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sincere; earnest; serious

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to consult a dictionary

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to melt (and become soft or liquid); to be enchanted (by); to be charmed; to be bewitched

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pure; innocent; pure; unmixed; long kimono made from the same plain-coloured cloth

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to take (a person) unawares; to make a surprise attack

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to shout; to cry (out); to scream; to clamor (for or against); to advocate; to insist

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ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious

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throat; singing voice; gutter (inner margins of a book)

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to express in a refined fashion; to weave a web of words

1

to be affectionate to; to treat tenderly; to show favouritism to; to be partial to; to fondle; to caress

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to avoid; to refrain from; to shun; to detest

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rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse; litter

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to draw in; to take in; to retract; to withdraw; to take back (e.g. words)

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to step aside; to move (out of the way); to make way

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to be affected; to put on airs; to act like (something one isn't); to pretend to be

1

to jump on (a horse); to jump onto (a bus, train, etc.); to jump into (a taxi)

1

to mellow (e.g. personality); to be rounded; to huddle; to cower

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breathing; respiration; knack; trick; harmony; balance

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sweet (taste); luscious; sweet (melody, dream, etc.); delightful; pleasant

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boorish; inelegant; unpolished; unromantic; tactless

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to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)

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interest; entertainment; pleasure; implicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing)

1

to chip (off); to shave off; to sharpen; to dampen (one's enthusiasm, interest, etc.); to reduce

1

to like; to love; to be fond of

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unprecedented; never happened before; first time in history

1

motionlessly (e.g. stand, wait); (be) still; fixedly (e.g. gaze, stare); intently (e.g. listen, think); patiently (e.g. endure); stoically

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reigning (over a country); dominating; controlling; dictating

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Her Majesty the Queen; mistress (in S&M); dominatrix

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not to mention ...; needless to say ...; not to speak of ...; (arch.) negligent; (arch.) neglectful; (arch.) careless

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design

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to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear; to affix (a sword to one's hip); (arch.) to affix (a bowstring to a bow)

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whether (or not); if

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socks; sock; stockings; stocking

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look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting

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cloth-covered

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shoe; shoes; boots; footwear; footgear

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conduct; behaviour; movements; gesture; performance (on stage, etc.); dance

1

followers; hangers-on

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grand; magnificent; lavish; forceful; powerful; vigorous

1

to unfold; to unroll; to open

1

humiliating

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queen; female monarch; queen consort; consort of a king; queen; princess

2

to feel nauseous

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crying face; face of a person who is crying

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confidence; trust; faith; credit

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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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chalk (rock); white wall

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seashore; coast; seaside; waterfront; beach

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earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)

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when one was a very young child; very early in one's life

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