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highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly

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chopped burdock root (and sometimes carrot) cooked in sugar and soy sauce

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counter for jewels in a watch; counter for transistors, diodes, etc. in an electronic product

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inside; interior; inner part

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resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag

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it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...

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to be solved; to be worked out; to come loose; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. of a ban)

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no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than

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end; edge; tip

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straight line; beeline

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to erase; to rub out; to turn off (a light, TV, heater, etc.); to switch off; to extinguish (a fire, candle, etc.); to put out; to remove (a smell, pain, etc.)

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(archeological) remains; ruins; relics

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deterioration (in quality, performance, etc.); degradation; worsening; (visible) aging; becoming unattractive (due to aging)

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curse; spell; malediction

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a (short) time; a while; one time (in the past); a period; (arch.) two-hour period

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speciality; specialty; special subject of study; sole interest; single focus; concentrating exclusively on

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battle; fight; combat

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ability; faculty

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dependence

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dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point

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party (social gathering); party (group of people participating in an activity, esp. mountain climbing); (political) party

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to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple

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painful; heartrending; trying; oppressive; suffocating; miserable

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to say; to speak; to tell; to be called

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certain; sure; no doubt; reliable; dependable

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satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client

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(not) ever; (not) by any means; (not) in the least; (not) in any way; (not) at all

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port city; harbor city; harbour city

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to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)

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but; however; provided that

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way; method; means; resource; course

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to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)

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(not) even once; (not) ever

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armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track

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to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip of (clothes, rank, etc.); to deprive of; to divest of

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to hold in one's arms; to bring over a person to one's side; to involve

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to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)

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both sides

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to win; to gain victory

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without cause; without reason

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to come unstuck from; to peel off; to come off

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both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold

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wrist

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restriction; restraint; binding; constraint

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underwear; undergarment; underclothes; lingerie

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utterly stark naked; wearing only one's birthday suit

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exposed; scanty; bare; public; open

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chest; breast; breasts; bosom; heart; lungs; stomach

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lower half of the body; nether parts

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rule; domination; direction; management; control (of one's destiny, public opinion, etc.); governing

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