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was; were

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

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to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out

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order; command; decree; (software) instruction; statement

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you

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like; similar to; as with; in the same way

2

going out (of a nobleman, etc.); visiting

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to become; to amount to

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every evening; night after night

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town; block; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares

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to wander; to roam from place to place

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first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)

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drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other

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Mako

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(a) day or two

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(within) the (Tokyo) metropolitan area

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strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious

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illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane

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to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)

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to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...

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to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do

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symptoms; condition (of a patient)

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quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like

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Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times

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period; time; opportunity; chance; age; term (e.g. in office); session (e.g. of parliament)

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tradition; legend; folklore

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change; alteration; difference; distinction; something wrong; abnormality

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wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to

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dreadful; terrible; horrible; fearsome; formidable; awesome

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be; is

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unclear; obscure; unknown; unidentified; ignorance; lack of wisdom

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Metropolitan Police Department (esp. Tokyo)

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as much as one can; as much as possible; if at all possible

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night; nighttime

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taking on a life of its own (of a rumour, etc.); walking by oneself; talking a walk by oneself; walking unaided; being able to walk without help; standing on one's own feet

1

to call out to; to hail; to address; to appeal

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next; following; subsequent; stage; station

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news

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fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she

2

deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing

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sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt

1

plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme

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speedy; as rapid as possible; as soon as possible

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discovery; detection; finding

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to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)

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adds force or indicates command

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endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement

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someone; somebody

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to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)

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what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest

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