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bustling; busy; crowded; lively (party, voices, etc.); loud; noisy

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least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least

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disturbance; trouble; ups and downs

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call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)

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living thing; organism; creature; biology

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deadly poison

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mucus; mucilage; viscous liquid; phlegm

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secretion

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Gael

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polite; courteous; careful; close; overly courteous; overly careful

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contract for (of) sale

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mother's side of family; maternal (grandfather, uncle, etc.)

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(one's parents') home

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series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza

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cup of poisoned alcohol

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to be given; to be granted; to be honored with; to give; to bestow; to confer

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private; confidential; informal; secret; (within the) family circle; (on the) inside

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vacant post; vacancy; post in name only

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popularity

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thick; deep; kind; cordial; abundant

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established reputation

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relative; relation; kin

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backing; support; backer; shield that protects one's back

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to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove

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near; close; beside; third person

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imperial villa; royal villa; detached palace

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surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance

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mother

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as a matter of fact; actually; effectively; in reality; in effect

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to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)

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calming down; quieting down

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to clear up; to clear away; to refresh (e.g. spirits); to be cleared (e.g. of a suspicion); to be dispelled; to be banished

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fence; paling; railing; (arch.) fortress

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freely; at liberty; at will; as one likes

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first step

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long distance; tele-

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diligently; assiduously; industriously; beavering away

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present; gift

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formation; establishment; conclusion (e.g. of a deal); reaching (e.g. an agreement); being valid (of a theory, argument, etc.); holding

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steadily

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dramatization (e.g. of a novel); dramatisation; adaptation; dramatization; embellishment; exaggeration

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novel; (short) story

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destruction of evidence

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to compare and contrast two alternatives; to weigh the relative merits of A and B; to weigh one's options; to try to have it both ways; to try to sit on two stools

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writing; composition; essay; sentence

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large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)

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purchase; buy

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contract; compact; agreement

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on the way; someday

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(one's) exclusive use; private use; dedicated use; use for a particular purpose; exclusive use (of particular products); using only (e.g. a certain brand)

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