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hedonism

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to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out

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without hesitation; with great optimism; (pushing or pulling) strongly; (drinking) heavily

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guidance; leadership; leading the way

2

popular song; hit song

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passing (a test, examination, etc.); pass (for admission, transport, etc.); ticket; pass (of a ball); (giving something a) pass; skipping (one's turn)

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way; method; means

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emission; emanation; letting out (feelings); venting; divergence (of light); divergence

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boundary; border; limit; bounds; frontier

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restraint; restriction; fetters; binding; confinement with rope

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money in one's possession

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to hit a nerve; to go for the throat; to touch a sore spot

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to set (sun); to become dark

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for a long time

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doubtful; questionable; uncertain; disputable; suspicious

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friend

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suddenly; with a jerk

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insistence; (major) emphasis; stress

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(metaphor for) something unusually fast; (lit.) fleeing hare

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what floor?

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heartlessness; hardness of heart; coldheartedness; insentient; inanimate

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to look old; to become musty; to wear out

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undressed concrete; unfaced concrete; (golf) driving range

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difference in grades (e.g. in go, shoji, etc.); difference in level (e.g. road, footpath); ramp; steps

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social; societal; societary

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custom; convention; common practice; (arch.) becoming accustomed (to)

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as far as I know

2

to carry (a child) on one's back; to piggyback; (arch.) to take on (a job, responsibility, etc.)

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senior; elder; person older than oneself

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youth; minor; young people

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source of worry; source of distress

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clear writing; specification

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to be talked about behind one's back

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protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation

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rule

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complicated and mysterious

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legal; lawful; legitimate

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very much; very many; more and more

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applying (e.g. a technology); adoption

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mock cavalry battle; piggyback fight

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horseman; rider; jockey

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fighting spirit; (will to) fight

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stability; security; equilibrium

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dash at the beginning of a short-distance race; charging ahead at full strength from the beginning

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drum

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to break onto (shore); to wash ashore; to attack

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sea roar

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a lick; one lick; engulfing (e.g. of fire); enveloping; consuming

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to shorten; to cut short; to trim; to cut down on; to reduce; to scrimp on

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plain; unaffected; natural; unpretentious; frank; candid

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