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by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing

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to redeem (from sin); to save

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substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange

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nursing; nurse; attending; attendant; entertainer

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extremely familiar; very well-acquainted

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race; tribe; species; genus; stellar population (i.e. population I, II and III)

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to blame; to reproach; to question (a suspect); to challenge; to aggravate (an injury); to be aggravated

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seeing; meeting

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any; at all; in the least; even in a slight degree; ever

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go that far; to that extent

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to descend; to stoop; to degrade oneself; to be reduced to

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double suicide; lovers' suicide

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sweetly smiling; like the smiling of a beauty; gracious

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to let one's guard down

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main cause; primary factor

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abbreviation; omission; outline; gist; plan; strategy

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side (esp. of a waterbody); edge; bank; shore

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sebum; sebaceous matter

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exhaustion

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to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind

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intentionally; deliberately; designedly; especially; particularly

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easy; simple; easygoing; lighthearted; simplistic

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close call; narrow margin; the eleventh hour

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effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)

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calculation; reckoning; count; forecast

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endurance; perseverance; patience

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to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)

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control; restraint; suppression; constraint; curtailment; inhibition

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emission; emanation; letting out (feelings); venting; divergence (of light); divergence

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everywhere; all over; throughout

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to bear; to stand; to restrain; to control; to forgive; to put up with

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to throw; to fling; to hurl; to neglect; to abandon; to leave alone

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difficult to say which of the two is better; hard to tell which is better; (there is) little to choose between them

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thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love

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advance or retreat; moving forwards or backwards; course of action; behaviour; remaining in one's post or resigning; staying or leaving

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to be hard pressed; to be at a loss; to become poor; to be reduced to poverty

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interlude (in traditional Japanese music); chanting or clapping along (during a song or dance); interjection

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Taketori Monogatari (The Tale of the Bamboo-Cutter)

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difficult problem; challenge

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husband; groom; (one's) son-in-law

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to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)

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elegy; funeral song

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black porgy (Acanthopagrus schlegeli)

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traditional Japanese poem with verses of five and seven morae repeated at least three times, usu. ending with a verse of seven; long epic song with shamisen accompaniment (developed in Kyoto in the late 16th century)

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manly

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by sheer strength; by brute force

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little girl; maiden; young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryo period)

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Heian period (794-1185); imperial court in the Heian period

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three people

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particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.)

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