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pattern; behavioural pattern; behavioral pattern; predictability

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investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey

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that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game

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to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment

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entirely useless; completely worthless; no no; don't!

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rear garden; back yard

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skeletal remains; dry bones of a corpse; human skeleton

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evasion; excuse; subterfuge; runaround

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murder; homicide; manslaughter

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it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it

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love; affection; attachment; craving; agape; Ireland

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divorce

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to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved

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head; brains; intellect; understanding

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hand-copied sutras; copying of a sutra

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battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict

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wicked thought; wicked mind

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to abolish; to abandon; to repeal; to dethrone; to depose

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oneself (itself, etc.); I; me; you; by oneself (itself, etc.); interjection expressing anger or chagrin

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to bring to naught; to bring to nought; to abuse (esp. another's kindness); to empty; to clear

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journal; magazine; periodical

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political commentator (journalist, columnist)

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Kiichi

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Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7); reminiscent of the Shōwa era; Shōwa- nostalgic; old-fashioned

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hidden historical background

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article; news story; report; account

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behind one's back

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political and business circles; political and business establishment; politics and industry

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grumbling; muttering; nonsense

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monochrome

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collar; color; colour; hair colouring (coloring); calla (variety of arum lily)

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(two-page) spread; two pages opposite each other

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profit; earnings

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absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming

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internal; domestic

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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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(United States of) America; United States; US; America (land mass); the Americas

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to achieve success

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(corporate) bankruptcy; insolvency; commercial failure; failed business

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unemployment; losing one's job; becoming unemployed

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to suffer; to groan; to be worried

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so; like that; that's right; indeed; let me see...

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to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)

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war; fighting; fierce competition

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disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem

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long; (for a) long time

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Silk Road

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westernmost tip (point, extremity, etc.)

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antiques; old works of art

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elegance; grace; article; item; counter for items (of food, etc.); counter for dishes or courses (at a restaurant)

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