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Sasao

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south wind tile; winning hand with a pung (or kong) of south wind tiles

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countryside; country; 50-home township (comprised of 2-3 neighbourhoods)

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fertile rice paddy

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initial response (e.g. to a crisis); action in the earliest stages; initial shock (of an earthquake); preliminary tremor

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Kuniyo

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covert action; covert operations

2

ready consent

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personal feelings; self-interest

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non-conveyor belt sushi; sushi served in a restaurant that doesn't have a conveyor belt

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stagnation; hindrance; delay

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(find) common (meeting) ground

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difficult voyage; hard flight; rough going; rough passage; running into trouble

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rearing from infancy; training from an early age (e.g. an apprentice); teaching from an early stage (e.g. a subordinate)

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announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known

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deliberation

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fatal; lethal

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making a swift decision; making immediate decisions and taking quick actions

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Pacific Ocean

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tendency; trend

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lively; vigorous; energetic; full of (energy, appetite, curiosity, etc.); brimming with

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arrangements; plan; programme; program; preparations

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cannot be avoided (of a problem, etc.); unavoidable; inevitable

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doubt; skepticism; scepticism; disbelief

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goodness; excellence; virtue

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departed spirit; soul of the dead; ghost; apparition

2

seeing through (e.g. someone's lies); reading (e.g. thoughts); penetrating; detecting

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empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless

2

return to base (of soldiers, military aircraft or ships)

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everyone

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during absence from home

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painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh

2

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

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to take out (e.g. garbage); to put out (e.g. dishes on table); to serve (e.g. meal); to get out (e.g. food from cupboard); to submit (e.g. ideas, opinions); to provide for

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from the beginning; from the first; all along; of course

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to interrupt; to interfere; to meddle; to intrude; to butt in; to poke one's nose into

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pocket

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disturbance of mind; losing one's head; being upset; transition; changing; moving

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glass sphere; glass bead; glass marble

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to suppress one's emotions

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fruitless discussion; inconclusive discussion

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to break through (e.g. one's doubts); to become unbound by (e.g. the past); to allay (e.g. anger); to burst (e.g. a boil)

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negligent; careless; slipshod; slovenly; reckless; irresponsible

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to hold one's breath (in fear, anxiety, etc.)

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to listen attentively to; to be lost in

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desire for improvement (in social standing, etc.); ambition to rise in the world

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to look forward to

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property; fortune; assets

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to do something by choice; to like; to be fond of

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irresponsibility

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