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special skill

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bow (weapon); archery; bow (for a violin, etc.)

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to listen attentively to; to be absorbed in (listening to)

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accomplishment; lessons (in an art, skill, etc.); practice

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lead nowhere; get one nowhere; no use; fruitless; there's no point (in doing)

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to tumble down; to roll down

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scum of the earth; monster; fiend

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antipodes; other (opposite) extreme; opposite; antithesis

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setting a bad example to others

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arrogance; haughtiness; conceitedness

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splitting the bill (usu. evenly); splitting the check; paying one's own expenses; going Dutch

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to take a breather; to take a rest; to catch one's breath; to take a breath

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to try and draw someone out; to fish for information; (for a shrine maiden) to present water to spirits while invoking them; to offer water before a grave

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whispering; murmuring; subdued

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conceit; hubris; vanity; presumption

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outsider; someone outside of a group

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to walk behind someone; to follow in someone's footsteps

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it is no exaggeration to say; it is not too much to say

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boy; bellboy; porter; waiter

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runner-up

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instinct

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to sense; to infer; to gather; to pick up on; to get wind of; to perceive

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mealtime

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communication

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to bolt down (food); to gulp down; to shovel (into one's mouth)

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sink (e.g. in a kitchen); cruising (e.g. taxi); strolling (entertainer, musician, etc.); washing area (in a Japanese-style bath); back-washing service (in a public bath); floating (something on water)

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thank you (for the meal); that was a delicious meal; thank you (for displaying lovey-dovey behaviour)

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grain of boiled rice

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to bolt down (food); to gulp down; to carry under the arm; to rake in; to rake towards one

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way of eating; how to eat

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ill-bred; poorly brought up

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to select (the best); to choose; to pick out

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to place both hands on the ground (to express respect, apology or to present a request)

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180 degrees; complete (about-face; in policy, opinion, etc.); radical (change); hundred-and-eighty degree (turn)

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morality; moral principles

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to do oneself; to do by oneself; to start work (on); to commence

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plastic

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seeing the light; being awakened to the truth; having the scales fall from one's eyes

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Herculean task; next-to-impossible undertaking

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the height of folly; sheer stupidity

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arrangements; plan; programme; program; preparations

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resentment; grudge; malice; matter for regret; regret

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unthinking; thoughtless; heedless; inconsiderate

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virtual

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you bitch!

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(matter) for congratulations; worthy of celebration; happy (occasion, ending, etc.); naive; too good-natured; gullible

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to torment; to harass; to tease; to extort; to shake down; to demand money

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pain; anguish; distress; suffering; hardship

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to taste; to savor; to relish

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erotic manga; pornographic manga

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