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better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth

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to handle well; to handle deftly; to deal with; to manage; to prepare (meat or fish) for cooking; to dress (meat, etc.)

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magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly

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reliable; trustworthy; hopeful; promising

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well; in good health; safe; free from accident

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neck; head; dismissal; discharge

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to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)

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look (esp. an angry or upset look); expression

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speaking of ...; as for ...

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witnessing; observing; sighting

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precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed

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to be careful in speech

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cherry tree; cherry blossom; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder; horse meat

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to bloom; to flower; to blossom; to open

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silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction

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trembling (with fear, anger, etc.); shivering (with cold); shaking; quivering

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eye contact

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to nod to one another

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complete; whole; perfect; safe

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fire; flame; blaze

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gasoline; petrol

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juice; soft drink (usu. fruit-based); sweetened drink

1

emotional; sentimental

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disgrace; humiliation

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reality; actuality; actual conditions; ultimate reality; absolute truth

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to make a fist; to clench one's fist

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to spring at; to leap upon; to swoop down on; to throw oneself upon (e.g. an enemy)

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nonchalant air; unruffled air

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even more; still more; further

2

fuel

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ordinary; common; mediocre

4

great antiquity; old-fashioned; long ago

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China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryo system)

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praise; admiration; commendation; approbation

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the latter

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to value; to prize; to esteem; to respect

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to shake; to jolt; to shake (e.g. the political world); to disturb; to put off a batter (by varying one's type of pitch)

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true; real; genuine; proper; utter

1

I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...

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Hyakuhatsu

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the exact middle

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Saint; St.; S.; sacred; holy; pure

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indeed; really; truly; very much

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sport; sports

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to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty; to say well; to say cleverly; to say often; to say frequently

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this sort of

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opposition; rebellion; rebounding; recoiling; rally (e.g. in stock prices); recovery

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denouncing; calling (e.g. somebody a thief); branding (as)

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no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it

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to enjoy (oneself)

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