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calculating

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vindictive; tenacious; persistent; spiteful; vengeful

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loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback

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to attract someone's attention; to arouse someone's interest; to sound someone out; to try to find out someone's true feelings; to (discreetly) probe someone's thoughts

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practical; matter-of-fact; realistic; utilitarian; pragmatic

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just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of

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cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible

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opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat

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womanizer; Lothario; Don Juan; philanderer; lady-killer

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to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)

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there is no way that ...; easy; simple

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it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...

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(period of) a year; during an era

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not knowing when to give up; being a bad loser; poor at letting things go; unable to accept the inevitable

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

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sigh

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to lock up; to shut up; to imprison

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that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there

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grain; bead; drop; counter for small round objects including grains, seeds, pills, drops

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to fall onto; to happen; to befall

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dawn breaks; day dawns

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to shake someone awake

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nodding off (while sitting); dozing

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here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now

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absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.); neglecting

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customer; guest

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tone; beep

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Hayasaka

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Chikashi

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truth; reality

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good grief

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true friendship

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after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years

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burn; scald

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case; situation

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is not; am not; are not; isn't it?

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main question; real issue at hand

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we; us; I; me

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ticket

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to obtain; to come into possession of; to get hold of; to get one's hands on

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February; second month of the lunar calendar

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finally; after; following; at the end (of)

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indicates emphasis

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to come off; to be removed; to disappear (of pain, a fever, etc.); to be caught; to be harvested; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)

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most; much; greatly

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hey!; over here!; OK; gotcha; yep

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pine tree (Pinus spp.); highest (of a three-tier ranking system)

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pluralizing suffix

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sharing with others what has been given to you; sharing a portion of the profit with others

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point in time; occasion

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