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absolute obedience; complete submission

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there being no use in arguing (about it)

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vocabulary; lexicon; lexis; terminology

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vegetables; (edible) greens; blueback (any fish with a bluish back, such as the Japanese sardine)

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one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)

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early in the morning

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seeing one off; farewell; escort

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twentieth day of the month; twenty days

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spear; lance; javelin; lance; (arch.) jeering

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before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner

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mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...

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

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to make noise; to make racket; to rustle; to swoosh; to make merry; to clamor; to clamour

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being amazed; being horrified; being taken aback

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to marry (of a woman); to become a bride; to marry into (a family)

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married woman; another's wife

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complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)

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black person; darkie; well-tanned person; (wheat) smut; stagehand (in kabuki); prompter

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to compete; to contend; to vie; to contest

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pit viper (esp. the mamushi, Gloydius blomhoffi)

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temple; shrine; hall; company; (arch.) front room

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dark

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tail; tael (Chinese unit of mass and currency); tailcoat; tails

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to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; to toy with (one's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; to do with something as one pleases; to appreciate

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to go through; to suffer; to experience (something unpleasant)

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in succession; one by one

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to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to go down (sun); to wane; to sink

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side (of the torso); flank; illegitimate child; child born by someone other than one's wife

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to poke; to push

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Immanuel; Emmanuel

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men; man

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lifeboat; friend in need; helping hand; timely help

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slowly (but steadily); gradually; irritatedly; impatiently; scorchingly (of the sun); sizzling (i.e. sound of frying in oil); sound of a warning bell, alarm clock, etc.

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certainly; surely

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manyfold

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than; other than; except; but

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be; is

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wicked person; evil person; scoundrel; bad thing; mischief

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to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)

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style of polite speech in Japanese (with sentences ending in "desu" and verbs ending in "masu")

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harakiri; seppuku; ritual suicide by disembowelment

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to pity; to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to tend to (e.g. an injury); to care for; to nurse

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time bell; chime of a time bell

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to pass; to pass by

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never again

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anything and everything; just about everything

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memories; recollections; reminiscence

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outer canthus; outer corner of the eye

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edge (brow) of mountain

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to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to

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