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promise; agreement; arrangement; something expected or predictable (e.g. running gag); typical or clichéd development (in a story); something considered obligatory or guaranteed (in a certain situation)

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to put to use; to make good use of; to exploit

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myself

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in error; by mistake; by accident; accidentally

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the past is the past; let bygones be bygones

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clue; lead; key; handhold; hold

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paradise; heaven; Eden

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to grant; to give; to confer; to teach; to instruct; to impart (knowledge)

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mysterious; mystical

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to bawl; to cry; to scream

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hammer

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utterly stark naked; wearing only one's birthday suit

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execution by tying a victim to a post and stabbing with spears; crucifixion

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Ouch!

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idea

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fabrication; forgery; falsehood; hoax

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mental preparedness; being braced for; being steeled for

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to come to like a lot; to fall in love

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moving (dwelling, office, etc.); changing residence

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to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)

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fiction; made-up story; fable; fabrication; myth

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definite; sure

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actual existence; real existence; existing in real life

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still; even now

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every year; yearly; annually

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hatred; abhorrence; loathing; detestation

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jealousy; envy

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to be consistent; to be coherent

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to feed (e.g. an animal on oats); to let eat; to support (e.g. a family); to provide for; to inflict (damage); to deal (e.g. a blow)

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next year

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millions; several million; a few million

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torii; Shinto shrine archway

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clap (sound of wooden clappers); chop vigorously; slight movement (e.g. poke, small bird alighting); the end; originally end of a play, marked by clap of clappers; dot (esp. typographical)

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deep blue; bright blue; ghastly pale; pallid; white as a sheet

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dizziness (from standing up too fast); orthostatic syncope; lightheadedness; vertigo

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slow (slightly pejorative); dull; stupid

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soundly (of sleeping); (sleeping) like a log

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transmigration; reincarnation; metempsychosis

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the mere shadow of one's former self; the ruin of what one once was

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Hikino

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to yearn for; to be in love with

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iron basket for torches; cresset; brazier; bonfire

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forevermore; for eternity

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to make a mistake; to mess up; to make an error; to err

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fish pen; holding pond; fish tank; live well; live-box

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progress

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to fade; to become dim

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to go pale; to grow pale; to lose color; to turn white

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shaking violently

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imitation; sham; -like

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