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love-hate relationships drama (movie, etc.)

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class system; caste system; hierarchical system

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unlikely; improbable

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near bankruptcy; edge of bankruptcy; bumper-to-bumper

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harmful effect; harmful influence; evil practice; abuse; malady

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Esther

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boy; eldest son

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counter for generations; epoch

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law; jurisprudence

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younger princess; Oto Hime; Princess of the Dragon Palace (from the story of Urashima Tarō)

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one's real father; natural father; biological father

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substitution; material; price; margin (e.g. for stapling, etc.); area required for something; (arch.) shiro (unit of land area equal to one-fiftieth of a tan; approx. 19.83 m.sq.)

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to get excited

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both in name and reality; both in name and substance

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what nationality

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uninhabited area; acting inhumanly; inhuman person; nonhuman life (usu. sentient)

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perpetuation of one's descendants

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the late king; the preceding king; good ancient kings

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jus sanguinis; principle that citizenship is determined by that of one's parents

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human flesh

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to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience

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to topple over; to be overturned; to capsize; to be overruled; to be reversed; to be discredited

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to tell X from Y; to distinguish; to know (one thing) from (another)

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deserted village; poor village

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bark (of tree)

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distinction

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heredity; (genetic) inheritance

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handle; grip; knob

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old-fashioned; ancient-looking; time-worn

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august; beautiful

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refrigerator; cold; cool; cold sake

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eight-sided shape; octagon

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mixture; impurities

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octagon; star anise (Illicium verum); sailfin poacher (Podothecus sachi)

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(religious) festival

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silkworm (Bombyx mori)

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various

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degeneration; retrogression

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feeling of oppression

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one's last moments; (on) the point of death; (on) one's deathbed

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sub-; -ous (indicating a low oxidation state); -ite; Asia; Argentina; Arabia; America

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blood circulation failure

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liquid metal

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to copy; to imitate; to counterfeit; to forge

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connivance; tacit consent; toleration; acquiescence

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protection; defense; providence; amulet; charm

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terminal symptoms; sign of the approaching end

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forced; compulsory

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it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?

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to accomplish; to finish; to carry through; to follow through

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