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pure and clear; "clear and bright" solar term (approx. April 5)

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in contrast to ...; unlike ...; while ...; whereas ...

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tatami room; tatami mat room; formal Japanese room; dinner party in a tatami room (esp. when a geisha or maiko attends)

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out of control; out of hand; unmanageable; nothing one can do

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police academy

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practical skill

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head; chief; chairman; governor; top seat; first desk (in orchestra)

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right (in front); directly; properly; normally; honestly; decently

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(logical) true; regular; 10^40; ten duodecillion; original; positive

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inspector general; commissioner

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lady; nobleman's wife

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ho-ho

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face value (of a security, bond, or currency); literal meaning; word for word (meaning); (at) face value

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to break the ice; to broach a subject; to bring up a topic

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slim; slender; lithe; smoothly; without resistance; without trouble

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to get angry; to get mad; to lose one's temper; to go straight to one's head (of alcohol); to feel the effects (of an illness); to lose one's wits

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to be at a loss; to rack one's brains in vain; to think and think but get nowhere; to fail to come up with a good idea

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hanging scroll

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make-up; makeup; cosmetics; decoration; dressing; veneer

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lipstick

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hair ornament

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kimono; Japanese traditional clothing (esp. full-length); clothing; clothes

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favorite; favourite; habitually used

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(being) face to face; facing each other

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clothing (e.g. kimono) decorated with one's family crest

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to grow taller (of people)

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old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)

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young person; young people; youth; young employee; young manservant; young follower

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for a while; for some time; for a period

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fool; idiot; moron

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goes before a verb to strengthen its meaning or to add emphasis

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husband and wife; married couple

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wheat bran

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after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years

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becoming employed by a government office, agency, board, etc.

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being unfamiliar with a locality; not knowing one's way around; (lit.) not knowing one's right hand from the left; being clueless

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one's own discretion (idea, responsibility)

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mediation; good offices; go-between; building a bridge

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to replace; to substitute; to switch; to move (something); to transfer

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to choke up; to be speechless; to hold one's tongue

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connection

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to hold a small dinner party

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emphatic prefix

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play; sport; fun; caprice; joke; jest

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lovers' talk; whispered intimacies

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to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully

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innocent; childlike; guileless; free of malice; thoughtless; simple-minded

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Cinderella

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prince; subordinate Kumano shrine

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to fall in love at first sight; (arch.) to see for the first time; (arch.) to meet for the first time; (arch.) to have sexual relations for the first time

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