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ahem

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question of degree

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thought; consideration; thinking

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to gather (attract, receive) attention; to have a high profile; to gain prominence; to become popular

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bento; Japanese box lunch

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red and white; colours for festive or auspicious occasions (colors); two teams; two groups; Kōhaku Uta Gassen; annual contest between male and female popular singers on New Year's Eve (sponsored and broadcast by NHK)

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pattern; design; body build; figure; essential qualities; character

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bento; Japanese box lunch

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bag; sack; skin of an orange (and other like fruits); dead end; plot of land surrounded by water

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to expel; to drive out

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confusion; bustle; turmoil; to rush around; to act frantically

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processing speed

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to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses

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stupor; stupefaction; trance; (being) dumbfounded

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unsteadily (e.g. on one's feet); shakily; wavering (in one's mind); unsteadily; aimlessly; unconsciously

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along the road; along the way

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importance; priority

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lunch; midday meal

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not exceeding; and downward; below (e.g. standard); under (e.g. a level); the below-mentioned; the following

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to worry about; to be worried about; to fret about; to not know what to do; to be at a loss (as to what to do)

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left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one

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unshapely; unsightly; clumsy; unpresentable; uncouth; awkward

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(having) life-and-death power (over)

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depths; deep place; bottom (of one's heart)

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seal; to seal (e.g. a letter); to affix a seal; to seal up

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not a chance; not likely; oh no; yuck; fault; defect

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subordination; dependency

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roar of laughter (from multiple people); burst of laughter; uproarious laughter; laughing hard (by a single person)

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with a slap; with a pop; without batting an eyelid; generously; cutesy suffix applied to names

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(in the) same boat; (sharing a) common destiny

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softly; gently; lightly

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sentimental; mushy; sugary; saccharine; sickly-sweet

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nectar; honey; honeydew; treacle; molasses; sorbitol (when visible as dark patches inside an apple)

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to smell; to smell of; to have a smell

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soft; tender; gentle; mild; informal; light

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impatience

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to cackle

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weekend; Saturday and Sunday

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favourable; favorable; promising; satisfactory; in good shape

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to have a certain mood or feeling; to have a hunch

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lately; recently; nowadays

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immunity; immunization; immunisation; being hardened (to); being unaffected (by); being accustomed (to)

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to be discordant; to have discord

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omen

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state of tension

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seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause

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calmness; composure; presence of mind; stability; steadiness

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worry; anxiety; concern

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to be complicated; to be elaborate; (arch.) to push in; (arch.) to be crowded

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sexual desire; sex drive; lust

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