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learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics

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character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")

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to try all possible means

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pronoun; synonym; classic example; pattern

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tip of nose; before one's eyes; under one's nose; tip (of something)

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to bite at; to snap at; to jump at (e.g. an offer); to snap at; to hold on to; to cling to

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depending on the way ...; depending on how ...; according to how ...

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card (information, filing, etc.); card (greetings, congratulations, etc.); (Western) playing cards; credit card; debit card; match; game

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touching a wrong card (in karuta); buzzing too early (in a quiz); making a mistress of a servant; mistress (who is one's servant)

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in this manner; in this way; like this

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to scoff; to laugh at; to make fun of; to ridicule; to jeer at

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relaxed; familiar; easy to access; friendly

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to smell sweet; to be fragrant

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shadow or cloud (e.g. on someone's happiness); shade; gloom

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paying one's own way

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debt; loan; liabilities; borrowing money

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to search about for; to hunt around for; to look high and low for; to look everywhere for

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intelligence or information network

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to come to nothing; to be in vain; to lead nowhere

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to delay; to postpone; to put off; to slow down; to hold up; to retard

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summarization; summary; generalization; review (by labour or political movements of past activities, results, etc.)

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that is to say; so that means

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agreement; consent; same opinion; same view; same meaning

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to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to ascend (the throne); to accede; to start (on a journey); to commence

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to pull around; to drag around; to take around; to show around

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power struggle

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show; display; pretensions; pose (in kabuki); posture

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flirting; making out

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ambition; aspiration; sinister designs; treachery

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insincere smile; ingratiating smile; polite smile; forced smile

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stop; halt

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beside a nobleman; close aid (of a nobleman, etc.); place where a high ranking person resides; one's own city (of a shogun, lord, etc.); place under one's direct control; one's own turf

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watch-keeping; guard; lookout

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attempted assassination

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to leave a trail; to leave traces; to have a lasting effect

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to walk about; to walk around; to walk to and fro; to pace around; to wander

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to relax; to release tension from one's muscles; to let go limp

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putting money aside; savings; deposit (e.g. in a bank); accumulated surplus of wins; wins in the bank

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return to one's country

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regret; flesh, blood vessels and fat from around chicken heart (usu. served as yakitori)

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to lose focus; to let one's mind wander; to relax one's attention

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pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in

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to lie down (and rest)

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the Sun

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(one's) sleeping hours; hours of sleep

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bodily; physical; corporeal; sexual; sensual; of the flesh

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deep sleep; sound sleep; profound sleep

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pride; self-confidence; thinking highly of oneself; being proud of one's abilities or achievements

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playfulness

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sensible; clever; smart; decent; tasteful

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