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stormy and full of drama; many drastic events in the course of events; full of ups and downs; with many vicissitudes

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job title; name of one's position

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person

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surging waves; raging billows; turbulent; tempestuous; tumultuous

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to begin

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the very best; excellent; superb

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depressed in spirits; dispirited; disheartened; rejection

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written pledge; signed note of assurance; memorandum; legal instrument

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famous sword; excellent sword

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to grow vegetables

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to support (someone) financially; to finance; to supply (money); to present (money or gifts) to a monarch (feudal lord, etc.)

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to be profitable; to pay

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profit ratio

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to become excited; to grow lively

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to get off; to abandon (a ship or vehicle)

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falling on one's backside (behind, bottom); pratfall; mochi used to celebrate a child's first birthday; mochi tied to a baby's back if he starts walking before his first birthday in order to cause him to fall on his backside

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unable to contain oneself; itching to do something; cannot sit still

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to flirt with; to dally

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unreasonable request; asking for something unreasonable

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there's no knowing; there's no telling; it's anyone's guess; who knows?

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searching for the culprit; trying to find out who did something

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both sides

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dispersion; scattering; spreading out; diffusion

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to wrinkle; to crinkle; to shrivel

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washing one's hair; having a shampoo

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quantity of hot spring water

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several; various; divergent; conflicting; different; diverse

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freshly drawn bath; (taking) a bath before anyone else

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period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; strictness; cruelty

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one-of-a-kind item

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stock-in-trade; tools of one's trade

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breadwinner; biggest earner

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valuable article; valuables

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to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to drag; to pull

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the whole year; all the year

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to save up; to stockpile; to stash away; to hoard; to amass; to salt away

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to save money

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careless person; scatterbrain; birdbrain; hasty person

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night stall; night shop; night fair

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stop it!; enough!; cut it out

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to lean coquettishly against; to snuggle into; to nestle into

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one's days and nights being reversed

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(sleeping) peacefully; quietly; soundly

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coercion; extortion; compulsion; force

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bad influence; negative influence

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brownish

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agile; nimble; casual (clothing); light (e.g. luggage); carefree; with limited responsibility

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person who just tags along; hanger-on; person who follows someone around like a shadow; clingy person; mindless follower; (lit.) goldfish feces

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unable to speak; inarticulate; mute; speechless; tongue-tied

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to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get

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