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flour dumplings in soup

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Leoni; Lionni

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(flower) vase

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unbeatable; invincible; irresistible

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weeping willow (Salix babylonica)

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Europeanization; Europeanisation; Westernization; Westernisation

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out of hand; uncontrollable; out of control; messy

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style of classical Japanese swordsmanship involving use of two swords

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translated book

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specially appointed; appointed temporarily for a specific task

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blind person

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drenched; soaked; romantically

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Italian Peninsula

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not knowing what's what; being unable to make heads or tails

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sound of typing on a keyboard; having sex

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heterosexuality; heterosexual love

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in all parts of the world; in all countries; anywhere in the world; both in the Occident and the Orient

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regional difference

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taking someone around; guidance; (arch.) parading a criminal through town before their execution (Edo period)

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falling star; fireball

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to know something by direct experience; (lit.) to know through the skin

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pine needle; small gift; souvenir

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brigadier general; commodore

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without penalty; acquittal; impunity

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The Little Match Girl (1845 short story by Hans Christian Andersen)

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to rise (steeply); to tower; to soar

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wabi-sabi; aesthetic sense in Japanese art centered on the acceptance of transience and imperfection

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to strike; to hit; to beat; to punch

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bath heater

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location famous for production of something (usually food)

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antonym

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unmasking

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fateful; decisive (e.g. war)

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fast working; fast in forming relationships with women; quick to resort to violence

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niddle-noddle; nid-nod; nodding off

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to thank; to apologize; to apologise; to say farewell; to retreat; to refuse

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loincloth; waistcloth; kimono underskirt

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it is darkest under the lamp post; it's hard to see what is under your nose; go abroad to hear of home; you must go into the country to hear what news at London

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to row a boat; to nod off; to doze off

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Japan-specific

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thousand-armed Avalokiteshvara; thousand-armed Kannon

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masturbation; onanism

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bouncy (esp. of breasts)

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charming figure; alluring figure

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(something) like that; that sort of; resembling; seemingly authentic; genuine-looking; realistic

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Arabic (language)

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there's nothing that doesn't exist; there's nothing we (I, he, she, etc.) don't have; nonexistent; not in one's possession

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skipping school or work without a good reason; playing truant; playing hooky

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abstruse; occult; mysterious

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to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to think of (a far-off person, place, etc.); to cast one's mind to; to worry about; to feel anxious about

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