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(something having its) merits and demerits; advantages and disadvantages; good points and shortcomings

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joint (knee, elbow, etc.)

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operation (of machine); operating; running; working

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loose; lenient; lax; gentle (curve, slope, etc.); slow; weak; soft

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to strip someone; to help someone remove (clothes)

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double role; one person playing two roles; wearing two hats

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conviction; belief; confidence

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stability; steadiness; equilibrium

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fearfully; timidly; nervously; cautiously; gingerly

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frail; slender; feminine

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to lean against; to set against

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former name for makushita division

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hop; hops (Humulus lupulus)

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step (of a staircase, etc.); running board (of a bus, train); step (movement); pace; (dance) step; step (in a process)

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two times; twice; two degrees

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a head (e.g. taller or shorter); noticeable difference (in competitors' results)

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to add (numbers); to add (something); to top up (with something); to take care of (e.g. one's business)

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to lay hands on; to touch; to care for; to look after; to make off with; to steal

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to climb; to clamber (over, up); to scramble (up); to scale; to claw one's way up

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decisively; decidedly; boldly; precisely; exactly

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any number of times

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to do over again; to redo; to start over; to remake; to resume; to recommence

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ideally; if one were to wish for more

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next day

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to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively

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cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible

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to dig up; to unearth; to uncover

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to sit down; to take a seat

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reading aloud; recitation

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Ooe Kenzaburou (1935-)

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small animal

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cast-off skin (snake, insect, etc.); husk; empty shell; exuvia; exuviae

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dignity; quality; grace; panache; level

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to be degraded; to come down in the world; to lose status; to be ruined; to fall low

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idea; notion; sense (e.g. of duty); resignation; preparedness; observation and contemplation

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details; particulars

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to become (a state, condition, etc.)

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rest; break; recreation; recuperation; convalescence

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splint; brace; epithesis; splice; support (e.g. for a plant); prop

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to look down (on); to condescend (to)

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oh; yes; huh?; hm?

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something small; something petty; trifle

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to be unable to understand; to baffle one's understanding; to be beyond one's comprehension

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gap; lag; difference; discrepancy; shear (e.g. shear stress)

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to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on

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one room

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to lie down (and rest)

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business; affairs; duties; work; procedure; task

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thank you

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obedient; docile; quiet

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