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skillful; skilful; adroit; clever; shrewd; ingenious

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imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action

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doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness

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like this; this sort; this way

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to have an interest (in)

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character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)

3

one face; one surface; the whole surface; one aspect; one side; (on) the other hand; one broad, flat object

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on the surface; ostensibly; superficially; apparently

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to be conspicuous; to stand out

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definite; final; decisive; conclusive

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adventure; venture; venture which is unlikely to succeed; risky attempt; danger

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to poke one's nose into another's affairs; to have a hand in; to take a (deep) interest in; to poke one's head (into a room)

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to travel all over; to be active in places widely apart

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activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)

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to revel in trouble and discord; to be bent on making trouble; to like starting fights

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father

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Shigeki

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inheritance; something given or received

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sister-in-law (spouse's older sister or older brother's wife); older stepsister; older adopted sister; non-blood-related older sister

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influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on

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(not) at all; (not) a bit; (not) in the least; (not) in the slightest

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to be prepared to flee; to become restless; to become agitated

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happiness; well-being; joy; welfare; blessedness

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in a sense; in some way; to an extent

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always; constantly

2

cliff edge; edge of a precipice; perilous position; critical moment; brink

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in comparison to; rather than

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friend; acquaintance

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safety; security

2

to hide; to keep to oneself

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war; battle; match; game; competition

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to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)

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to trace (drawing); to follow; to imitate; to copy; to reproduce

2

uncertain; vague; ambiguous

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to be helpful; to be useful

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useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point

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bōjutsu (art of using a stick as a weapon)

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present day; modern times; recent times; early modern period (in Japan, usu. from the Meiji Restoration until the end of World War II)

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hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little

2

miss; failure; blank (e.g. lottery ticket)

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period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness

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I don't know about ... but; it may be possible for ... but

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present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times

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good thing; strong point; good family; prestigious school; the right moment; utter

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substitute

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we; us

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to tailor; to make (clothing); to train; to bring up; to make it seem like; to pass off

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does not seem; unlikely; improbable

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collecting; accumulating; collection (of art, stamps, insects, etc.); garbage collection; waste collection

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decoy (for hunting); stool; lure; decoy; stool pigeon

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