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France; French (language)

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to offer; to sacrifice; to dedicate

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pathology

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burial

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to get used (to); to get familiar with; to get skillful with

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(arch.) female slave; female servant; housemaid

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germination; sprouting; budding

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troublesome; difficult (e.g. customer, guest, child); laborious (e.g. task, dinner)

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employee

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knob; handle; catch; patron

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to give a glance (at); to take one look at

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indescribable; having no way to express

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to employ; to hire; to charter

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halfway; midway; partway; mid-course

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work; business; company; study

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small; small-sized; small-scale; miniature

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confidence; trust; faith; credit (finance)

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foster child; adopted animal (e.g. pet)

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obliging person; person who likes looking after others

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having in mind; happening to know of; idea

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tall (of a person)

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facial features

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bedding; bedclothes

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wicker trunk; wicker luggage

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marriage; wedding

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to love; to cherish; to show favouritism to; to be partial to; to fondle; to caress

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to become attached (to); to take (to); to become affectionate (with); to be tamed

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to bear; to carry on one's back; to take responsibility for; to accept a duty; to receive (wound); to incur (damage)

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carrying on one's back (e.g. baby); piggyback ride

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cicada; locust; small-sized pulley

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to cling to; to hold on to; to grapple; to set about doing; to begin; to take hold of

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imperial palace; shrine; Grand Empress Dowager; Empress Dowager; woman of imperial lineage who has borne a child; elderly woman of imperial lineage

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dyer; dye house

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mother

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to win; to gain victory

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household head; master; host (e.g. of a tea gathering); husband

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goodness; excellence; virtue

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stepmother

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relative

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running away from home; elopement; (arch.) outing; (arch.) going out; (arch.) becoming a Buddhist monk; (arch.) entering the priesthood

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pickles made in brine and fermented rice bran (esp. vegetables, also meat, fish, eggs, etc.)

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freshly pickled vegetables

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well-pickled vegetables

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ladle; dipper; scoop

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to take care of; to bring up under one's personal care; to kill with one's own hands; to do personally; to handle (e.g. a job); to request that someone deal with (something)

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small; little; slightly less than; just about; somewhat; somehow

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kitchen door; back door; service door; host's entrance to a tea-ceremony room

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to run off; to break into a run; to start running

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clever; intelligent; well-behaved (esp. children and pets); obedient; (arch.) good (with words)

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