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guarantee; security; assurance; pledge; warranty

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disastrous scene; terrible spectacle

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on Earth

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life-form

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stealthily; secretly; in secret

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additional; extraordinary; outside the norms; special case

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evolution; progress

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even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...

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(not) in any way; (not) at all; (none) whatsoever; what kind of

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wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason

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

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dishes based on spring onions and tuna

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to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal

2

still more; even more; all the more; still less; even less

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impatience; uneasiness; irritation; fretfulness

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movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling

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giving up on winning a hand and discarding only safe tiles

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in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of

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unusual; uncommon; extraordinary; out of the ordinary; incomparable; serious

2

to rub in; to smear on; to spread on; to lay the blame on

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in addition; besides this; twice

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to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)

2

four thousand; 4,000

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to tuck up (e.g. skirt); to abridge; to cut short

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to take the name of; to call oneself; to pretend; to feign; to purport

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mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but

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to rub out; to clean off; to clear away; to efface; to erase

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rather; sooner; preferably

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independence; autonomy; self-reliance

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younger sister

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timid; weak-kneed; fainthearted; bearish (e.g. market)

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a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago

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to boil; to simmer; to stew; to seethe

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spittoon

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one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)

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Kaguya-Hime (main character of Taketori Monogatari); Princess Kaguya

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bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); middle (of a three-tier ranking system)

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taking; taker; last performer of the day (usu. the star performer); last performance of the day; active partner (e.g. in judo demonstration); emphatic or formal prefix

1

old man; venerable gentleman; venerable; old; father

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madly in love; head over heels; fanatically doting; collapsed; out of spirits

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existence; possession; having; limited company

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brocade; fine dress; fine clothes

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market (financial, stock, domestic, etc.); marketplace; exchange; (street) market

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general store

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may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly

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Bukkoujidoori

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to face on; to look out on to

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head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host

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secondhand bookshop; secondhand bookstore; secondhand bookseller

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new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)

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