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to drive into (e.g. a nail into a board); to hit into (e.g. a home run into the stands); to throw into (e.g. jail); to drum into (someone) (an idea, skill, etc.); to hammer into

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sudden; abrupt; unexpected; unforeseen

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oh!; ah!; oh dear!; good grief!; dear me!; thank God!

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shopping; purchased goods

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to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated

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refreshing; clear

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to fall to one's knees; to go down on one's knees (e.g. to express respect)

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greeting; a fine thing to say

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because; the reason is; if you want to know why

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guard; convoy; escort

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to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)

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graceful; beautiful

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prosperity; flourishing; thriving

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to become popular; to grow in popularity; to catch on

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relationship; relation; terms (good, friendly, etc.)

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tactful; adroit; shrewd; clever; smart; affable

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textbook; manual

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to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind

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honour; honor; glory; privilege

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before now; hitherto

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society; the world; the times

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to ascertain; to check; to make sure

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boorish; inelegant; unpolished; unromantic; tactless

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to buy up

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party (of people); set (of people); clan; family; fellow

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all people; everybody; ten thousand people

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to keep silent

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tray; family; household; O-Bon; Bon Festival; gambler's den

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to stop; to stay (e.g. the night); to contain; to keep (in position, in place); to record (e.g. a fact); to retain

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highest grade; top class

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money; funds

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to resound; to make a stir

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on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway

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large sum (money)

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shh!; sh!; shush!; shoo!; go away!

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to remonstrate; to admonish (someone) for; to advise (someone) not to; to warn against

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happiness; blessedness; luck; luckily; fortunately

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to raise one's voice; to shout

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to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come

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to look at; to gaze; to stare at

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to challenge to (a fight, game, etc.); to throw down the gauntlet; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to attempt; to pressure (someone) for sex; to make advances to

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look (in someone's eyes); expression (of the eyes); eyes

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to stare fixedly at; to fix one's gaze on; to make sure of; to set one's eyes on (e.g. the future); to focus on

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17; seventeen

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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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to pay

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letter (of alphabet); character; writing

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payment

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bond; deed; contract

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substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange

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