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the four cardinal directions; north, east, south and west; surroundings; many countries; the whole world; all around; here and there

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to go around

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just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...

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cluster of trees; grove; thicket

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goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark

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uncertain; doubtful; unreliable; unsteady; unclear; vague

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to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen

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suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally

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before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to

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ken (6 shaku, approx. 1.818 m); counter used to number the gaps between pillars

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rustling; refreshing; clearly

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method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)

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

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for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)

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one place; (all in) the same place; one spot; one location; one part; one passage

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given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...

4

to make a sound; to give off a sound; to hear a sound

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to listen carefully; to strain one's ears

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sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling

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to blow across

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sounds

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to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish

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direction; way; point of the compass; cardinal direction; method; means

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I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt

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my; our; one's own

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sound of footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching

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thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow

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does not seem (to be)

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attempt; trial; experiment; endeavour (endeavor); effort; venture

1

to steal; to plagiarize; to steal (a technique, idea, etc.); to do stealthily; to do during scant time; to steal a base

4

ancestor; forefather; originator; pioneer; grandfather

4

to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)

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to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed

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city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly

6

hustle and bustle; throng; crowd; congestion; traffic jam

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far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)

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to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit

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Musashi (former province located in parts of present-day Tokyo, Kanagawa and Saitama prefectures)

2

plain; field; hidden (structural) member; wild; lacking a political post

2

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

2

realm of the dead; the other world; underworld; hell

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counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun

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dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding

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Chinese "star" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); Singapore

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this world; this life; world of the living

15

darkness; the dark

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grassy field; grassland; meadow; grass-covered plain; savannah; prairie

2

remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively

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to be petrified; to be unable to move; to be paralyzed (with horror); to be stupefied (with amazement)

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as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state

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