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paper doll to which children pray for fine weather (usu. white, and shaped like a Buddhist priest)

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all's grist that comes to his mill; turn everything to good account; turn anything to profit

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triple jump; hop, step and jump

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polypore (bracket fungus, esp. of family Polyporaceae)

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postage; postal charges

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wrestler's stage name

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jonidan (second lowest) division

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paving (a road); surfacing (with asphalt, concrete, etc.); pavement

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Japanese subtitles

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pessimist

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petitioning (an administration) for redress; suing civilly to seek redress (for a court's action); lodging an appeal

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bluegill

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overnutrition; excessive nutritional intake

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food hygiene

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state resident; people of a state

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blotched snakehead (Channa maculata); northern snakehead (Channa argus)

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Duun

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work force

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tread on a worm and it will turn; even a tiny bug will defend itself; even the weakest and smallest beings have their own wills, so do not make light of them

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less-than sign or greater-than sign (< or >); inequality sign

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public library

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communicating while drinking (usu. with colleagues); communicating through drinking together; boozing with work people

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no problem; piece of cake

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perseverance prevails; (lit.) three years on a (cold) stone (will make the stone warm)

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peristalsis; peristaltic movement; vermiculation

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(stand to) attention!; standing at attention

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supply line; line of communications

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quickly; briefly

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fashionable person

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female part or role (drama, kabuki, etc.)

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dip; dual inline package; DIP

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to tingle with excitement; to be full of excitement; to be thrilled

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odious; hateful; awful; horrid; revolting

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retired and quiet; secluded

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matador

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primitive; crude; archaic

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usage time; utilization time

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buyer; purchaser; method of buying

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black bass

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multiracial nation; multiethnic country

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waste (of money, time, etc.); squandering; frittering away

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downhill road; descending road

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shiokara; paste made from salted fermented seafood (squid, fish entrails, etc.)

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being excessively cautious; (lit.) knocking on a strong stone bridge before crossing it

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to go over the top; to act without restraint; to cut loose

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fisheries industry

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manufacturing; craftsmanship; making New-Year's decorations; (arch.) preparing fields; (arch.) farming

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adorning (a Buddhist statue)

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mosquito larva; wriggler; maggot

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unloading (cargo, etc.); discharge

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