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front-facing; forward-looking; positive; constructive

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rare; uncommon; rare; lightly cooked; rhea (bird of family Rheidae); Rhea (Greek goddess)

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ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious

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frontal attack

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way (of doing); manner; method; means

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good flavor (flavour); good taste; umami (fifth category of taste in food); skill; cleverness; profit

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medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic

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medical equipment

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development; exploitation

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with a thump; floppingly

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was

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(sink) deeply (into mud, snow, etc.); (thrust) deeply (into a soft object); (involved) too deeply (in a matter, relationship, etc.); drenched; soaked; (arch.) extremely (drunk)

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exhilarated; all smiles; tickled pink; pleased as punch

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amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity

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rather; sooner; preferably

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fresh-picked

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all-you-can-eat; eating as much as one likes

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tile

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having no end tiles or honor tiles and pinfu (common pair of melds)

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colouring; coloring; sex appeal (esp. of women); sexiness; interest in the opposite sex; sexual feelings; charm

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to obtain; to procure

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old haunts; former homes

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Ichirō; Suzuki Ichirō (baseball player) (1973.10.22-)

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flourish of trumpets; fanfare

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as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever

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regrettable; vexing; upsetting; unthinkable; wholly unexpected

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to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie

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doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness

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to answer; to reply

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to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with

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law; act; method; mood; dharma; law

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reflux esophagitis

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to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid

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original; novel; new

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note; memo; memorandum

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one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point

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generations; ages; years

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lunch; noon; midday; daytime; waking up; getting up

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to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)

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cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood

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lunch; midday meal

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jejunum

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curry (esp. Japanese curry); rice and curry

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clearing one's throat; cough

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to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy

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some people; a few people; several people

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retirement; retiring (from a race, match, etc.); dropping out

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may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly

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excessive; immoderate

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reaction; recoil; kick; backlash

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