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Japanese yam (Dioscorea japonica)

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manjū; steamed yeast bun with filling

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to eat up (completely); to put down (a rebellion); to suppress; (arch.) to make flat; (arch.) to level out

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to recall; to remember; to recollect

6

folding into four; quarto

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to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve

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to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember

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is something that; is that which

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younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice

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one; same (mind, path, etc.)

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red-light district

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rear tenement

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to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide

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permanence; eternity

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counter for temples

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town originally built around a temple or shrine

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helper; assistant; help

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work; job; labor; work

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gambling den; gambling house

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debt; loan; liabilities; borrowing money

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to beat; to gain a point; to upset

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state of affairs (around you); situation; circumstances

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seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that

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innocence; insentient (i.e. plants, inanimate objects, etc.); free from obstructive thoughts; to pester someone (for cash, etc.)

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to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)

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flaring up; burning hotly; flying into a rage; losing one's cool; opening suddenly and widely (e.g. eyes, mouth); (arch.) acting resolutely

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flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event

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to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up

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to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)

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convenient

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but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just

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to well (up); to gush forth (of water); to appear (esp. suddenly) (sweat, tears, etc.); to feel emotions from (joy, bravery, etc.); to hatch (esp. of parasitic insects, etc.)

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end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)

2

go that far; to that extent

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personage; person (deserving of respect)

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until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it

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to be silent; to say nothing

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to open one's mouth (to talk); to (start to) tell

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to be at one's wits' end; to be cornered; (lit.) to be packed to the hilt

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to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud

3

infancy; childhood; tender age

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outstanding work of calligraphy

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sinus; cavity; antrum; neighborhood (administrative division in North Korea)

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capital; funds; seed money; asset

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

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handwriting; calligraphy specimen; example of penmanship; holograph

3

who

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to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after

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to perceive; to sense; to take in; to grasp; to feel

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to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign

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