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gently sloping; gentle; gradual; smooth (process); gentle (e.g. tone of voice); slow (e.g. growth)

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landslide; landslip

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collapse; break; cave-in; market decline; market crash

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wave; billow; ups and downs; (something) advancing step by step; (something) surging forward inopposably; tendency

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to launch; to shoot up; (of waves) to dash; to wash up (ashore); to finish (e.g. a theater run, sumo tournament); to close

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person who clears the way for a high-ranking person, procession, etc.; outrider; opening performer; sumo wrestler who leads a yokozuna at his ring-entering ceremony

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to be exhausted; to be tired out; to be worn out

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main performer; star performer; headliner; rakugo storyteller of the highest rank

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entrance (on the stage); appearance (in a book, film, etc.); appearance (on the scene); arrival (on the market); emergence

2

(another's) daughter; young lady (of pampered upbringing); woman who has never known hardship; naive woman

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no, not like that (but like this)

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before long; even now

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(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very

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to be completely still

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on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead

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cavity; hollow; void; hollow (voice, smile, etc.); blank (eyes, look, etc.); vacant (expression, stare, etc.)

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aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!

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(using) one's whole body; (putting in) all one's efforts; (exerting) all one's energies

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to fall to one's knees; to go down on one's knees (e.g. to express respect)

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stirring; slight movement

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frame

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to fling off; to throw off; to cast aside; to abandon; to throw to the winds

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to rub; to chafe; to strike (match); to squander (one's money); to run through (one's fortune); to lose money (e.g. by gambling)

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to move forward; to move on

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to sit up

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to cause; to induce; to bring about; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)

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to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol

3

already; now; no longer; not any more

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to hold still; to hold in place; to calm down; to become steady (e.g. of nerves); to become fixed (e.g. of a gaze); to become glazed

1

dim; hazy; vague; indistinct; faint; fuzzy

1

weight (e.g. paperweight); pressing down; keeping control; exercising authority; having self-control; exercising self-discipline

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to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to

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ache; twinge

3

monologue; soliloquy; talking to oneself

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cold (drinking) water

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to pour on

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(one's) mother

2

charred; burnt black; scorched black

1

since then; from that time; ever since

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whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself

2

nowhere

3

unpleasant; uncomfortable; creepy; spooky

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(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it; that sort of (thing mentioned immediately prior)

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to do so; to do thus

1

thorough; exhaustive; complete

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to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand

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night school; evening school; evening class; night study

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fear; dread; fright; terror; trepidation; panic

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to let go of; to release; to part with (e.g. a possession); to relinquish; to send away (e.g. one's child); to let go

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Retsuka

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