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hello; hi

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to mount (animal behaviour); to assert dominance

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brown bear (Ursus arctos)

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unpleasant; disagreeable; displeasing; uncomfortable; unhappy

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scavenging for food

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loose; slovenly; sloppy; disorganized

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intentionally; deliberately; designedly; especially; particularly

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Dewa (former province located in present-day Yamagata and Akita prefectures)

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daimyo in the Warring States period

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season (in nature, sports, etc.); seasonal word or phrase (in haiku); year

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nonsense; irresponsible remark; codswallop; random; haphazard; unsystematic

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half-cooked; half-done; soft-boiled; half-ripe; unripe

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ridding oneself; freeing oneself of; growing out of; overcoming; outgrowing

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investigator (usu. of criminal cases)

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archipelago; chain of islands

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running through (north-south); cutting across; travelling across; cutting vertically; sectioning longitudinally

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fine weather

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(arch.) difference (from one another); (arch.) different thing; (arch.) other; unusual; extraordinary

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one's cherished opinion; pet theory

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continuation; sequel

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making a guest appearance; guest starring

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old body; aged person; elderly person

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to whip; to lash; to give the rod; to spur on; to encourage

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big treat; great offer

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bright red; deep red

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being a poor loser; unwillingness to admit defeat; sour grapes

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it doesn't matter what; anything is fine

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to be flustered; to lose one's presence of mind

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defensive fight (battle)

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one's legal wife

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break (rest); break (tennis, boxing, snooker, etc.); suddenly becoming popular; becoming a hit

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to cause trouble; to cause a disturbance

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dropping; losing; missing item; something one forgot to write down; trap; wooden protrusion from a Japanese door frame that fits a hole in the threshold, acting as a lock when closed; conclusion (of a speech, etc.)

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to talk oneself hoarse; to shout oneself hoarse

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hard-to-do; difficult; tough; awkward; tricky

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doer; performer; protagonist (in noh or kyogen); hero; speculator (in trading)

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gushing; overflowing; everlasting; unfailing; endless

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truancy

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barefaced (e.g. lie); shameless; transparent; pure white; very clear

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the end justifies the means; circumstances may justify a lie

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consideration; taking into account

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lack of ability; inadequacy; (being) out of one's depth

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to pull (the puppet) strings; to direct things from behind the scenes; to stretch out (and keep going); to linger on

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sound effect for slurping back up excess saliva (e.g. as stimulated by desire for food)

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only; nothing but

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yielding; submission; surrender; giving way; succumbing

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head; chief; boss; leader

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another thing; exception; special case

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without holding anything back; mercilessly; relentlessly; energetically; vigorously

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all day; for a whole day

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