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discovery; detection; finding

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cooking for oneself; cooking one's own food; doing one's own cooking; scanning a book or magazine to create an ebook by oneself

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taking over another's debt; shouldering someone else's burden; subrogation

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sounds good; sure thing; no problem

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washing; laundry; relaxing; taking a break

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to become stiff (of muscles); to get absorbed in; to develop a passion for; to be elaborate; to be intricate

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even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little

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reliability; trustworthiness; dependability

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to throw out one's chest; to be puffed up with pride

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to entrust; to leave to a person

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fresh

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evening meal

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to tailor; to make (clothing); to train; to bring up; to make it seem like; to pass off

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to give; to present; to offer; to do for someone's sake

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and then; and so; and; so then

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mother; wife

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father; dad; papa; pa; pop; daddy

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won't you

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retreating figure; appearance from behind

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causing concern; (lit.) bad for the heart

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doubt; suspicion; misgivings; scruples

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to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood

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to change; to exchange; to convert; to renew; to throw a switch; to replace

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verbal gaffe; verbal slip; slip of the tongue; using improper words

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board game

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(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of

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tonight; this evening

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spice; spices; condiment

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(not) so; (not) particularly; (not) very; (not) that much

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preliminary arrangements; preparation; spadework; pre-cooking

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humming; crooning

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to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem

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this life; this world

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to recollect; to remember; to reminisce; to imagine; to guess; to infer

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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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to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned

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item; article; dish; course; finest item

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handmade; homegrown; hand-crafted; homemade

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feast; treating (someone); to treat (someone, e.g. to a meal)

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cold bath; taking a cold bath

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coming and going; keeping in touch; visiting each other; street traffic; highway

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women; maidservant

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great joy

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to jump at; to be attracted by

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to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)

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outsider's perspective; as seen by an observer

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to be disappointed; to be dejected; to be downhearted; to feel exhausted; to feel drained

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to drop one's shoulders

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voluntary activity; voluntary service; labor of love

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low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)

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