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reading (a text) aloud without trying to understand it

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auditor (Edo period); examiner; inquisitor; winner (of the most rounds, i.e. a full game)

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to allow; to let (somebody) do; to make (somebody) do

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evening; dusk; twilight

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four o'clock

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sitting; stability

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stuffing; packing; end (esp. the foot of a bridge); lowest-ranking guest at tea ceremony; tea master; endgame (esp. in shogi or used figuratively); sweet eel sauce

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work; labor; labour; toil

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long day (esp. of spring)

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fatigue; weariness; exhaustion; tiredness

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violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement

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reversal; return; return gift; return favour (favor); barb (on a fishing hook); mixture of soy sauce, sugar and mirin

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separate; respective

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to (do) like this

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annotation; explanatory note; comment

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somehow; without knowing (it); unconsciously; unthinkingly

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drowsily; nodding off

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lodger who pays nothing for room and board; freeloader; sponger

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doubt; distrust; suspicion (of)

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righteousness; justice; right

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to do something in readiness for; to get something (needful) done

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Confucianism

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exaggerated; overblown; pretentious

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three; 3

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benefit; use; good; profit; gains

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once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time

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secret (method, trick, etc.); key (e.g. to success); mysteries (of an art, trade, etc.); recipe; trick

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charge; duty; person in charge; connection; linking

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and then; and so; and; so then

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Mell; Mel; Meru

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to take measures; to work out a plan; to lecture; to read aloud; to confer

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improper way (of doing); wrong way; unorthodox method; evil course; evil path; heresy

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to tire of; to lose interest in; (arch.) to be satisfied; (arch.) to enjoy; (arch.) to do adequately

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to reach an extreme; to reach a limit; extremely; to be stuck; to be in a dilemma; to be decided

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to be forestalled; to be taken in; to be cheated; to be outwitted

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Song-dynasty Confucian scholars

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dawn; daybreak; event (e.g. "in the event of ..."); occasion; occurrence

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-like

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doubt; misgivings; distrust; suspicion

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Sour (Lebanon)

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solution (of an equation, inequality, etc.); root (e.g. of a polynomial); solution (to a given problem); answer; explanation; interpretation

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to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)

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humanity and justice (esp. in Confucianism); virtue; duty; formal greeting (between yakuza, street vendors, gamblers, etc.); (gang's) moral code

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natural laws; rule of heaven

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human desires; human passions

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to grumble over one's wine cups

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to be nauseating; to be disgusting; to be revolting; to throw up; to vomit

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to play (a stringed instrument)

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traditional Japanese wind instrument resembling panpipes; free-reed instrument used in Japanese court music

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(a) principle; (a) reason; (a) point; some truth

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