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baptism

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(religious) precept; discipline; commandment; mitzvah

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rape; violation

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to try and do something; to attempt to do something

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inside; interior

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pursuit (of a goal, ideal, etc.); search; chase; seeking after

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violent; rough

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desire; appetite; lust

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to lose strength; to become weak; to wither; to droop; to feel demotivated; to lose interest

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companion; follower; attendant; retinue

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near; close; beside; third person

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hand; arm; handwriting; penmanship; 'shake' (command to have a dog place its paw in your hand)

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touching a wrong card (in karuta); buzzing too early (in a quiz); making a mistress of a servant; mistress (who is one's servant)

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underhanded; unfair; makeshift; stopgap

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disposition; nature

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cold reception; inhospitality

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tattling; telling on (someone)

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type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing

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female bird; hen

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beloved concubine; favourite concubine (e.g. of the shogun)

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to accomplish; to fulfill; to carry out

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modest; reserved

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serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady

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devout

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moderate; reserved; conservative; humble; mild-mannered; self-effacing

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good feeling; good will; favourable impression; favorable impression

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marriage of convenience; marriage for political reasons

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to consider as; to regard (as equivalent); to deem (as); to equate

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lover; mistress

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tyrant; despot

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unfavourably; unfavorably; disparagingly; insultingly; ill

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licentious; profligate; dissipated; riotous; wild

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charming; fascinating; attractive

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to shoot dead; to bring down (an animal); to win (a prize, someone's heart, etc.); to make one's own

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impregnable

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completely; absolutely; (not) at all; (not) a bit; earnestly; intently

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strong; resolute; firm; strict

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to love; to cherish; to show favouritism to; to be partial to; to fondle; to caress

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deep-rooted delusion; firm conviction (based on incorrect beliefs)

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tradition; legend; folklore

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details; particulars; longitude and latitude; warp and weft; warp and woof

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to look at from a biased viewpoint; to look at with a prejudiced eye

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among (them); of (them)

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I think (something) won't (something); probably (something) isn't (something)

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to drag into; to pull into; to lure inside; to win over; to entice into

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use of seductive techniques to attain one's ends (usu. of women)

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young man (in the Edo period, esp. one with forelocks who has not yet had his coming-of-age ceremony); young male prostitute; young kabuki actor (who may also act as a homosexual prostitute); younger partner in a homosexual relationship

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party; set; gang; company; person

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inhuman; inhumane

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-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be

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