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pocket

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long, narrow strip of paper on which Japanese poems are written (vertically); tanzaku; thin rectangle

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offering (e.g. to the gods); votive offering

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spell; curse; dharani; mantra

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words; writing; ci (form of Chinese poetry); independent word

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like; similar to; same as

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criminal, administrative and civil codes (forming the basis of ancient East Asian law; orig. Chinese); legal codes of the Nara and Heian eras based on Chinese models

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damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very

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cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet

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middle-aged man; Buddhist priest

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slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)

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astonished; shocked; amazed; astounded; aghast

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amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute

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knowledge; understanding; rules; regulations; deputy; acting

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alarm; warning

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battle formation; camp; encampment; group; gang; war

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to take by surprise

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to creep; to steal up; to draw near unnoticed

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to mow; to reap; to harvest

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to lose consciousness

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poor; lame; ill-prepared

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idleness; inactivity

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physique; constitution

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by nature; by birth; naturally; natural; innate

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to live together; to be close friends; (lit.) to eat out of the same pot

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hell

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to climb over; to get over; to surmount; to overcome; to surpass; to overtake

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resemblance; similarity; analogy

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smoothly; with a slipping or sliding motion

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to shave off

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one o'clock; once; at one time; for a time; for a while; a time

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nth period (e.g. nth class in school day)

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two o'clock

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recess; break time; break between classes; free period; recess time; recreation hour

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call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)

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entering a room; studying under a Buddhist teacher

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or something; for instance ... (though there are other suitable options); ... or ...; as soon as; right after; while still

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(computer) console; single console for multiple diving gauges

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lock

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look (in someone's eyes); expression (of the eyes); eyes

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looking into distance; watchtower; distant view

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all; entire; whole; altogether

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to rebuke; to scold; to tell off; to question persistently (in order to criticize or find fault with somebody)

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(young) hoodlum; delinquent boy; small-time yakuza; brat; little shit

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criminal act

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to get used (to); to get familiar with; to get skillful with

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professional

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hard to say; inexpressible; hesitant to say; embarrassing; delicate

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remodeling; remodelling; restructuring; modding

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series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza

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