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friend; acquaintance

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special delivery mail; express delivery post

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hearing (of a statement, opinion, explanation, etc.); asking; questioning (e.g. a suspect); listening (e.g. to the radio)

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Okano Hirohiko

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to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to gratefully accept

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going out; outing; leaving (one's home, office, etc.)

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time (for a program, programme); broadcasting hours; air time

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to smoke (tobacco)

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to expect; to look for; to look forward to; to anticipate; to wait for

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to be clear (of a sight, sound, colour, etc.); to be bright; to be clear-headed; to be alert; to look upbeat; to be perky; to master (a skill)

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dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable

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archaic word; obsolete word; old saying; old adage; old language; ancient language

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harmony; reconciliation

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Orikuchi Shinobu (1887.2.11-1953.9.3)

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simile; metaphor; allegory; parable

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20 years old

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to be hesitant; to feel timid

2

bold; daring; audacious

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dashing around on a horse; running around; exerting oneself (for another)

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unique; peculiar; singular

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childish; child-like; innocent; naive

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clear; pure; noble

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to be in high spirits; to be encouraged; to be lively; to cheer up

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very young; little; childish; immature

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gasping; puffing; wheezing; asthma

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(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum

3

to blacken; to darken

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to be purplish; to be tinged purple

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birthmark; nevus; bruise

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above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent

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anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly

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instead of; replacing; on behalf of

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smartly dressed; stylish; someone smartly dressed; to dress up; to be fashionable

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to shave

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pessimism; disappointment

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how; in what way

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erasure; denial; obliteration; ignoring (an opinion)

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should do; ought to do

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another's affair; matter of no concern; nothing to do with one

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ink

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to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid

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mist; haze

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teasing; banter; ribbing; jest; making fun (of); poking fun (at)

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scholar

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how many; how old

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great antiquity; old-fashioned; long ago

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to adhere to; to stick to; to keep close to; to go along with; to get involved with; to be thick with

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also called

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to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)

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wounded; injured

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