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particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty

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year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)

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war; fighting; fierce competition

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tribe; race; group (of people who share a common feature); gang; tribe (taxonomic rank); group (in the periodic table)

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Asura; demigod; anti-god; titan; demigods that fight the Devas (gods) in Hindu mythology

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king; ruler; tycoon; magnate; king (of the senior player)

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

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excluding; except (for); apart from; outside (a boundary, scope, etc.)

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almost; nearly; for the most part; roughly; approximately; about

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(complete) destruction; annihilation; devastation

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to cultivate; to foster

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food culture; dietary culture; cuisine

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many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly

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to lose; to miss (a chance, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)

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though; although; be that as it may; nonetheless

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wartime

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only; nothing but

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like this; this sort; this way

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seasoning; flavour; flavor

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first; new

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difficult to eat; unpalatable

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to wind (thread, film, etc.)

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to ingest; to eat; to enter the mouth; to be able to eat

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to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry

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space; room; unused land; room (for reconsideration, doubt, etc.); leeway; margin

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useless; futile; unnecessary; needless; not on business; unrelated

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elasticity; flexibility

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bowstring; string (of shamisen, guitar, violin, etc.); bail (arched pot handle); diagonal levelling wire across the top of a masu

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old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly

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isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...

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normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station

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to complain; to make a complaint

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smooth; shiny; slippery; greasy; slurping (noodles)

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

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bag; sack; skin of an orange (and other like fruits); dead end; plot of land surrounded by water

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to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve

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to boil (something in hot water); to treat with medicinal steam (a swelling, etc.)

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because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly

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pleasantly chewy (esp. noodles); having a good bite; firm and elastic; having body (esp. hair); springy and resilient; full-bodied (e.g. sound)

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it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that ...

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wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes

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boiling; seething; becoming heated (e.g. of a debate); excitement; soaring (of prices); shooting up

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to dance (orig. a hopping dance); to be manipulated; to dance to someone's tune

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remembering; recollection; anamnesis; recall (memory); retrieval

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a second time; again; once more; twice

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to bend oneself forward (esp. in curiosity or excitement); to hang out (e.g. over a balcony)

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satisfaction; contentment; sufficient; satisfactory; satisfying (an equation)

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plump; rotund; chubby; entirely; completely; wholly

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forest; shrine grove

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to show; to display; to make (something or someone) look ...; to present an appearance of ...; to make (something) worth watching; to be entertaining; to have (something) looked at (by a specialist)

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