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frequently

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Sasabe Shintarō

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to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin

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practical; realistic; pragmatic

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after death; posthumously

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good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial

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the Monkey (ninth sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Monkey (around 4pm, 3-5pm, or 4-6pm); west-southwest; 7th month of the lunar calendar

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spread (e.g. of a disease); rampancy; infestation; proliferation; being widespread

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within the country; inside the county; domestic; home; internal

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Yoshino cherry (Prunus yedoensis)

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waste; scrap; garbage; scum; piece of trash; loser

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bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)

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department (in an organization, company, etc.); division; club (at a school, university, etc.); team; part; portion

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childish; child-like; innocent; naive

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blue; azure; green; pale (facial color); gray; unripe

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leaf; blade (of grass); (pine) needle; marijuana; weed; cannabis

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white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine

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scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops

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but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding

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pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely

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practice (as opposed to theory); actual practice; actual site; (at) the scene; (on) the spot

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untiringly; persistently; without losing interest

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practical question; practical problem; practical matter

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myself

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recollecting; reminiscing; looking back; retrospection; review

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very recently; in the very recent past

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(good) advice

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bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; confusion

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inattention; absent-mindedness

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to count up; to enumerate

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to vomit; to throw up; to emit; to send forth; to give (an opinion); to make (a comment)

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support; stay; prop

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the two; both

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unconscious

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concrete example

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eulogy; compliment

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to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of

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to speak ill of; to disparage

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even (e.g. even a child)

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or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...

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paradoxical

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to excel at; to be proficient at; to grow old; to ripen; to rise high (e.g. of the sun)

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as a test; by way of trial; as an experiment; by way of experiment; tentatively

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big talk; braggadocio

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anti-; antithesis; fanqie; traditional Chinese spelling system in which two characters are used: the first one for the onset, the second one for rhyme and tone

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doer; performer; shite; protagonist; speculator

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loanword (in Japanese, esp. one of Western origin); word of foreign origin

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

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bad(-tasting); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive

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to criticize; to point out faults; to speak ill of

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