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to carve; to engrave; to sculpt; to tattoo

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to show in; to usher in

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to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter

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arrowhead; target of a flying arrow; brunt (of an attack); the very moment (when); the point (of doing)

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to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)

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to substitute for; to stand in for; to fill in for

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zealous; enthusiastic; ardent; fervent; keen; eager

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truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance

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to put into written form; to communicate or express by writing; to chronicle

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mischief; prank; pastime; hobby; playing with (a lighter, etc.); fooling around with

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to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up

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row of houses; every house; each house; all; totally

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to build up one's strength; to get stronger; to give (someone) strength; to cheer (someone) up; to encourage (someone)

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insult; affront; slight; contempt (e.g. of court)

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one eyebrow

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voting; poll

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party leader

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eldest daughter; first-born daughter

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to be ill; to suffer from; to have trouble doing ...; to be unable to ...; to fail to ...

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before one's very eyes; under one's nose; imminence; close at hand

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to collect; to gather; to compile; to arrange; to settle

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rudeness; impoliteness; leaving; going (on one's way); taking without permission; stealing

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plain; plateau; tableland

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burden; load; responsibility; bearing (a cost, responsibility, etc.); shouldering

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to swell up

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to take back; to regain; to get back; to recover

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monolith; large slab of rock

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change; transformation; innovation; Reformation

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whole nation; whole land; whole country

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doing whatever one pleases

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centre; center; pivot; central nervous system

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the strait gate (in the Bible); the narrow gate; high barrier (to enter a highly competitive school, company, etc.); difficult hurdle; difficulty

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private; non-governmental; non-official; folk; popular

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appointment; assignment; promotion

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calm (at sea); lull

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for a short while; for a brief period; soon; in a short while

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rest; relief; relaxation

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thick; meaty; fleshy

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steak

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secret (recipe, medicine, etc.); mysteries (e.g. of an art)

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sauce; Worcestershire sauce

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item; article; dish; course; finest item

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famous product; special product; speciality; specialty

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local specialty; local special dish

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low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)

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to put something out of the way; to move (something, someone) aside; to set aside; to keep apart; to remove (someone) from the group; to shun

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mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short

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to cut up; to cut and discard; to eliminate systematically (in fault-finding); to isolate

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fork; forkball

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flesh; meat; flesh (of a fruit); pulp; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); flesh; thickness

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