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raising and lowering; fluctuation (of prices, interest rates, etc.); praising and belittling; setting out (meals, etc.) and clearing away; ebb and flow (of the tide); rising and falling (pitch, tone, etc.); modulation

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to bid up (the price)

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intermittent

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leading person; foremost figure

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pet saying; favorite phrase; stock phrase; manner of talking

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nosebleed

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pottery; earthenware; yakimono; flame-broiled food (esp. fish); tempered blade

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Spir; Spire

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falling heavily (of rain, snow, etc.)

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hat; cap; cap (move)

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carelessly; thoughtlessly; inadvertently

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bundling up (in layers of clothes)

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good example

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constitutional; relating to character, structure, nature, etc.

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user; end-user; consumer; patron; customer; client

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to finish reading; to read through

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beauty of form

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to read aloud; to read to someone

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original (that was parodied or acted as an inspiration for something else, etc.); source

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exactly right!; indeed; damn straight

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sale; offering for sale; putting on sale; putting on the market; release (for sale)

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academic book; scholarly book; learned book; tome

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on the snow

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preliminary arrangements; preparation; spadework; pre-cooking

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peeling; paring; skinning; parer; peeler; paring-knife

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to catch fire; to be ignited; to ignite; to flare up (of an emotion, controversy, etc.); to blaze; to be ignited (of a dispute, commotion, etc.)

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exceedingly; extremely; exceptionally; unexpectedly

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before the end of this year

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year-end party; "forget-the-year" party; bōnenkai

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quarrelsome; easy to anger; quick to lose temper

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abusive language; violent language; wild words

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heat source

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to play with fire; to do something very dangerous; to take a great risk; (lit.) to step on a tiger's tail

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one's husband; one's wife

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giving up; quitting; surrendering

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bikini armor (e.g. in anime, video games); skimpy armor

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down to earth; reasonable; able to deal with

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foie gras

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caviar; caviare

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shark fin

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drying; dried

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abalone; ear shell

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type of cleromancy divination (described in the Book of Changes) performed with long sticks; The Book of Changes; Yijing; I Ching

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charcoal grilling; char-grilling

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fizzlingly; sputteringly

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in spite of; despite; although; nonetheless; nevertheless; but

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threshold (esp. one with grooves for sliding doors); sill

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trial manufacture; experiment; test piece; prototype

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poisonous; toxic; addictiveness

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climax; uprush; bulge

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