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to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)

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half-hearted reply; vague answer; reluctant answer

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to open the door

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speaking voice; talking voice

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fusuma; Japanese sliding screen

3

early winter; tenth month of the lunar calendar

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to appear ...; to look like ...; to seem ...; to have a trace of; to be tinged with

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from now on; hereafter

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tote bag

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loudly (flinging open a door); with a clatter; with a crash (e.g. of a falling structure); completely (change); utterly; louvre window (door, vent, etc.)

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jersey (fabric); jersey; (sports) uniform; Jersey (cattle)

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coffee maker

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sleepiness; drowsiness

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coffee cup

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mug

5

whispering; murmuring; subdued

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insurrection; mutiny; rebellion; revolt; uprising

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letter of resignation

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immediately; promptly

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holiday; day off; sleep; rest; Good night

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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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this month

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amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity

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paid vacation; paid holiday

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something or other; this and that; one thing this, another thing that; blah blah blah

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insurance; guarantee

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pressingly; demandingly; hey! hey!; oi!

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first-class; top grade; characteristic; peculiar; school (e.g. of a performance art); one flag

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enterprise; business; company; corporation

1

disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem

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entrusting (something to a person); consignment (of goods); putting in someone's charge; trust; commission

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March; third month of the lunar calendar

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Canada

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taking over; handing over; transfer of control; inheriting; passing on the baton

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recently; lately; these days

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Sekine

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arrowhead; target of a flying arrow; brunt (of an attack); the very moment (when); the point (of doing)

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to take over; to hand over

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to come to mind; to pop into one's head

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to devise; to arrange; to plan; to plot

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to pull out; to take out; to lead out (e.g. a horse from a stable); to summon (e.g. to court); to withdraw (money); to draw

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sympathy; empathy; response

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sympathy; compassion; pity

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union; unity; bundling; binding; (arch.) putting on (clothes, armour, etc.)

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followers; hangers-on

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self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself

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relation; relationship

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puniness; youth

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sniff; sniff-sniff (esp. an animal); whining; whimpering

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to sniff around; to snoop around; to nose about

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