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matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)

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(a) few; some; several

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however

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deduction; subtraction; balance; ebb and flow; rise and fall

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plus; addition; positive number; gain; advantage; anode

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reliance; trust; faith; confidence

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to chastise; to punish; to discipline

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fact; truth; reality

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purpose; utility; objective; way to use something

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as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much

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

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seiza; kneeling with the tops of the feet flat on the floor, and sitting on the soles

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good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable

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without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after

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meeting up; gathering; assembly; set

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paying for one's mistakes; getting one's just deserts; suffering the consequences (of one's own actions); reap what you sow

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goes without saying; needless to say; obvious

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to burn; to get fired up

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to suck up; to absorb; to squeeze (money)

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secret; private; surreptitious

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to take (a photo); to record (video, audio, etc.); to make (a film)

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meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club

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wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

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true; real; genuine; proper; utter

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to go around; to return; to surround; to concern (usu. of disputes)

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interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun

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you could say; you might say; verging on the

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part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty

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person concerned; interested party; related party

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as (for); for; in the capacity of

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to kick the bucket; to drop dead; to die; to be pooped; to be exhausted; to be knackered

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to spew venom; to speak ill (of people)

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to become less crowded; to thin out; to get empty; to be hungry

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reflection; reconsideration; introspection; regret; repentance; remorse

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to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out

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companions; friends; comrades; mates; partners

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noisily; clamorously; incessantly (complaining, pestering, etc.); going on and on; loudly (crying); wailing

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noisily (crowd of people talking); clamorously; in a hubbub; jabberingly; chatteringly; buzzingly

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and they all lived happily ever after; having a happy ending; ending without incident

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root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature

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angle; square; cube; bishop; third degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Chinese "horn" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); jiao (monetary unit of China; one-tenth of a yuan)

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in search of; in order to look for

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to get stuck with (some job); to end up with (something unpleasant)

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to gather; to collect; to assemble

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suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy

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annual (plant); first-year student

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trio; gang of three; threesome

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what is to be done?; what should (I) do?; what (am I) to do?

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troublesome; bothersome

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consequence; outcome; result; blame

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