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careful consideration; deliberation; thinking over carefully

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letter of challenge (to a duel, etc.)

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brilliant; bright; glorious

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hot wind

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official bulletin board (esp. Edo period); highest bid; highest tender; your letter

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summer grass

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to grow thickly; to be in full leaf; to be rampant; to luxuriate; to be luxurious

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earnest; singlehanded; face to face; straight ahead; just in front of

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to say to each other; to exchange (jokes, comments, etc.); to quarrel; to dispute

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local governor (Edo period); local magistrate; bailiff; deputy official (Middle Ages); acting administrator

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crossroads; intersection

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to come back (to); to return to a starting point

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old house; deserted house

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trouble; harmful effect; evil influence; implication; involvement

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antiquity; ancient times; bygone days; former times

3

half century

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to push through (a crowd, vegetation, etc.)

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base-stone; plinth stone; stone that serves as a pedestal for a pillar

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to pull out; to draw out; to pick out; to take (a sample); to steal (the contents of something); to pilfer

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resting one's head on one's arm or elbow

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(land) with a thump; slumping (of something heavy); (lying down) with a flop; effortlessly (throw onto); roundishly (shaped; of something large)

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behaving outrageously as though there were no one around; acting without consideration for others; arrogance; audacity; insolence

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acquaintance

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that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there

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supplement; top up; complement; making up (a deficiency)

2

to chide; to rebuke; to reprove

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if

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strange; eerie; ominous

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fine wrinkles; crow's feet

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to look (stare) back at (someone); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to put a person to shame; to look back (behind oneself)

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dots; spots; bit by bit; little by little; here and there; scattered

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remarks; comments; way of talking; speaking style; excuse; topic (of conversation)

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to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)

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quick-wittedness; tact

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two swords; being skilled in two fields; (an) expert in two fields; liking both alcohol and sweets; person who likes alcohol and sweets equally well; bisexual (person)

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always; usually

2

beyond expectation; contrary to expectations; unexpectedly

2

shell (of a crab, tortoise, etc.); carapace; (person's) back; years of experience

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to train; to teach; to acquire (information); to learn; to stock; to stock up on

2

subordinate position; lower position

2

stinginess; miserliness; shabby; cheap; petty; narrow-minded

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to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to underestimate; to make light of

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young person; youngster; greenhorn; novice; inexperienced person

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find it against one's conscience (to do); too proud (to do)

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accommodation; lodging

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difficult role

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to smoke a cigarette; to smoke

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(in spite of) being old enough to know better

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flunky; cat's-paw; tool; person whose services are at the disposal of another

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helplessly; easily; without resistance; without regret

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