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explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend

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several days later

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bamboo pole

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to steam (food, towel, etc.); to be hot and humid; to be sultry

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bract (leaf)

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quickly; calmly; intently

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to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to be confused from not knowing what to do

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suspicious

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to kneel and worship

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to get someone to say; to make someone say; to let someone say; to let someone speak out; to make a sound

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to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul

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disadvantageous; harmful; unprofitable

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vassal; attendant

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to keep away; to keep at a distance

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occasion; time; section (of a literary work); paragraph; season; term; principle

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unbroken; endless; continuous

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according to; reads; reading; is written; says; states

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we; us

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fleeing in all directions; (in Japanese history, a reference to) farmers who abandoned their fields and fled to the cities or other districts to evade onerous taxes

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have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary

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gist; main point

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beautiful shape or form

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your Excellency; his Excellency; her Excellency

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we; us; I; me; my store (business, etc.)

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disturbance; perturbation; derangement

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(one) letter; (one) character

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giving a broad smile

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to force to do; to compel

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Welsh onion (Allium fistulosum); green onion; spring onion

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diversion; appropriation (e.g. of funds); misappropriation; re-use (e.g. old computer parts); recycling

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to divide into three (parts); to trisect

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lacking talent or ability

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to approve (of); to be in favor of; to be in favour of

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third stage; three stages

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(arch.) slow; (arch.) gradual; (arch.) steady; (arch.) calm; (arch.) composed; (arch.) relaxed

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as expected

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to bend; to flutter; to wave; to yield to; to be swayed by; to bow to

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between-season wear; spring and autumn clothing; together; condition; situation; -ish

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to pass; to pass on; to give (something) a miss; to cut it out; to knock off (for the day); to let the matter drop

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counter for houses, households, apartments, etc.

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door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows

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to take flight; to disappear

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food; foodstuff

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(act of) drinking water

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all-out attack; general offensive

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every street corner; every crossing

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small number; few; minority

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now advancing and now retreating; ebb and flow; seesawing; taking alternately favorable and unfavorable turns

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completely; fully; entirely

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dusk; nightfall; twilight

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