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dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish

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famous sword; sword blade by Masamune; sake; Japanese rice wine; brand of sake from Nada region during Tenpō era (1830-1844)

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pet saying; favorite phrase; stock phrase; manner of talking

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diligent; earnest; attentive to detail; brisk (working, moving); frequent (e.g. checking)

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to ask for too much; to expect too much

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youth

2

to search about for; to hunt around for; to look high and low for; to look everywhere for

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busyness; a lot of things to do; frequent use; heavy use (of); many uses

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poverty dulls the wit

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out of habit; by inertia; by force of habit; mechanical

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to become dim-witted; to lose one's edge; to become insensitive

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ripeness; mellowness; maturity

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quite capable of ...; not unlikely to ...; may well ...; might ...; could ...; would not hesitate to ...

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palace visit

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sign; indication

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admiration; wonder; astonishment

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Suketomo

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tedium; boredom; ennui

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stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire

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tidal flat; tideland

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tide; current; sea water; opportunity; chance

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(rocky) beach; seashore

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living thing; organism; creature; biology

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steadily

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continuous; sustained; sustainable; durable; persistent

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to run (a business); to operate; to carry out; to perform; to hold (a Buddhist or Shinto ceremony)

2

same quality; same nature; homogeneous

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biology

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a lot; loads; plenty

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to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess

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negligence; carelessness

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earth; ground; the solid earth; the (vast) land

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sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity

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this world; this life; current epoch (i.e. the Holocene epoch)

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burr (e.g. chestnut); bur; cupule; case

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question; query

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this and that; one thing and another

1

vertical axis; vertical line; vertical shaft; spindle; connection between past and present

1

arranging in a line; standing in a row; parallel (electronics, computing, etc.)

1

(depending on) how; (depending on) what; nature (of); what is ...?; how is ...?; what will be ...?

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abscissa; horizontal axis; horizontal scroll

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mismatched; odd; irregular; inconsistent; incoherent; confused

2

in this way; like this

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I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow

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in some cases; sometimes; on occasions

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before long; even now

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is that so?; I see; right; oh

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everybody; every last one of them; all

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to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air

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use; exercise (of one's right, authority, power, etc.)

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