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children's story; fairy tale

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second edition; additional printing

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sunny spot; exposure to the sun

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to wait and see; to sit on the fence; to be noncommittal

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editor (in publishing, etc.)

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monthly magazine

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mother-in-law

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bullying a young wife

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training; education; stocking up; laying in; preparation (e.g. ingredients); girl studying to become a geisha

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to have a tendency to; to be liable to; to have a touch of; to have a smack of

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popular figure; person in demand; favorite; favourite

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practice; practising; experience

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obstacle

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all but dead; half killed

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to get hold of; to take possession of; to seize

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harbour; harbor; port

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everywhere; at every turn

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to arrange beforehand; to make a sign to each other; to conspire

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to hang oneself; to strangle oneself

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to choke up; to be speechless; to hold one's tongue

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way of writing; manner of writing; penmanship (esp. used in old textbooks); calligraphy; format (e.g. of a report); stroke order of a character

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heading; headline; index; headword

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biography of a brave fighter; heroic saga; chivalric romance; tale of one's heroism; episode of bravery; acts of violence

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to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind

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demon of the sixth heaven in the realm of desire who tries to prevent people from doing good

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night under the midnight sun; white night (at extreme latitudes); night during which the sun doesn't set

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gods and demons; divine spirits and souls of the dead; one with (spiritual) power beyond that of humans; fierce god

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abbreviation; omission; outline; gist; plan; strategy

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death from explosion; death from bombing; bombing (in sales); flopping

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wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do

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public execution

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reader

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easygoing; optimistic; conceited

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push; pushing; weight; pressure; authority; forcefulness

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immortal; undying; indestructible

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conclusion; end; completion; summing up; supervision

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herbivore

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reading aloud; reading a kanji by its Chinese-derived pronunciation

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to put up with; to endure; to bear patiently

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skiing; ski; skis

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which; well; now; c'mon

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woman of unmatched beauty; beauty like no other

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stomach ache; abdominal pain

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off-the-record

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to make merry and forget one's troubles; to do as one pleases

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mistress; kept woman; concubine; (arch.) I; (arch.) me

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page of a magazine

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to be jealous; to be envious

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Mt.; Mount; (fig.) Mt.; (fig.) Mount

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casting; cast-metal object

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