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covering; filled in; complete; total; cliched; clichéd; plaintext

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floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river

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to step on (a nail); to run (a nail) through one's foot; to put one's foot through (the floor)

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to stamp one's feet (in frustration, impatience, etc.)

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one step higher; one better; cut above; one up

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guess; conjecture

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core; heart (of the matter); point; crux; kernel

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to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included

2

whetstone; grindstone

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(a) grain; (a) drop; (a) bead

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working earnestly; sincerity; diligence; effort; pains

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to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud

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one night; one evening; all night; overnight

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to grow senile; to be childish with age; to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to play stupid; to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine)

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gentle; mild-mannered

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end; close; finish; noh dance in plain clothes

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lower reaches (of a river); bottom; lower part; lower half (of the body, esp. the privates); feces (faeces); end

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silent; mute; dumb

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stepladder; steps

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to furnish; to install; to get someone's agreement; to patronize; to buy usually from the same store

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to fry; to saute; to stir-fry

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together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)

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aromatic (roasted beans, roasted tea, etc.); fragrant (e.g. burning wood); pleasant-smelling; savory-smelling (e.g. barbecued meat); savoury; appetizing

1

to return; to come back

2

skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery

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plate; dish

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well, I must admit ...

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father; dad; husband; you; he

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duty; role; function

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light brown; golden brown

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humming; crooning

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older brother and younger sister

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close; intimate; on good terms

2

precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed

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worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst

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unusual; uncommon; extraordinary; out of the ordinary; incomparable; serious

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changing schools

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playing doctor; children examining each other's genitals (often as a role play)

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(medical) doctor; physician

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doctor

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companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)

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what's the best thing to do?; what to do?

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strategy; stratagem; trick; scheme; plot

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end; conclusion

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to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision

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means; way; measure

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bathroom

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evening meal; dinner; supper

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to relax; to feel at home

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secrecy; confidentiality; privacy; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal)

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