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inkstone

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sumi; India ink; squid ink; octopus ink; carpenter's inking string

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to rub; to chafe; to strike (match); to lose (e.g. a match); to forfeit; to squander one's money (e.g. through gambling, Pachinko, etc.)

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to get up (e.g. from bed); to make one's way in the world; to achieve in life

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poor-quality; shoddy; unskillful; inexpert; unlucky

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handwriting; calligraphy specimen; example of penmanship; holograph

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to begin to write; to start writing; to write out (e.g. on a blackboard); to extract (and write down); to write down (the important parts); to export

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to pretend

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to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove

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on purpose; deliberately; intentionally

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to be forward; to be impertinent

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to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)

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frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed

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imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action

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deep breath

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to spell; to write; to compose; to bind (e.g. documents); to patch

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event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble

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to cover (with something); to put on (e.g. on someone else's head); to plate something (with a metal); to pour or dash a liquid (on something); to charge (a person with a guilt)

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to deceive (with words); to cajole; to talk into; to explain away (e.g. unpleasant evidence); to argue away; to wheedle

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tip of brush

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space; air; midair; (from) memory; (by) heart

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to do exactly what one is told to do; to be subservient; to be easily controlled

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family; members of a family

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letting (someone) die without helping

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to (make something) quiver; to shake; to tremble; to vibrate

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sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course

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truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth

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friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by

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to become pale; to turn pale

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at any rate; anyhow

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only; nothing but

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... is the reason; ... is my excuse

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have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than

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but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding

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coming; going; being (somewhere); come; go; stay

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home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains

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fiance; fiancee

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as a child; when one was a child; childhood

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daddy; father; husband

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forcibly; against one's will

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cheerful; bright; clear; clean; honest

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tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable

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mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but

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(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently

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cultivation; refinement; culture; education

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difficult to ...; hard to ...

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to be unable to let pass unnoticed; to be unable to be indifferent; to be unable to just watch (without doing anything)

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and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless

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

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to advance; to move forward; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to raise; to elevate

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