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to cut off the head of a sleeping person; to assassinate someone while they sleep; to catch someone off their guard by setting traps

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place; room; margin; scope

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riverside; edge of a river

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dilapidated house; tumbledown house; my house; my home; small resting place comprising four pillars and a roof (with no walls)

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run-down shabby house; (arch.) rag and scrap merchant

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to rise (of a building, mountain, etc.); to tower; to soar

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miasma; noxious form of "bad air" formerly believed to cause diseases

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hailing distance

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tuck (e.g. in a dress); rise (e.g. in price)

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dreams; fantasy; visions

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if you do a favor for somebody, you will get a return favor; (lit.) if a fish is friendly toward water, water will be kind to the fish too; mutual back-scratching

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speciality; specialty; subject of study; expert; area of expertise

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doing (with resolve); carrying out (e.g. a plan)

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new land; new world; new sphere of activity

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hiding place; refuge

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land route; overland route; by land; overland

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mausoleum; shrine; the (imperial) court

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misfortune; ill fate; bad luck; obscurity

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to use as a pretext; to use as an excuse

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applicant; candidate

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to be mixed up with; to have a connection with (a troublesome matter); to be a stickler about; to be finicky about (some triviality); to take part (in some work); to hang about

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labour; labor; effort; toil; trouble

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advance payment; money paid in advance

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efficiency

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upright; fair; honest

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brothel

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to use up; to squander

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staying the night; lodging (at)

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daily income in cash; money paid by daily installments; money paid by daily instalments

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heavy drinking

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to dispel; to clear away; to accomplish a goal; (arch.) to make it sunny; (arch.) to make clouds disappear

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backdoor; back door

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to have a discussion

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spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham

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moustache; mustache

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upper stream; upper course; upstream; upper classes

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high-quality goods; choice goods

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haori (Japanese formal coat)

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to store; to save up; to accumulate (e.g. knowledge); to build up (e.g. experience); to grow (a beard, moustache, etc.); to wear

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quick change; quick transformation; metamorphosis; turning suddenly into

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ham actor

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to stroke; to caress; to brush gently; to comb (hair); to smooth down

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purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not

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to go; to come; to turn out (at a meeting, event, etc.); to show up; to make your way to

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man of the world; man about town; dilettante; well-informed person

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impertinent; impudent; cheeky

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to stomp out (of a room, etc.); to storm out

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to share

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domestic duck

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to be kind to; to treat kindly

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