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one's favourite party trick (favorite); one's specialty; No. 18; eighteenth; repertoire of 18 kabuki plays

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uh-oh; oops; sorry

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opinion; view; comment

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to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for

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abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning

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rather than

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towards; against; regarding; in contrast with

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calling by name; designation; nomination

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poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite

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to become possible; to become able to (do)

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extremely important; essential; vital; crucial

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emotion; feeling; feelings; sentiment

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answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result

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always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively

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to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)

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in many cases

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person

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unintentionally; unconsciously; by mistake; heedlessly; against one's better judgement (judgment)

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vague; desultory; distracted; loose; half-hearted; diffuse

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drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other

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country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)

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language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking

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same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case

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but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just

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to repeat; to do something over again

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certain; sure; doubtless; I have no doubt; You can depend on it; It's a safe bet

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root; source; origin; foundation; basis; essence

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settlement; solution; resolution

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to proceed with; to continue with; to move on; to go forward; to pursue

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(I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); (I) fancy (that)

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when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)

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equal; equivalent; equals sign; equality sign; equals (as in "A equals B")

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authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers

4

diagram; graph; schema

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to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk

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affirmation; affirmative (logic)

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that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage

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although I say; although one might say; although called

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to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively

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joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem

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feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment

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front part; frontage; facade; initial pledge (e.g. election); opening slogan

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result; consequence; coming to fruition; bearing fruit; as a result; consequently

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posture; pose; position; attitude; approach; stance

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tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable

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even if I told you

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there is no way that ...; easy; simple

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to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task

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nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously

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to give; to offer; to lift up; to hold up; to raise

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