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to boil down; to concentrate (soup, milk, stock, etc.); to reach a conclusion; to conclude a discussion

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unfortunately; sorry, but ...

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(kicking and) struggling; wriggling; floundering; to get into a panic; to make a fuss; to make a scene

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wings; pinion

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to erase; to rub out; to turn off (a light, TV, heater, etc.); to switch off; to extinguish (a fire, candle, etc.); to put out; to remove (a smell, pain, etc.)

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pattern; design; body build; figure; essential qualities; character

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shadow; silhouette; reflection; image; ominous sign; light (stars, moon); trace

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to be infected; to be contagious

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to blow out (a flame)

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finally; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little

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mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together

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to support each other; to support one another

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to intertwine; to become entangled; to get tangled (together); to become intertwined (of matters, interests, etc.); to become connected; to become linked

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to swim; to struggle through (a crowd); to make one's way through the world; to get along (in life); to totter; to lose one's balance

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to make a display of; to show off; to flaunt

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to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (at); to fling (at); to vent (e.g. one's anger); to express (one's feelings)

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all right; very well; okay; I got it

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to be of benefit; to be beneficial; to be useful; to do one good; to be good for one

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to lean (on, against); to rest (against); to recline; to rely on (someone); to depend on

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good; goodness; right; virtue

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to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon

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to wake (someone) up (roughly); to rouse out of bed; to awaken (someone) by knocking at the door

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dusk; twilight

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half the body; half length

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to set out; to set sail; to embark on (a new venture); to set out (to achieve something); to begin to ride; to lean forward

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painstaking; careful; meticulous; scrupulous; detailed; elaborate

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hemp-soled sandals

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dangerous; critical; grave; uncertain; unreliable; dodgy

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prefix for forming ordinal numbers

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at the window; by the window; next to the window

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to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old

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someone else's problem; (lit.) fire on the opposite shore

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east

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stuffing; packing; endgame; final stage; end; end (esp. of a bridge); edge

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together; mutually; reciprocally; adds a nuance of solemnity or formality

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raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); raw; live (i.e. not recorded)

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long epic song with shamisen accompaniment (developed in Edo in the early 17th century)

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waterfall; (arch.) rapids

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wisteria (esp. Japanese wisteria, Wisteria floribunda); wistaria

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secret; private; surreptitious

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chōnin (Edo-period social class of town-dwelling commoners, esp. landowning merchants); townspeople; townsfolk; tradespeople

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prostitute; whore; tramp; floozy; slut

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person who introduces someone; introducer

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price; cost; charge; price (of achieving something); cost; sacrifice

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earnings

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to decorate with many bright colours (colors); to create a beautiful variegated pattern; to manipulate skillfully

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to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below

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contempt; scorn; disdain; despising; looking down on; slighting

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not only ... (but also); not just; as well as

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to have a lot of influence (in); to have clout (with); to be influential; to have contacts (in)

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