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way of calling

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at present; now

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government service; official position; civil service

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disaster; calamity; misfortune; trouble; woes

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devotion; dedication; self-sacrifice

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speedy; as rapid as possible; as soon as possible

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spicy; hot; salty; harsh (criticism); severe (punishment); painful

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side gate; side door; service entrance

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to rush back; to run back

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thank you for your hard work; good work; see you; goodbye; goodnight

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serious illness

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intercostal

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severe; bitter; scathing

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immersing oneself in; being absorbed in; devoting oneself to; giving oneself up entirely to

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sense of pain

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to shorten one's life

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relation; relative; kind; cordial

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to get worked up; to be eager (enthusiastic); to rouse oneself

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to become better; to improve

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administrative; businesslike; practical; impersonal; perfunctory; robot-like

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through a fusuma

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often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently

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wakame (species of edible brown seaweed, Undaria pinnatifida)

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to neglect; to let alone

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helping hand; help; support; aid

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law (esp. ancient East Asian criminal code); regulation; vinaya (rules for the monastic community); Ritsu (school of Buddhism); lüshi (style of Chinese poem); (musical) pitch; six odd-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale

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ancient people

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to waste; to treat shabbily; to treat frivolously; to handle roughly; to treat without respect

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exceedingly; very

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(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any

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don't worry about it; forget about it

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good health

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workaholic; person who is totally devoted to his work

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complete recovery from illness

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to do something without any particular intention or mind to do so

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borderline between life and death; verge of death; deadline (boundary around a prison which prisoners were not allowed to cross)

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pile; heap; counter for things that are stacked, piled up (or layered, etc.); layers of clothing worn under one's overcoat; combination of colors created by layering of garments (colours)

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rumination; regurgitation; chewing the cud; turning over in one's mind; thinking over something; pondering

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to be lit (e.g. candle, lamp, light bulb); to be lighted; to be burning

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idiotic; dolt; bonehead

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serving (of food); helping; chilled soba served on a dish (often on a wicker basket or in a shallow steaming basket) with dipping sauce

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example; simile; metaphor; allegory

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vitality; (one's) life force

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saying too much

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to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know

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please; I beg you; for mercy's sake

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one's normal condition; one's usual state; keynote (esp. shamisen); proper key

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then; and then; and; if so; because then; if that's the case

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to do for (the sake of someone else)

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in consideration of; in deference to; out of respect for; for (someone's) sake

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