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baseball-playing teenager; high-school baseball player

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source (of a spring, etc.); source (of payment, energy, knowledge, etc.); origin; wellspring

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the way one works; one's working manner

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piano wire

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minor; small; minor (key, scale, etc.); the minor leagues (US baseball)

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manufacturer (esp. a major company); producer; maker; maker (person or device that makes something)

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(swimming) pool; pool (cue sport); pooling (money, resources, etc.); pool (price ring)

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unthinkable; unexpected; outrageous; offensive

3

theory

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plasma

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to explain adequately; to be accountable

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plastic; pula (currency of Botswana)

1

decrease; reduction; decline

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lakeshore; lakeside

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drawing water from river or lake; water intake

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tough (world); hard (times); cold; stingy; miserly; mercenary

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cryptid (animal whose existence is unsubstantiated, e.g. the yeti)

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charm against evil spirits; talisman; amulet

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pity; compassion; mercy

1

function over aesthetics; (lit.) dumplings over flowers

1

look (in someone's eyes); expression (of the eyes); eyes

2

equine matters; horse-related matters

1

gluttony

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multiplying by one; original amount; (even) more; double; twice (as much)

1

best regards; please take care of; please do

1

hot and humid; muggy; sultry

3

high humidity

1

cannibalism; biting (someone); man-eating (e.g. tiger); cannibalistic

1

ptoo (sound of spitting); ptui; ptew; ptooey

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rain cover; tarpaulin; awning; taking shelter from rain

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expert; learned person; doctor; PhD; instructor at the imperial court (ritsuryō period); pitch and length marks (to accompany a Buddhist liturgical chant, etc.)

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windmill; wind turbine; pinwheel (toy); windmill (toy); Clematis patens (species of climbing plant)

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milling; grinding into flour

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and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless

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damp; humid; wet; gloomy; melancholy

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braid (hair, cord. etc.); plait

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intellectual

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books

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committee member

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to do up (hair); to dress; to arrange; to tie; to bind; to fasten

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hair style; way of dressing hair

1

hole; hollow; pothole (road, pavement, etc.)

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mole (Talpidae spp., esp. the small Japanese mole, Mogera imaizumii)

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Talpidae (family of moles and their close relatives)

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shovel; spade; scoop

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sunglasses

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rare species

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one side

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double; double bed; hotel room with a double bed; double-breasted; double-cuffed; double width (of cloth; usu. 1.42 meters); doubles (e.g. in tennis)

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national (e.g. hero, pastime, consensus); relevant to all citizens; popular on a national level

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