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opening performance; opening act; curtain raiser; minor performer; minor storyteller; subordinate part

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explanation (of a text, phrase, etc.); lecture; explanation (in a pompous fashion); (long-winded) lecture; (arch.) storytelling

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leaving out; omitting; skipping; (beating) in succession; in a row

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straight to the point; point-blank; frank; direct

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Java water dropwort (Oenanthe javanica); Japanese parsley

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Java water dropwort (Oenanthe javanica); Japanese parsley

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(one) letter; (one) character

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the field; the parade ground

2

self-abasement; humility; self-depreciation

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ditch; drain; groove; tread; gap (between people, countries, etc.); gulf

3

amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity

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stage elevator; trapdoor

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reconsideration

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to need; to demand; to take; to require

4

crowding together; clustering together; close formation; swarm

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to exist

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in all directions

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to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved

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snow melting; water from melting snow

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ancient skirt

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hem; (trouser) cuff; bottom part; bottom edge; foot (of a mountain); tips (of hair)

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to get wet

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harsh (taste, feeling, etc.); acrid; sharp (language, question, etc.); biting; nasty; gross

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Eleocharis kuroguwai (species of spikerush); Chinese water chestnut (Eleocharis dulcis var. tuberosa)

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compound leaf; biplane

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greengrocer; fruit and vegetable shop

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(water-filled) paddy field

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higher and higher

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so; like this; in this way

3

to be in opposition; to be in private life

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violet (any flower of genus Viola, esp. the Fuji dawn, Viola mandshurica)

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two ways (e.g. of interpreting a word); two kinds; two types

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dry weather; drought

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land; shore

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to read kanji using its native Japanese pronunciation

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vegetable

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tale; narrative

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to abbreviate; to omit; to take; to capture

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celery

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science; learning; scholarship; arts and sciences; academic pursuits

2

violet (any flower of genus Viola, esp. the Fuji dawn, Viola mandshurica)

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calm; composed; cool; quiet

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primness; prim person; clear soup; water for rinsing sake cups (at a banquet, etc.)

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illiterate and ignorant; uneducated and lacking in wisdom and discernment

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advertisement; advertising; announcement; notice

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if so; in that case; in that situation

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first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole

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two characters; name

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shepherd's purse (Capsella bursa-pastoris)

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shepherd's purse (Capsella bursa-pastoris)

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