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there is only the thickness of the boat's planking between one and perdition; on a boat, one is only an inch or two from a watery grave

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cuttlefish; squid

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skeletal remains; dry bones of a corpse; human skeleton

2

cave; tunnel; tunnel tomb (Kofun period)

6

to grow taller (of people)

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to paint over heavily; to plaster up

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active

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weld; welding

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person of mixed parentage; crossbreed; Eurasian; hybrid; crossbreed

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mouth of river; estuary

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reasonable (person); obedient (e.g. child); doing what one is told

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for private or home use

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geisha, prostitute, etc. absconding without repaying indenture loans; (arch.) escape from a difficult situation; (arch.) stealthy footsteps

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modern city; modern town

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front gate

2

Cancer (constellation); the Crab

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guardship

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customs officer

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Japanese rhodea (plant of the lily family); Rhodea japonica

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coach and four; four horse coach

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to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)

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miraculous; wonder-working; magical

1

hard to reach place; remote place

1

melancholia; severe depression

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introversion

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closing time

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behind closed doors; behind-the-scenes; (under the veil of) secrecy

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pretending not to see something; turning a blind eye to; burying one's head in the sand

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mating

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babies born on October 10, supposedly conceived on New Year's Day; normal gestation time (i.e. 9 months)

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imperial princess

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foothill; end section of a mountain range

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endangered species

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to feel guilty; to suffer from a guilty conscience; to feel uneasy; to have qualms about; to have scruples about; to feel regret

3

spare (part, tire, etc.); spare (bowling); knocking down all pins on the second throw

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to achieve results; to be successful (in a venture, etc.)

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sales; selling; marketing

1

stay calm; don't be rushed; don't be flustered

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productivity

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trial calculation; preliminary calculation; estimation

1

keeping house; being confined to one's house

2

unity; solidarity

1

about the same; about equal to; close match

1

wretched is the lot of a government official; it is better to work for oneself than to work for someone else

1

to take along; to hold in the hand; to hang (e.g. from the shoulder or waist)

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credit; money owed on an account; bill; hot noodles in broth; proportion (of wholesale price, as tenths of list price); in the midst of; rest

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to break through (e.g. one's doubts); to become unbound by (e.g. the past); to allay (e.g. anger); to burst (e.g. a boil)

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demotion; relegation; downgrading

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in minute detail

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ruler; leader; consul

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