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child prodigy; infant genius; wonder child

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about this time

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three people

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immediately; right away; at once; instantly

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to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued

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covered with weeds

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wasteland; wilderness; abandoned land; devastated land

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to grow thickly; to be overgrown; to thrive; to grow in abundance

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both sides

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symbolic

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torii; Shinto shrine archway

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divine messenger; messenger of a god (esp. an animal messenger)

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(those) who are; (that) which is; in the capacity of

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bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry

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mistletoe (esp. European mistletoe, Viscum album); parasitic plant

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or; otherwise

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sacred precincts; sanctuary; consecrated ground; issue that is regarded as being off-limits; matter that is not up for discussion

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to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come

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(fixing) boundaries for religious practices; prohibition (of items, people, spirits, etc. that would hinder Buddhist practice); fence between inner and outer sanctums in a temple; (arch.) short two or three-fold lattice around the front desk of a store; barrier; dimensional barrier

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entrance; entry; gate; approach; mouth

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mountain worship; religion that worships mountains as sacred

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light (i.e. not heavy); feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily); light (i.e. of foot); effortless; non-serious; minor; slight

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isn't that right?

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meaning; called; said

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divinity

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appearance of written words; impression given by written letters, characters, etc.; literal meaning (of a piece of writing); superficial meaning; face (of a printing type)

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the Monkey (ninth sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Monkey (around 4pm, 3-5pm, or 4-6pm); west-southwest; 7th month of the lunar calendar

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monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook

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to divide in two; to divide in half; to apportion; to divide among; to portion out

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calendar; almanac

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direction; way; point of the compass; cardinal direction; method; means

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last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; pre- (e.g. premodern); before; before; earlier

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to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on

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exceptional; praiseworthy; laudable

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conversion; shift; about-face; switch

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smartly dressed; stylish; someone smartly dressed; to dress up; to be fashionable

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neat; trim; tidy; pretty

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career woman

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-like

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last position; previous job; predecessor

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modern times; the modern age; this day and age

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network; Internet; net (hair, netball, etc.); net (price, weight, etc.); nett

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paper

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bizarre; strange; weird; grotesque

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habitat isolation; compartmentalization; segregation; isolation

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(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely

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pie; tart

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leader; authority; mainstay

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doctors; teachers

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new face; newcomer; rookie; modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards)

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