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bass range (in Japanese music); six even-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale; Japanese seven-tone gagaku scale similar to Mixolydian mode (corresp. to: re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do)

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

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Qiang (Chinese ethnic group)

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tribe; clan; (taxonomical) tribe; group (of the periodic table)

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honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix

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son

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certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)

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to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen

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lady; gentleman; person

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here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...

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at; in; at; when; by; with; and then

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what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest

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sheep (Ovis aries)

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care; looking after; trouble; bother; good offices; recommendation

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I; me; you; manservant

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

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now; soon; already; yet; further; more

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twelve; 12; queen (playing card)

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-years-old

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enough; sufficient; plenty; sufficiently; fully; thoroughly

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to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate

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year; age; years; past one's prime; old age

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so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already

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right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?

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this and that; various things

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far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far

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until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to

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alone; by oneself; on one's own

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Shang dynasty (of China; approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty

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armed forces; military; troops

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by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being

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family; relatives; dependents; household

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to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)

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solitude; loneliness; isolation

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to become; to amount to

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name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext

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indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

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origin

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you (when referring to one's equals or inferiors)

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to call for somebody; to come for someone; to pick someone up

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immortal mountain wizard (in Taoism); mountain man (esp. a hermit); person not bound by earthly desires

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

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older brother

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younger sister

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everyone; everybody; all; everything; all

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to take someone (to some place); to take someone along; to lead someone away

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to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends

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great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough

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bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly

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fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she

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