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returning home to one's parents (orig. of a married person); visiting one's parents (for a prolonged period of stay); bride's first visit to her parents after getting married; coming back (of an item; after having been on loan, etc. abroad); (arch.) temporarily returning to one's home (of a servant)

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hometown; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains

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there in body, but not in spirit; distracted; in one ear and out the other

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pushing through; bulldozing; doing something by force; arm twisting

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threatening attitude; menacing look; angry look

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to affect someone's prestige; to be beneath one's dignity

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irritability; feeling of impatience; sense of uneasiness

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restless; fidgety; in a hurry

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relaxing; relaxation

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sad; sorrowful; melancholy; plaintive

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to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar

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shedding tears; lacrimation

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year; age; years; past one's prime; old age

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to be moved to tears

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to follow (someone) around; to cling (to); to dog; to hound; to harry; to pursue

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to get worked up; to be eager (enthusiastic); to rouse oneself

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in that way; like that; that way

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family-oriented; familial

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detour; roundabout way

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seminar student

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green tea; Japanese tea

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juice; soft drink (usu. fruit-based); sweetened drink

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iced coffee

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iced tea; ice tea

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glass (drinking vessel); tumbler; cups (suit)

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(words to) that effect

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slide (for projection); transparency; (microscope) slide; to slide; to slip; to shift (e.g. a group of items in a schedule)

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to leave open

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what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?

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extrajudicial; extralegal; supralegal

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byway; bypath; byroad; loophole; way out (of trouble); excuse

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one's native land

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no comment

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feel when biting; manner of enunciation

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to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish

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fist fight

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immediately; instantly; with nary a pause; without a moment's delay

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foundation; basis

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faculty (of a university); school; college; department

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entrance; hatch(way)

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previous generation (of a family); previous head of the family; predecessor; previous age; previous generation

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father's side of family; paternal (grandfather, uncle, etc.)

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biological younger brother

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blood relationship

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one's original family name; maiden name

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lineage; pedigree; family line

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Wakasa (former province located in the south of present-day Fukui Prefecture)

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being adopted into the family of one's bride

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rank; ranking order; hierarchy

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three generations; three periods; third generation

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