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cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship

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after

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several months

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painter; artist; drawing pictures; doodling; painting

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life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation

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water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout

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brush

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lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate

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structure of an artwork; pictorial design; pictures inserted in a book

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to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose

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New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January

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indicates question

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ink painting

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never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up

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projection; reflection; image; match; harmony

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wife

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to say something is all right; to give the all-clear (e.g. to do something)

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purple; violet; Lithospermum erythrorhizon (species of gromwell); type of soy sauce

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congratulation; congratulations; celebration; congratulatory gift; present

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90th birthday

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stripe; bar; streak; (weaved) stripe pattern (of 2 or more different colors)

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parenthood; parent or someone with children on the way (esp. an expecting mother); (of a fish) containing roe (eggs)

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ultramarine

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light (i.e. not heavy); feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily); light (i.e. of foot); effortless; non-serious; minor; slight

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sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading

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character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")

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meaning; called; said

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to get drunk; to become intoxicated; to feel sick (e.g. in a vehicle); to become nauseated; to be elated; to be exalted

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like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to

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to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign

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world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign

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to palpitate (with anxiety, etc.)

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for two people's eyes to meet; catching someone's eye; making eye contact; meeting a person's gaze

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(musical) time; tempo; beat; the moment; the instance; chance

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suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally

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sales clerk

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troublesome; annoying; complicated

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to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)

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sightseeing; watching; viewing; sightseer; watcher; spectator

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work; workmanship; craftsmanship; artifice; trick; device

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play; drama

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to be affected; to put on airs; to act like (something one isn't); to pretend to be

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dandy; fop

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fiance; fiancee

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when one was a very young child; very early in one's life

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to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon

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distant relative

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only daughter

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merchant; store; shop; merchant house; merchant family

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town girl; girl raised in a town

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