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China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryo system)

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wealthy people; the rich

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to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do

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to make laugh; to set to laughing

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bedroom (esp. one used by a married couple); sleeping quarters; inner room; room at the back of the house

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supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being

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to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case

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to glide; to slide (e.g. on skis); to fail (an examination); to bomb (when telling a joke); to drop; to go down

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keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use

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year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)

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charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of

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sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable

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living thing; organism; creature; biology

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sympathy; empathy; response

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to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think

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's house; 's home

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to drift; to float; to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air; to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood); to wander; to walk around aimlessly

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-smell; stinking of; smacking of; hinting of

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personification; anthropomorphization

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to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve

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slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long

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to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound

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one week

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after

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surgery; operation; procedure; skill with one's hands; sleight of hand

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it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...

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heart; guts; nerve; central part

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to wake up; to awake; to perk up; to awaken (to the truth, etc.); to come to a realization; to come to one's senses

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what to do

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called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...

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fear; dread; dismay; terror; horror; scare

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have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than

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itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally

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sense of pain

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seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...

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truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic

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already; too late

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to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp

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to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize

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take care of yourself; get well soon; God bless you; bless you

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thank you; thanks

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to be surprised; to be amazed; to be frightened; surprise (e.g. surprise party)

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lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision

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to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard

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to take something into ...; to bring in; to lodge (a complaint); to file (a plan); to bring to (a state: tied game, vote, trial, etc.)

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to blow (of the wind); to blow (one's breath); to breathe out; to play (a wind instrument); to blow (a whistle, trumpet, etc.); to emit (smoke, fire, etc.); to spout

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now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again

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to be needed; to be wanted

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buying; shopping; buyer; purchase

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line (of text); row; carya (austerities); samskara (formations); semi-cursive style (of writing Chinese characters); running style

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