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to shut; to close; to block (a street, entrance, etc.); to shut in (with snow, ice, etc.); to shut off; to consume (with negative feelings)

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to succeed to a house

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traditional Japanese engagement ceremony involving ritual gift exchange between families; ceremonial engagement gifts

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to pin one's hope on; to look forward to; to look toward; to get one's hopes up

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suicide by drowning; drowning oneself; entering the water; hitting the water

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childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate

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engagement; betrothal

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oozing; damp; sodden

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one's heart; the mind; inner feelings; inmost thoughts; true motives

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escape; evasion; flight

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to escape death; to be saved from death

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paintbrush

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betrayal; infidelity

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as planned; according to plan

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clearly; brightly; cleanly; purely

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my; one's own; I ...; one ...

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bottom of the water; bottom of the sea; river bottom

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to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair); to floor (an opponent)

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hereditary; congenital

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hair; fur; wool; down; plumage

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illness; condition; -pathy

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to be born; to come into the world

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to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)

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darkness; the dark

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to decline (of morals, character, etc.); to become vulgar (e.g. of a conversation); to stoop (to); to be ruined; to go under; to fall (into hell)

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one's own child; one's own children

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four

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to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in

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to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble

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to climb over; to get over; to overcome (a difficulty, obstacle, etc.); to surmount; to surpass (a predecessor); to overtake

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three; 3

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counter for months

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since some time or another; since who-knows-when

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in the same way as; just like

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university; college; former imperial university of Japan (established under the ritsuryō system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)

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(in) his way; peculiar to him

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to have something on one's mind; to have (undisclosed) reservations; to feel conflicted

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narrow-minded; intolerant; petty

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parents; both parents

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atonement; the Atonement (of Jesus Christ)

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favoritism; favouritism; partiality

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illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault

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definite; sure

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burr (e.g. chestnut); bur; cupule; case

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a few years ago; some years back

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to lose one's life

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da Vinci

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stray cat; alley cat

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dissection; autopsy; postmortem examination; analysis; postmortem

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sketch; sketching

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