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expressing one's mind; speaking out

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long sentence; long piece of writing (e.g. passage, letter, article, telegram)

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ancient writing (Edo-period or older); classical literature; ancient Chinese character (pre-Qin period); Chinese character script used before the Qin period

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bottom of one's heart; depths of one's mind; innermost thoughts; from the bottom of one's heart; wholeheartedly; truly

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whole passage; full text; whole sentence; full paragraph

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grounds; foundation; authority; support; prop; something upon which to rely

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troublesome; annoying; complicated

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reader

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omission; leaving out; abbreviation; abridgment; abridgement

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to go on reading

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novel; story; (work of) fiction

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relation; connection; relevance

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obstacle; hindrance; impediment; difficulty

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your Excellency; his Excellency; her Excellency

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to suffer; to receive (kindness, rebuke, support); to sustain (damage)

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years; time

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craving; longing; thirsting

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to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come

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very short time; moment

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superior insight; your idea

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pluralizing suffix; or so; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.; nominalizing suffix

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complaint (of pain, suffering, etc.); appeal

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yours sincerely; respectfully yours

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court

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fence; wall; hedge

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to cease; to stop; to be over

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unavoidably; inevitably; necessarily; reluctantly; against one's will

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to snatch; to steal

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to annotate; to comment on; to add explanatory notes; to write down

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telling; stating

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the imperial family or household

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han; fan; unit that doubles the score of a hand

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called; known as; that; to say

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really; truly; very; extremely; exceedingly; sincerely

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depression; low spirits; luxuriant (of vegetation)

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utmost limit; extremity; result

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topic; subject; rumor; talk; tale; story

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mystery; strange event; mysterious affair

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reason; cause; whys and wherefores; particulars

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affectation; pretense; pretence

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source; origin

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now; recently; this time

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reason; significance; cause; piece of information that one has heard; I hear that ...; it is said that ...

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false charge

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to go in the direction of; to proceed toward; to become; to face (facts, circumstances, etc.); (arch.) to abide by; (arch.) to agree to

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selfish; self-indulgent; arbitrary

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Hyogo (prefecture); armory; armoury; arsenal

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native Japanese reading of a Chinese character; precept; lesson; one's teachings

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but; however; even though; even if

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surrender (to the authorities); giving oneself up; turning oneself in

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