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Japanese white birch (Betula platyphylla var. japonica)

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to peel; to skin; to pare; to hull; to bare (e.g. fangs); to open wide (e.g. eyes)

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to break into song; to burst into song; to begin singing

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exotic mood; exotic atmosphere; exoticism

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leisurely; slow; deliberate; easygoing

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to turn over; to turn around; to change (one's mind); to reverse (one's decision); to fly (flag, etc.); to wave (skirt, cape, etc.)

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qualitative

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highest peak; highest mountain; greatest authority; most prominent person; pinnacle (e.g. of art)

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comprehensive; composite; all-embracing

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entertainment

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to polish up; to shine up

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banter; raillery; ridicule; teasing; making fun of

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thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words

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being empty-handed; bare hands (in a fight); being penniless

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unprecedented; unique; unparalleled

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hardness

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unsurpassable; peerless; having no equal; outclassing (others)

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mediation; agency; agent; mediator; middleman; go-between

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sadness and gloom

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to flutter (in the wind); to wave; to turn over; to flip over; to suddenly change (attitude, opinion, etc.); to suddenly switch

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amount of force (required to do something); (using the) right amount of force; appropriate use of force

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technical score (in figure skating, etc.)

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odd; strange; queer; weird; bizarre

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one's first campaign; one's first battle

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rhythmical; well-paced

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initial response (e.g. to a crisis); action in the earliest stages; initial shock (of an earthquake); preliminary tremor

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choreography; dance composition; dance coaching

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ethnic music

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cutting to pieces; tearing to pieces

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phoneme

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telling blow

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cultural

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superiority; predominance

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success; achievement; fruition

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rope

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techniques for arresting criminals; arrest technique

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circular motion

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tendril

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analogy

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independence; self-reliance

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fictitious; imaginary; fanciful; aerial; overhead

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pile-driving; piling

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to blow off (strongly); to blow away; to drive away (e.g. one's worries); to dispel; to do at great speed (e.g. drive a car); to carry out (a task) very quickly

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languidly; loosely

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sphere of influence

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unpleasant; disgusting; loathsome; shameful; scandalous

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to rearrange (classes); to recompose; to reset; to recombine (genes)

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drying rice on a rack; rack for drying rice

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to gradually rise

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to close up; to block up; to fill; to cover

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