house; residence; address

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department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category

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after a short time; in a short while; a short time later

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lower floor; downstairs; bottom of the stairs; foot of the stairs

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karaoke

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prelude; overture

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to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)

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Mr. Children (abbr) (Japanese band)

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to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem

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surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid

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resting one's chin in one's hands; brace (in construction); angle brace

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to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with

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ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly

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to stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on

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