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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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tingling sensation (e.g. in a leg); feeling numb; painful tingle; noisily; ears ringing

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to throb (with pain); to ache; to smart; to rankle; to gall; to rile

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evidence; proof

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good news; gospel (teachings or revelations of Jesus Christ)

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lapis lazuli; lapis lazuli (color); beryl; mall blue passerine bird (esp. the blue-and-white flycatcher and the Siberian blue robin, but also the red-flanked bluetail); glass

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will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope

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to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on

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pistil

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pleasant feeling; pleasant sensation; pleasure

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trigger (of a gun, etc.); trigger (for something); immediate cause

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many times over; often; repeatedly; time after time

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to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)

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further; above; anymore

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innocent; naive; artless; unsophisticated; pure; fresh

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being afraid of; being fearful; being timid; trembling; shivering

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to go crazy; to lose one's mind

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to overflow; to brim over; to flood

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together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)

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successively; one after another

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fifth month of the lunar calendar; satsuki azalea (Rhododendron indicum)

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what's what; heads or tails

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to lie down (and rest)

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to give a glance (at); to take one look at

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to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)

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being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)

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because of; owing to; due to

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headache

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protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); head of household

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story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend

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of uncertain meaning; ambiguous; cryptic; nonsensical; incomprehensible; perplexing

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consistency

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character (in a play or novel); dramatis personae

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last; final; end; conclusion; rust

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novel; (short) story

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category

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oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!

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in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start

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thought; idea; ideology

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book review

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properly; accurately; exactly; neatly; tidily; orderly

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to do

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difficult to ...; hard to ...

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love romance; love story; romance; romance story; romantic fiction

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of all people

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nuisance to other people; inconvenience to others

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jealousy; envy

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one's post; place of work; workplace

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call; visit

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to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind

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