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breaking down; defeating; abolishing

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destination; whereabouts; future; prospects

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Easter Island

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moai; Okinawan-style social support group

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familiar

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penniless; broke

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debt; loan; liabilities; borrowing money

1

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

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to ask a question; to ask questions

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exerting care; attention; consideration; thoughtfulness

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soft; tender; limp; subdued (colour or light) (color); gentle; meek

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to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to think of (a far-off person, place, etc.); to cast one's mind to; to worry about; to feel anxious about

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to peek (through a keyhole, gap, etc.); to look down into (a ravine, etc.); to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.); to sneak a look at; to take a quick look at; to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.); to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.)

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eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice

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while; even though; despite

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had better do so

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popular person; favorite; favourite

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tourist

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to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon

1

helicopter

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to meet; to greet

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ladder; stairs; going to several places in succession (e.g. barhopping)

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to go along; to walk along; to follow

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exhausted; tired; withered; worn out; boiling until shapeless or mushy; tediously

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to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to

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to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time

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-like; pseudo-; comical character who mocks or apes the main character (in Japanese performing arts); (arch.) criticism; (arch.) censure

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war; battle; campaign; (arch.) troops; (arch.) forces

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mid-winter; cold season

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taking no notice (of); thinking nothing of; disregarding; not aware of; completely ignoring; being out of consideration

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another meeting; meeting again; reunion

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reserve; spare; treasured; valued; (ace) up one's sleeve; trump

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star

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drama; theatre; theater; play

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to act (a part); to play (a role); to perform (a play, etc.); to put on (a production); to commit (a blunder); to disgrace oneself

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to grieve and moan

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final game; final games; the finals

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life or death struggle; mortal combat; struggle to the death

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apron of a gun; cover for the touch-hole on a cannon or matchlock

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childbirth; (giving) birth; delivery; production (of goods)

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exchange; conversion

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queen

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favourite book; favorite book

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poet

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writer of children's stories

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Miyazawa Kenji (1896-1933)

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railroad; railway; rail transport

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original text

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to read aloud to another

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long-awaited; long-waited-for; someone who has waited a long time; something that one has waited impatiently for

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