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to throw oneself (e.g. off a cliff, etc.)

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staring-out (down) game; game in which two children looking at each other try to make the opponents laugh first; constant looking at something (e.g. the computer screen, the clock, etc.)

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with a crack (e.g. branches, knuckles)

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to set about in earnest; to put one's back into something

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deadly serious; deadly earnest

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to be fit (for a role); to be qualified (for); to be equal (to a task); to be able to fulfill one's duties (as)

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interest; entertainment; pleasure; implicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing)

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starting a business; promotion of enterprise

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to blink (one's eyes); to wink; to bat

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working for a company; being employed by a company

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dark

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view; outlook; prospect

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to choose; to select

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department of a university; undergraduate (course, program, etc.)

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wish; desire; ambition

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doubt; suspicion; misgivings; scruples

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bureau; department; office (e.g. post, telephone); broadcasting station (e.g. television, radio); affair; situation

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to stagnate; to be delayed; to be left undone; to be overdue (of a payment); to fall into arrears; to be outstanding

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bright person; talented student; prodigy

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isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...

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small; small-sized; small-scale; miniature

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what's the matter?; what's wrong?

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PET bottle (clear plastic beverage bottle)

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wood carving; woodcraft

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ornament; decorative object; object placed in a tokonoma; figurehead; leader without real power

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Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)

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of all people

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to protrude; to stick out; to be forced out; to be pushed out; to go over (e.g. a budget); to go beyond

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god; deity; divinity; spirit; kami

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instead of; replacing; on behalf of

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sender

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unclear; obscure; unknown; unidentified; ignorance; lack of wisdom

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the other day; a few days ago

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one rank; one grade

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sweets (desserts, candy, etc.)

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to be born; to come into the world

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oath; vow; attestation; solemn pledge

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eight; eight years of age; two o'clock (old time system)

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order of chivalry; chivalric order

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totem

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spreading out like an open fan; becoming prosperous; folding fan; ceremonial folding fan

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omen; sign of luck; origin; history; dependent arising; doctrine that everything has a cause and there is nothing that arises out of nothing

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to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)

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sofa bed; sofa-bed; sofabed

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lounge suite

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recycling

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kneecap

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to approach; to draw near

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to be suspicious of (someone's motives); to suspect (that)

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value; worth; merit

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