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quite indifferent; looking blank; looking as though one has nothing at all to do with what is going on

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irritation; annoyance; frustration

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clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)

2

(arch.) the art of war; (arch.) martial arts; military force; the sword; valor; bravery

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mere; simple; sheer

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simply; merely; only; solely

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that kind; competition; match

1

very early in the morning; so early in the morning; at this ungodly hour

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willingly; voluntarily; on one's own accord

1

to come unstuck from; to peel off; to come off

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um; er; nuh-uh; no; oof

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to make a sound with one's throat; to purr (cat)

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exactly the same; exactly as is; without any change

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return gift; return favour (favor); revenge; change (in a cash transaction)

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malicious; ill-tempered; unkind

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this area; around here

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dangerous; unsettled; troubled; disturbed; insecure

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taking on a life of its own (of a rumour, etc.); walking by oneself; talking a walk by oneself; walking unaided; being able to walk without help; standing on one's own feet

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irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial

4

to pack; to box; to package

1

difference in grades (e.g. in go, shoji, etc.); difference in level (e.g. road, footpath); ramp; steps

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building

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beckoning

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don't worry about it; it's nothing; don't give it a thought

1

to cuddle; to comfort; to rock; to soothe; to dandle; to humor

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to bend oneself forward (esp. in curiosity or excitement); to hang out (e.g. over a balcony)

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morning glow; sunrise colors; sunrise colours

1

sunlight; rays of the Sun

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to illuminate; to shine a light on; to light up

1

field of flowers; flower garden; flower bed

6

to sow seeds; to sow the seeds of ... (e.g. conflict)

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to become speechless; to be at a loss for words

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secret

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to lower one's voice; to speak with a hushed voice

1

standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability

1

next; hypo- (i.e. containing an element with low valence); order; sequence

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after that (a substantive change occurred)

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often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently

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to come to like; to become fond of; to fall in love

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to work hard; to sweat; to wash off one's sweat

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to hate; to dislike

1

dots; spots; bit by bit; little by little; here and there; scattered

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little by little

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at times; occasionally

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months (period of)

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until now; so far; up to the present

4

to swell (out); to expand; to be inflated; to get cross; to get sulky; to pout

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each other; one another

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harmless and inoffensive; bland; tepid

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one day; (on) a certain day

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