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Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker

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diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily

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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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new; fresh; novel

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by ones and twos; tears or flower petals falling quietly; gurgling bird sound; falling apart; crumbling; dish made from fiveleaf aralia sprouts, pickled daikon, walnuts, etc.

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to spill over and fall; to scatter (petals, leaves, etc.)

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to wet; to moisten; to dampen; to soak; to dip

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to sob convulsively; to heave with sobs

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to become dim; to become blurred

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finally; at last; ultimately; in the end

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tearful voice

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to raise; to bring to (someone's attention); to appeal to (reason, emotions, etc.); to work on (one's emotions); to complain; to sue (a person)

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idiot; fool; idiocy; stupidity

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just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that

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to dispose of; to sell off

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as everyone knows; needless to point out

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pronoun; synonym; classic example; pattern

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being very forgetful; having a bad memory

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laughing while crying; smiling through one's tears; (alternately) laughing and crying; tears and laughter; joy and sorrow

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to weep the night out; to weep all night

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Elio; Helyot

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load on one's chest; obstacle; hindrance; impediment

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feigned; pretending (not to know)

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others; other people

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for this reason

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among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)

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future; distant future

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evidence; proof

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content of a letter

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wedding; bridal procession; marriage into a family

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to catch the eye; to attract attention

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irritating; irritated; frustrating; vexing; (feeling things are) not quick enough; (feeling) too slow-going

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nod deeply; glugging; drinking deeply

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to go into a huddle

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blank space (in documents); vacuum; blank; void

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passage; paragraph

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ill-natured; inconstancy

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father's side of family; paternal (grandfather, uncle, etc.)

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mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...

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proudly; triumphantly

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to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end

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tempo

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to engage (with); to be in gear (with); to bite each other; to be on the same wavelength

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matter; thing; affair; circumstance

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to sit down at the dining table (with someone); to eat with company; to share a table

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to leave (someone) alone; to leave to oneself; to leave (someone) be

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mealtime

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beforehand; in advance; previously

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to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to

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one's station in life; one's personal history; one's circumstances; one's lot; one's destiny; one's future

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