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journal; magazine; periodical

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to raise one's face; to lift one's head; to raise one's eyes

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continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe

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slant eyes; almond-shaped eyes; eyes that are turned up at the corners

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scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful

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(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least

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memory; recollection; remembrance; storage

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answer respectively agreement or disagreement

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snake; serpent; large snake

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to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess

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frog

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painful; heartrending; trying; oppressive; suffocating; miserable

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like that; so

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have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than

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downheartedly; dejectedly; dispiritedly; despondently

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to drop one's shoulders

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to hang one's head; to look down; to cast one's eyes downward

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ferocious; brutal; atrocious; savage; barbarous

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fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred

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to be found

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mischief; prank; pastime; hobby; playing with (a lighter, etc.); fooling around with

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to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand

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(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style

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somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of

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meaning; significance; sense

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fist

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grief; sorrow; extreme sadness; heartbreak

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worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering

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the other world; the next world; the world beyond; world after death

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slowly; unhurriedly; easily (e.g. in time); well; well (e.g. sleep); comfortably

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to sleep; to die; to rest (in peace); to lie idle (e.g. of resources); to lie unused; (arch.) to close one's eyes

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is not; am not; are not; isn't it?

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to burst into tears; to burst out crying; to begin to cry; to be moved to tears

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elder brother; one's senior; older man; man older than oneself

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misfortune; adverse fortune; hapless fate; checkered (life, career, etc.); varied; eventful

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fate; destiny; connection; tie; pretext; justification

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passionate; fervent; affecting; moving; touching

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eight; 8

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stiff and slackless; tense without any looseness; cling tightly; pulled or stretched as far as possible; creaking of a door or oar

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to be lifted up; to be hung up; to twitch upwards; to turn upward; to slant upward

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Chinese person

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mother

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to inherit; to receive; to take over by transfer

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China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryo system)

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Fujian Province (China)

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poor farmer; needy peasant

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family lineage

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second

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child (esp. a boy); viscount; founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius); master; masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature); (arch.) you; -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing...)

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to be born; to come into this world

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