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woman past her prime

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housework; domestic chores; family affairs; household matters

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lively; active; vigorous; animated; brisk

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female presence

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to suspect

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mature woman; middle-aged woman

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inner, astringent skin (of a chestnut)

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dark (skin, complexion, etc.); swarthy; tanned

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small build; small stature; petite; small pattern

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making; producing; appearance (attire, make-up, etc.); build; physique; sashimi

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whirling; revolving; coiling around; winding around; working tirelessly; working hard

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sarcastic; foulmouthed; having a sharp tongue; having a sharp nasty tongue

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malicious gossip; backbiting; speaking ill behind someone's back

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nimble; agile; quick; smart

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period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; victory; strictness; cruelty

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dining table; a dish (type of food)

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before meals

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concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every

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frame for drying clothes; clotheshorse

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to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)

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with a clatter; with a rattle; empty; bare; raspy (voice); gravelly; with a gargle

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coat (of hair or fur); lie of (dog's) hair; type; sort; lineage; breeding

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medium size

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medium size

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crumpled; rumpled; to be annoyed; to be irritated; noisily (chewing)

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hazing; gruelling training; waistband; woman's undergirdle

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warp; curvature; curve; arch

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unevenness (of colour, paint, etc.); irregularity; unevenness (of quality, results, behaviour, etc.); inconsistency; fickleness; capriciousness

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spots; speckles; mottles; speckled; spotted

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roof

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to line up; to put in a row; to add (to a group); to accept (as a member of an organization, etc.); to link; to put together

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dried fish (or shellfish, etc.)

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twelve o'clock; noon; midnight

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barefaced (e.g. lie); shameless; transparent; pure white; very clear

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red; crimson; Red; communist; (arch.) beautiful

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I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me

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lovely; wonderful; nice; great; fantastic; superb

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to happen to come

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head

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somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other

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really; truly

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imperial capital (esp. Kyoto); final word of an iroha poem; 10^16; 10,000,000,000,000,000

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a long way off; matter for the future; not going to happen anytime soon

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high-quality goods; choice goods

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deeply; keenly; severely; intently; carefully; closely

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a long time ago; quickly; swiftly

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independence; self-reliance; independence (e.g. of a nation); freedom; separation; isolation

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being independent; standing on one's own; becoming independent

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failure; mistake; blunder

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than; other than; except; but

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