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to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear

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last night

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atmosphere; mood; a certain air; presence; (Earth's) atmosphere

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all; altogether; entirely; exactly like; just like; spitting image of

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to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)

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ten-gallon hat; cowboy hat

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to cross one's mind; to occur to one

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apparently; appears to be

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change; modification; alteration; revision; amendment

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yesterday

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way to use something; treatment; management (of help)

3

means of transportation; transport service

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scaffold; scaffolding; foothold; footing; foothold (e.g. in business); foundation

1

reliable; trustworthy; hopeful; promising

1

linear; rectilinear; straight-line; straightforward; simple

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powerful; strong; forceful; reassuring; encouraging

1

inside out; upside down; flip side; opposite; contrary

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to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other

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to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair); to floor (an opponent)

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(powers of) concentration; ability to concentrate

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to rise; to swell; to be promoted

1

far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far

1

the five senses

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true feelings; real intention; one's heart; one's right mind; one's senses; one's conscience

5

to excel at; to be proficient at; to grow old; to ripen; to rise high (e.g. the sun)

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to keep (something) a secret; to keep hidden (for ever); to continue to conceal

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only; merely; but; no more than

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(period of) a year; during an era

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older sister; elder sister

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to live; to get along; to spend (time)

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related (by blood); blood-related; of the same blood

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to take the name of; to call oneself; to pretend; to feign; to purport

1

from long ago; from old times; from time immemorial

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neighbors; neighbours; neighborhood; neighbourhood

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three noble families (Kan'in, Kazan'in, and Nakanoin or Koga); three branch Tokugawa families (Owari, Kii, and Mito)

1

eldest daughter; first-born daughter

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unavoidably; inevitably; necessarily; reluctantly; against one's will

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university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)

2

leaving school during a term

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younger sister

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to take into one's possession; to receive; to take into one's care (e.g. person, pet); to take custody of; to leave; to go away

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to work assiduously; to give one's all; to make the utmost effort; (lit.) to make (grind) one's body into dust

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celebrated personage; big-wig; person in a high position

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by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means

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way of living; manner of living; lifestyle

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unit; denomination; credit (in school); in units of (e.g. "in thousands"); in amounts of

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to devise; to arrange; to plan; to plot

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as you want; as you will

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outer surface; outward appearance; outside; outside; outer; outward

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on the occasion of; at the time of

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