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article (in a document); clause; counter for lines, stripes, streaks, rays, etc.; although; though; since

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mud wall

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glance; look; glimpse; complete view; bird's-eye view

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chest of drawers; bureau; cabinet; tansu; dresser

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wooden; made of wood

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farming; agriculture; cultivation

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unnecessary; unneeded

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loft

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here and there; in places

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deadpan face; expressionless white face; po-faced

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roost; nest; pad; crib; one's home

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to split finely; to splinter; to get frayed; to become irritable; to feel on edge

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futon (laid on the floor); (Japanese) mattress; underquilt; sleeping mat

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to get torn; to tear; to rip; to be broken off (of negotiations, etc.); to break down; to collapse

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partition; division; settlement of accounts; preliminary warm-up ritual; toeing the mark; directing

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partitioning screen

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to choke up; to be speechless; to hold one's tongue

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difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)

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reality; actuality; actual conditions; ultimate reality; absolute truth

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something to wear; clothes

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baked sweet goods (e.g. Danish pastry, melon bread); sweet pastry; sweet bread

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lifetime supply; lifetime's worth (of something)

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to divide; to separate; to partition; to punctuate; to mark off (with a comma); to insert pauses (between words or phrases when reading aloud)

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plastic

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trash can; garbage can; rubbish bin; dustbin

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to get slightly dirty (all over)

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creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring

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roots; origin; one's roots; ancestry

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to scratch; to claw

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to become aroused (of emotions, nerves, etc.); to become excited; to become stirred up; to be proud; to be haughty; to be pompous

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as it is; plain (truth); bare; undisguised; unvarnished; unexaggerated

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having done that; if that is done; if it is done in that way

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to understand; to appreciate; to interpret

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to think out; to devise; to invent; to begin to think; to come up with a plan

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sound of the wind; voice of the wind

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utmost limits; extremity; limit

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to strain one's eyes; to look closely; to stare at

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kitten; small cat

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tea; tea plant (Camellia sinensis); tea preparation; making tea; brown; (arch.) mockery

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fur; skin; pelt; kanji "fur" radical

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limply; wearily; listlessly; languidly; exhaustedly; unenergetically

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faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre

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thermoregulation (of the body)

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to lose hope; to be plunged into darkness

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thud; thump; bang

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obstinate person; stubbornness; pigheadedness; hard head (like a rock)

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clear; transparent; clearing (a high-jump bar, hurdle, etc.); overcoming; getting through; clearing (the ball; in soccer); clearing (e.g. a checked box)

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stinging (pain); smarting; tingling

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to butt heads; to head-butt

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revelry; tumultuous party; wild party; uproarious banquet

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