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marguerite (Chrysanthemum frutescens); Japanese women's hairstyle comprised of a long braid tied up in a loop with a ribbon (ca. 1885)

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even number

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kanji; Chinese character

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to chew up

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self-torture; masochism; inflicting damage to oneself

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dining table

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water; (drinking) water; night entertainment business; nightlife worker; racy; titillating

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one tuft (of hair, threads, etc.); one bunch (of grapes, bananas, etc.); one cluster (e.g. of flowers); one segment (of a tangerine, etc.); one section

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to go around; to return; to surround; to concern (usu. of disputes)

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to open the lid; to lift a lid; to open the lid (on); to make public; to start (something); to look at the results (consequences, outcome, effect)

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thirst; craving; thirst (for love, knowledge, etc.); hunger

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carrot and stick; (lit.) candy and whip

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to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby

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overlapping; piling; stacking

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lower layer; layer beneath; lower strata (classes)

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more than expected

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to get a haircut; to give a haircut; to cut hair

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hand-me-down; food offering to the gods; leftovers; trip from Kyoto to the provinces

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oven

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misandry; man-hater

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reckless; (at) random; haphazard; blind; sudden; abrupt

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watch-keeping; guard; lookout

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chess

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school (building)

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earrings (for pierced ears); ear piercing; body piercing

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although; though; despite the fact that ...

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reality; actuality; actual conditions; ultimate reality; absolute truth

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hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory

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blunder; bungle; gaffe

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and yet; though; when; in spite of

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to grapple

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old woman

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disastrous flooding; kelpie; water demon that brings floods or disasters

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prey; victim

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retrogression; reversal; relapse; doubling back; backtracking

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particularly; only; in the case of

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nothing new; same as always; an old story; nothing new about it; not the first time it has happened

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body; frame

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huge; big; gargantuan

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diagonally upward; (going in a) completely unexpected direction (of a story, result, etc.)

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sensible; perceptive; quick to understand; understanding; sympathetic

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to overlook; to fail to notice; to miss (seeing)

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to have (something) innate; to be born with

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demonstration; verification; substantiation; actual proof

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to fly through the air; to hurtle through the air; to strike at something and miss; to fan the air

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discord; breaking up (e.g. friendship)

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active duty; active service; student taking (university) entrance exams while still enrolled in school; student who passed their university entrance exams on the first try

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to throw a punch at; to swing at; to strike out at; to raise a hand against

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distance; interval; gap; difference; estrangement

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sense of isolation; (feelings of) loneliness

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