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casual; doing something without taking it too seriously

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novel; (short) story

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form; shape; figure

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character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")

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closely (packed, lined up, etc.); tightly; densely; (work) sufficiently

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(powers of) concentration; ability to concentrate

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to pull into; to draw in; to bring in; to win over

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physical

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to look away (from); to avert one's gaze; to disregard; to ignore; to escape (from); to turn away (from)

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to answer a question

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to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)

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to droop (e.g. ears of grain); to bow one's head; to hang one's head

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obvious; clear; plain; evident; apparent; explicit

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resemblance; similarity; analogy

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(looking) blankly; vacantly; dazedly; (staring) in puzzlement; with a look of amazement

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synopsis; outline; plot

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idea; plan; fancy; impulse; thought; whim

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to chip; to nick; to break; to lack

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impressiveness; impact; force; intensity; appeal; strength

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to interrupt; to butt in

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finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little

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to take the name of; to call oneself; to pretend; to feign; to purport

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orderly; regular; systematic; well-organized; well-organised; trim

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cotton plant (Gossypium spp.); batting; wadding; padding

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to go on reading

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viewing as ...; seeing as ...; treating as ...; regarding as ...

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strict; close; precise; scrupulous

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to differ; to vary; to disagree

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one-eyed; first (in a series); initial

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roughly; approximately; round about; cursorily; briefly; quickly

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to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)

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contrary to expectations; or so we thought, but ...

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the clouds look menacing; things don't look good

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tenth; tithe

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to be full; to wax (e.g. moon); to rise (e.g. tide); to mature; to expire

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destructive power; destructive energy; destructive force

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to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)

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strange; unfamiliar; mysterious; suspicious; (lit.) of an unknown nature

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cover (of a book, magazine, etc.); binding; appearing on the cover of a magazine

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to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something

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leather; tanned animal hide; suede; kanji "tanned leather" radical (radical 178)

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to be beyond words; to defy description

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chaos; confusion; disorder; chaotic; confused; uncertain

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to be fragrant; to smell (good); to stink; to smell (bad); to glow; to be bright

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chaos

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to pick out item(s) from a group to keep

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poor; pitiful; piteous; pitiable

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thin arm; slender arm; slender means; meager ability to earn a living

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bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely

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nature (of a person); sex; gender; sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.); gender; -ty

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