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major cleanup; spring cleaning

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someone else's hands; someone else's possession; hand (worker); aide; labor; labour

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old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago

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scar

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time (three times, each time, etc.); times

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reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight

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to give (as a gift); to present; to confer; to bestow; to award

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physical work; manual labour (labor)

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airing of clothes, hanging scrolls, etc. (to prevent damage from insects and mould)

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... being the case; (precisely) because ...; as might be expected from ...

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sleeping together in a huddle

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fur; skin; pelt; kanji "fur" radical

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warm; mild; warm (of a colour); mellow; having enough money

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as (somebody) says

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immersing oneself in; being absorbed in; devoting oneself to; giving oneself up entirely to

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to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out

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good wife

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after a long time; for the first time in a while

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black curtain; wirepuller; mastermind; backroom manipulator

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admiration; wonder; astonishment

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frame; framework; border; box; limit; restriction; category

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to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to

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dust; one ten-billionth

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although; though; despite the fact that ...

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all talk; glib; insincere; empty; specious

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to be blessed with; to be rich in; to abound in

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each (person); individually; one by one; one at a time; in turn

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(one's) workload; amount of work (to be) done by one

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in good health; healthy; skilled; proficient; master; expert

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good-for-nothing; scapegrace; nuisance; trouble

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one move (in go, shogi, etc.); only way; only means; doing alone; doing single-handed

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to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for

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ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml

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loyalty; faithfulness

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seat; place; position; status; gathering; party; stand

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anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside

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plump; chubby; voluptuous

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part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties

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to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely

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desirable; hoped for; preferable; advisable

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marriage

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if; in case; supposing

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East Asian age reckoning; traditional system of age reckoning whereby newborns are considered one year old and on New Year's Day one year is added to everyone's age

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pregnancy; conception; gestation

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childbirth; (giving) birth; delivery; production (of goods)

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

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negotiations; discussions; connection

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harsh (taste, feeling, etc.); acrid; sharp (language, question, etc.); biting; nasty; gross

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to pass; to pass on; to give (something) a miss; to cut it out; to knock off (for the day); to let the matter drop

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to enclose (with); to surround (with); to turn (one's head, heel, etc.); to think over; to work out; (arch.) to notify (orally or in writing)

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