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when one was a very young child; very early in one's life

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wet nurse; nursing mother

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hanky-panky; juggling; cheating; deception; smoke and mirrors

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to continue to work; to work away (at)

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present condition; existing state; status quo; current state

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to be responsible for; to bear the responsibility of

2

to abandon (ship)

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stupidity; silliness; asininity; imbecility; dim-wittedness

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to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)

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whenever you want; any time you like

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still better; even better

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to come true (of a wish, prayer, etc.); to be realized; to suit (e.g. a purpose); to meet (wishes, ideals, etc.); to match (implies competition); to rival

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unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to

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light; illumination; glow; lamp; light

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key; lock; key (to a problem); clue

2

to pull out; to take out; to lead out (e.g. a horse from a stable); to summon (e.g. to court); to withdraw (money); to draw

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thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward; gift

2

trifling with; toying with; playing with; tossing about (a ship)

1

to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect

2

natural disaster

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cripple; disabled person; invalid

2

arrow (symbol); (romantic) interest (for a certain person); direction (of one's attention, etc.)

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method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)

2

to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known

2

studying abroad; studying at a different school, etc. (usu. for a specific purpose)

2

idea; conception; way of thinking; approach; expression

1

to think of; to come up with

1

erratic; offbeat; wild; extraordinary

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in many cases

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west

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hundreds

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Japanese league; ri; neighbourhood (under the ritsuryo system; orig. of 50 homes); unit of area (approx. 654m by 654m)

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by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly

2

1000 ri; (a) long distance

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earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)

2

breeding; multiplication; increase; propagation; reproduction

1

to cause; to induce; to bring about; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)

1

even more; still more; further

2

to create (a sensation); to give rise to (controversy)

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pointing out; identification

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coincidence; agreement; conformity; consistency; cooperation

1

area; region

3

tax increase

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hunting; shooting; game; quarry

1

one o'clock; once; at one time; for a time; for a while; a time

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prohibition; inhibition; ban

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agricultural chemical (i.e. pesticide, herbicide, fungicide, etc.); agrochemical; agrichemical

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(giving) instruction; initiation

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action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation

2

whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")

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