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to use (as a tool) for one's own advantage; to use as a pretext; to use as an excuse

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palm (of the hand)

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to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous

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harmless

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to scatter; to sprinkle; to spray; to lavish (money, charm, etc.)

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lightly (floating, drifting, etc.); buoyantly; soft; fluffy; unsteadily; flightily

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to ascend; to go up; to climb

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(scattered) spots; specks; speckles

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dusk; twilight

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dots; spots; bit by bit; little by little; here and there; scattered

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to mark with a dot (point)

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lamplighter; town employee who lit oil or gas streetlights

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this evening; tonight

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to spend (time); to pass; to overdo (esp. alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); to take care of; to support

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single word; a few words; brief comment

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withering of vegetation in winter; winter decay; winter-blight; bleakness of winter; business slump in winter (esp. in February)

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marshland; wetland; swampland

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burial place (ground); cemetery; graveyard

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as if; as though

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rough; wild; violent; immoderate; extravagant; reckless

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lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification

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measure; step; action

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change in pronunciation or meaning of a word; sound change; word with an altered pronunciation or meaning; turning or twisting part of a text (in Chinese poetry)

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to one's heart's content; following one's heart's desires

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to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)

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to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)

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freezing (over); ice; frost

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confinement; imprisonment; incarceration

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collage

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coarse; rough

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poisonous; venomous; hateful; detestable; gaudy; garish

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weed

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west

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evening sun; setting sun

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line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)

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moment; instant

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desolate (e.g. plains); ruined

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natural features; scenery; things particular to a certain region or season; characteristic scenery and customs; scenes and manners

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sadness and gloom

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to glare; to dazzle; to glitter

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to screw up (one's face); to scrunch up; to pucker up; to furrow (one's brow); to wrinkle

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miner

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earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)

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bottom; sole; depths (e.g. of despair, the sea); bottom (of one's heart); limit; end

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one house

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hut; cabin; small theatre (theater); temporary playhouse; one's own house

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fast (walking); quick; brisk; quick (passing of time); rapid; swift

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mud

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to find; to discover; to come across; to be used to seeing; to be familiar with

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elderly woman; noh mask of an old woman

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