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so to speak; so to call it; as it were

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cadenza

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first performance

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crescendo

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way to use something; treatment; management (of help)

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wave; ups and downs

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harmony

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billow; surge; large wave

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splash; spray; droplet

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to hit (e.g. to have a car hit someone); to run into; to reject; to deny; to eliminate; to exclude; to flip

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easy to understand

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bleh

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inner; internal; inside

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inherent flavor; inherent flavour; natural taste; distinctive characteristic (of a person, work, etc.); peculiar quality; special ability

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various; varied; diverse; all sorts of

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to crunch; to masticate; to simplify; to explain plainly

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delicious; appetizing; appetising

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dumbfounded; in mute amazement

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very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly

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lingering attachment; lingering affection; regret; reluctance; ruefulness

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continuation

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direct; immediate; personal; firsthand

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advance arrangements; preparatory meeting; overlap (of a coat, etc.); (arch.) making something match exactly

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to save up; to stockpile; to stash away; to hoard; to amass; to salt away

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middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly

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both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold

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recovery; restoration

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invitation; solicitation; canvassing; canvasing; inducement; persuasion

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to just appear; to be half out; to be on the tip of one's tongue

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here and there; in places

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to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)

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to cease; to stop; to be over

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brand new

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greater than ...; bigger ...

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sixty; 60

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accommodation; reception; seating; custody (e.g. awaiting deportation); internment; admission

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scale; scope; plan; structure

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jacket; book jacket; dust cover; CD jacket; record jacket

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suddenly; in a flash; rapidly; attractive; distinguished; showy

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I don't know ...; how about ...?; I wonder; what about ..?

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dim light; faint light; half-light of early morning; twilight

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to incline; to lean; to devote oneself to; to concentrate on; to ruin; to squander

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oolong tea

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dissatisfied-looking; looking discontented

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snugly; neatly; compactly; cosily

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younger sister

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like that; so

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taciturn; reticent; quiet; silent; untalkative

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girls' high school

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attendance (on); chaperonage; attendant; escort; entourage

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