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deliberately; carefully; thoroughly; without rushing

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as ... as one can; as ... as possible; as much as possible

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early; a little earlier than usual; a little faster than usual; slightly quicker

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due form; official; formality

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to spring; to bound; to be stimulated; to be encouraged; to pay handsomely; to splurge

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in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...

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Settsu (former province located in the northern and central parts of present-day Osaka and the southeast of Hyogo prefectures)

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to be bewildered; to be perplexed

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promising without due consideration

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(in) her way; peculiar to her

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usual state of things

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to get rid of; to erase; to dispel; to eradicate; to wipe away

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bold; daring; dauntless; intrepid; stout-hearted

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contraction of "koto da"

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to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)

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magnifying glass; wrestler of the lowest rank

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invisibly; secretly; privately

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low voice; whisper

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to imagine; to picture; to figure; to see

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silver (color, colour)

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flat; even; level; plain (speech, etc.); simple

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disk; discus; flying saucer; disc media (CD, DVD, etc.)

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perfect circle

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to warp; to bend; to contort; to be perverted; to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.); to be distorted

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worthy of special mention

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to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till

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to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or somebody else

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carved seal; engraved stamp; to engrave (a seal); to carve; to make an impression (with a seal)

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surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality

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erosion; corrosion

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silver coin

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to take something into ...; to bring in; to lodge (a complaint); to file (a plan); to bring to (a state: tied game, vote, trial, etc.)

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to keep secret; to conceal

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object; body; solid

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all over; everywhere; in every nook and cranny

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to closely resemble; to suit well; to match well; to go well with

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appearance; figure; shape; form

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to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase

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to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert

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to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of

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stability; steadiness; equilibrium

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acquisition; possession

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to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to eat into; to encroach; to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)

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no problem; all right; not an issue; unobjectionable

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simple; artless; naive; unsophisticated

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pupil; student; schoolchild

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to be dark; to be dull; to be unassuming; to be inconspicuous; to not stand out

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to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)

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special someone; special person; precious one; significant other

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to clamber; to climb with hands and feet; to crawl up; to creep up

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