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optimism; taking an optimistic view

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in fact

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to make a mess; to perpetrate; to do; to finish up; to be guilty of

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knife; pointed carver

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to hold (in one's hand); to take (into one's hand); to own; to obtain

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cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship

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increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less

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to ripen; to mature; to be ready for action; to be the right time (to act); to be in common use; to come to sound natural

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beloved child

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hostility; animosity; enmity

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painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)

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only; merely; just; at most; no more than

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anxiety; uneasiness; worry; apprehension; fear; insecurity

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to spur on; to urge forward; to impel; to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)

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such a stupid ...; what a crazy ...; no way!; what nonsense!; how can that be?

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seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of

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to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn

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cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)

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beach; seashore; seaside; coast

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going side-by-side; going abreast; running concurrently; occurring at the same time; keeping pace with

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under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side

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blood relationship

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outline; summary; argument

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huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!

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to say; to speak; to tell; to talk

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(non-documentary) television series; teledrama; television drama; television play; video drama

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Iwashi Tashima (1941.1-)

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strong; hard; manly

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enthusiastic performance

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car; automobile; vehicle; wheel

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eroticism

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nakedness; nudity; bareness; nakedness; being penniless; concealing nothing

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bibliography (list of books by an author or on a subject); bibliography (history or description of books); book

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planting a field with the same crop each year; repeated cultivation; collaborative literary work; story made up by several writers working on it in turn; series (of novels); cycle (of poems, songs)

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continuing from beginning to end; continuous run; appetizer; starter; performance of an entire play

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to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass

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delete (proofreader's mark)

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good (quality, condition, etc.); Good (grade); B

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400; four hundred

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certain; unmistaken; evident; obvious; beyond doubt

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eldest son (may be the only son); first-born son

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unsociable; unfriendly; blunt; surly; curt; cold

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because; since

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party; banquet; reception; feast; dinner

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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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to be silent; to say nothing

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you

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is not; am not; are not; isn't it?

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spirit; mind; nature; disposition; motivation; intention

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(please) don't

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