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holiday; day off; sleep; rest; Good night

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tent

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to prepare oneself for the worst; to strengthen one's resolve; to accept one's fate; to prepare oneself

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piece(s) of firewood (esp. chopped or split from logs); kindling (twigs, branches, etc.); firewood

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night sky

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magic; sorcery; wizardry; magic (illusion); conjuring

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to pretend; to feign

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joint; seam; joining point

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right angle; perpendicular

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to turn right; to turn to the right

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dubious tale; cock-and-bull story; questionable information; taking care not to be fooled

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grant; allowance; endowment; bestowal; assignment; conferment

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raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); live (i.e. not recorded); inexperienced

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beyond imagination; unimaginable

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dim; gloomy

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breadth; width

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laying (a railroad, pipes, naval mines, etc.); construction

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headlight

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lighting (a lamp); turning on a light

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car (running) on the opposite lane; oncoming car

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founder; originator; pioneer

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sunlight; sunshine; sunbeams

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isolation; cut off; blockade; quarantine; interception; deprivation

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general term; generic name

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to make good one's escape; to get away; to outrun; to hold on (and win); to win narrowly

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there being no use in arguing (about it)

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to get out of bed; to show a leg

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direction of movement (motion); direction of travel (esp. train)

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more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time

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little less than; slightly fewer than; just under; weakness; the weak

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paved road

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thick; dense; rich (as in taste or content); crowded

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to discharge (e.g. effluent)

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card game

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young person; servant; errand boy in a samurai family; person of lowly status

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to rise (of a building, mountain, etc.); to tower; to soar

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cliff; precipice; precipice; brink of a dangerous situation

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to gouge out; to excavate; to hollow; to bore; to drill; to carve (e.g. pumpkin)

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residential area; quarter; neighbourhood; neighborhood

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department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category

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honeycomb construction; honeycomb structure

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to adopt (method, proposal, etc.); to take (measure, course of action, etc.); to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather (e.g. mushrooms); to extract (e.g. juice); to take (e.g. a sample); to assume (an attitude)

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disappearance; vanishing; loss; dying away; wearing off

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's house; 's home

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dreary; bleak; monotonous; tasteless; unrefined

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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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plant; vegetation

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to crawl; to creep; to slither; to wriggle; to trail (of vines, flowers, etc.); to spread

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planter

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