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keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use

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slumping; flopping down; heavily rotating

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self-indulgent; undisciplined; slovenly; debauched; negligent

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newspaper company

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article; news story; report; account

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cause; origin; source

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unclear; obscure; unknown; unidentified; ignorance; lack of wisdom

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oven

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purchase; buy

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funds; capital

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trial product; prototype model

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kneading; gloss; paste (e.g. bean paste, mustard paste); parading of portable shrines and floats at festivals

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end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)

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pheasant's eye (species of buttercup, Adonis ramosa)

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to model on; to make in the shape of; to represent; to symbolise

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first tea ceremony of New Year

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Japanese style; Japanesque; Japanism

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tea party; get-together; tea ceremony

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psi

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tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony

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tea whisk; bamboo whisk for making Japanese tea; hair style where the hair is tied up in a bundle on the back of the head (resembling the shape of a tea whisk)

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gesture; sign; hand signal

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to make use of; to lend money

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equality (esp. of status); equal footing; equal terms

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association; socializing; socialising; fellowship

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spirit; disposition

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porcelain (esp. soft-paste porcelain); china; chinaware; earthenware; pottery; ceramics

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aha!; yes sir

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if it's going to be that way, then ...; if given the choice; if possible; if anything

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cup (drinking vessel, measure, brassiere, prize, etc.)

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short (of a person)

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to be able to reach; to be within one's reach; to be able to afford; to be near (a certain age)

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crouched burial

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to strain one's eyes; to look closely; to stare at

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to whine; to make feeble complaints

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to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)

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malicious; ill-tempered; unkind

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older sister; elder sister

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new; fresh; novel

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to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)

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cherry tree; cherry blossom; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder; horse meat

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first 17-syllable verse of a renga; haiku; first five-syllable line of a tanka

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time; season; period; phase; stage

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thundering; purring; something large and heavy starting to roll; scattered about; common; idleness; idling about

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wintry; very cold-looking (e.g. landscape); bleak (e.g. room, street); desolate; empty (of furnishings)

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scenery; scene; landscape

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joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem

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green; greenery (esp. fresh verdure)

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to bud

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story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend

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