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suddenly; abruptly; slowly; leisurely; deliberately

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older person with more life experience

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(common) cold; influenza; flu; ague; inflammatory respiratory system illness (in general)

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dining room

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thump-thump; bang-bang; pit-a-pat; to beat fast (of one's heart); to throb; to pound

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dramatic pose; grand gesture; grandstanding

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tit for tat (verbally)

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perhaps; probably; generous; many; much

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week

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to try and do something; to attempt to do something

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vicious circle; vicious cycle

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awkward (movements, speech, etc.); jerky; stiff; strained (relations); sour

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one day; (on) a certain day

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deep breath

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lotus leaf; vulgar; wanton

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to quiet; to calm down; to compose oneself; to settle down

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to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)

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being startled; getting a shock

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grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen

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satisfactory; decent

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chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus

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mental preparedness; being braced for; being steeled for

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here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up

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to swim

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confused; disordered; faltered; incoherent; inconsistent

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younger sister

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to distinguish; to discern; to make out; to tell

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the person himself

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premature

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instead; but (on the other hand)

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oops; that's enough (when pouring up alcohol, etc.)

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posture; stance

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hey; hold on; come on

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overserious; deeply sincere; very earnest

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alone; by oneself; on one's own

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recreation; diversion; relaxation

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had better do so

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leading aristocrat; great house; grand seigneur; boyar

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to judge (on the basis of); to control; to discipline (oneself); to regulate

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noblesse oblige

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to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)

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to be afraid of making mistakes; to fear failing

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withering; shrivelling; shrinking; atrophy; contraction

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last drink (of sake); last glass; last cup

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tray; family; household; O-Bon; Bon Festival; gambler's den

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to get (a joke or explanation); to strike home; to click; to know intuitively

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feeling; sensation; mood; sensation of doing

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refrain

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one eye; one of one's eyes

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bustling; busy; crowded; lively (party, voices, etc.); loud; noisy

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