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to run down

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serious reflection; soul-searching; penitence

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ascent; climbing; ascending (path); upbound (esp. toward Tokyo)

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brown-eared bulbul (Hypsipetes amaurotis)

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Yue (kingdom in ancient China; 6th C-334 BCE); Vietnam

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to fall off; to tumble down

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walking sound; footsteps

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stride

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standing to reason; natural

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twilight; sunset; dusk; evening

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to arrive home; to return

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of good omen; auspicious; lucky; auguring well (for); boding well (for)

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noun

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to stumble a step or two forward (when trying to stop); to pass one's destination and stumble a step or two forward; to totter

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lane line (e.g. on a running track); lane marker

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cold sweat

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day of the week

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twenty-seventh day of the month; twenty-seven days

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slovenly; loose; sluttish; slatternly; untidy; undisciplined

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Golden Week (early-May holiday season in Japan)

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piece; slice; cloth; sharpness; agility; counter for scraps, pieces, etc.

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three-day weekend; long weekend; three holidays in a row

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consecutive holidays

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(move) slowly (e.g. walk); sluggishly; stolidly; ploddingly; heavily

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to get out of bed; to show a leg

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living; lifestyle; living room

10

unreserved

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big yawn

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plunking (down something heavy); flumping (into a chair)

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to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit-in (in protest)

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switch

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(one) line; (one) row

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beckoning cat; figure of a cat with one paw raised (usu. white porcelain)

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koban; small oval gold coin used in the Edo period; oval; elliptical; small size (of paper)

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good luck charm; something that encourages or invites good luck

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10,000,000; ten million; extremely large number; myriad

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both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold

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spring; spring (in one's legs); bounce; springboard; impetus

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remodeling; remodelling; restructuring; modding

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(television, radio, etc.) receiver

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Ming dynasty (China, 1368-1644)

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moment; brief space of time

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to remain; to stay (somewhere)

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to be able to reach; to be within one's reach; to be able to afford; to be near (a certain age)

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at any cost; at any price; at any expense

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to be idle; to slacken; to neglect (e.g. one's work)

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endless; boundless; everlasting

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height; acme; extremity; end; limit

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shower

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coming to nothing; bubble on the surface of water; something that is short-lived

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