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cormorant (Phalacrocoracidae spp.)

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bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)

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-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now

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ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah

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pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely

1

be; is; did; (have) done; please; do

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don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...

16

(a) little; somewhat; somehow

1

painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh

1

thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work

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too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as

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to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)

2

(I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); (I) fancy (that)

1

say; well; um; er

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yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?

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something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)

1

unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement

10

at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for

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to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed

12

to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)

2

indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very

28

paper (in rock-paper-scissors); disappearing completely; coming to nought; foolishness; stupidity

1

bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely

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to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour

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yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr

12

if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question

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that; those; the

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which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who

2

Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation

2

indicates question

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to be slow in saying

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I; me

11

god of pestilence; god who spreads infectious diseases; jinx; hoodoo; pest

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apprenticeship; probation; learning by observation; apprentice; trainee; probationer

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indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

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to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important

1

Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker

13

now; the present time; just now; another; more

6

I; me; you; manservant

5

a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily

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to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)

12

happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing

2

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

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to chew thoroughly; to bite (e.g. one's lip); to reflect upon; to digest

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the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...

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indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)

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but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...

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aura

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whole (body); full-length (e.g. portrait); systemic

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from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)

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