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humorous; funny; amusing; laughable; hilarious; comical

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to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint

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Wood Rat (1st year of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1924, 1984, 2044)

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night chat; tale told at night; evening tea party (starting around 6pm); book of informal essays

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to watch steadily; to stare

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indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very

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strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious

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many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common

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for example; for instance; e.g.

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today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays

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to come and see (someone, something); to visit

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you; people

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bottom; sole

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

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mystery; wonder

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confectionery; sweets; candy; cake

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that's the way it is; such is life

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it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...

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true character; real nature

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to hide; to conceal

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evening; evening hour

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proxy; representative

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to go to; to visit; to call on

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head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)

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details; particulars

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to hear; to be told; to know; to receive (order); to undertake; to comply

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moat; fosse; canal; ditch

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near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly

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(arch.) not; is; are

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the late; the deceased

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big river

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wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza

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to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)

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summer

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to endure; to keep out (e.g. rain); to pull through; to get over; to surpass; to outdo

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easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...

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place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament

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to think, feel, consider, know, etc.

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no!; no no!; no, not at all

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now; soon; already; yet; further; more

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childish; child-like; immature; infantile

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playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)

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be; is

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embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful

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closet

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futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)

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be; is

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loving something but being very bad at it

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my; our; one's own

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fingering an object (in killing time); amusing oneself; diversion; gambling

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