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malachite

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flickering; flashing on and off; glaringly (bright); painfully (bright); prickling (pain)

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tipsy; pleasantly drunk; mellow; entranced; enchanted; captivated

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words; writing; ci (form of Chinese poetry); independent word

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ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly

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peeling off (e.g. of paint); falling off (e.g. of tiles); exfoliation; desquamation; excoriation

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fresco

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transcendence; transcendency

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phantom; vision; illusion

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luxurious and gorgeous; splendid; dazzling

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vividly; clearly; distinctly; acutely

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side gate; side door; service entrance

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opening inward (of a door or window)

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carrying poles (palanquin, portable shrine)

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shoulders and elbows

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bow; bowing

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high priest; highly ranked priest; virtuous priest; priest of great sanctity and learning

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archbishop (Catholic)

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lower end; bottom edge

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mankind; humanity

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sacred place; holy ground; the Holy Land; real-life location used as a setting in a novel, film, anime, etc.

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audience with someone of high rank (e.g. the emperor)

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(at a rate of) once a month; 10 percent monthly interest

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to lie face down; to lie flat (on one's stomach); to bend down (in submission); to bow down; to (crouch) and hide (behind); to conceal oneself; to lie down (and sleep)

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sponsorship (i.e. conducting under one's auspices); promotion; organizing; organising; hosting; staging

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recommendation; referral; endorsement

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another idea

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becoming a devout believer; (religious) conversion

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confusion; mixing; merger

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idolatry; idol worship

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worldly-minded person; materialist; uncultured person; philistine; vulgar person; snob

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faraway; far-off

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office; official; chief; head; person (usually a woman) who officiates at religious ceremonies (on the Yaeyama Islands in Okinawa)

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to replace (a picture, sign, hanging scroll, etc.); to substitute; to take down (an old picture, etc.) and put up a new one; to move (a picture, etc.) to another location; to hang somewhere else

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great (quantity, amount, etc.); huge; enormous; serious

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to brave a danger; to take a risk

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to make sacrifices for; to pay dearly for

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arrogant person; overbearing person; self-important person; braggart; boaster

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reliable; dependable; trustworthy; hopeful; promising

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to estimate

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remark; statement; discourse

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being trapped (and having no way out); withdrawal from society during personal financial hardship; house arrest (Edo period)

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return (to); revolution; recurrence; regression

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ostentation; show; affectation

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praise; admiration; exalting; extolling

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parasitism

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to decorate gaudily; to overdecorate; to deck out; to embellish

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carrier

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nothing but (this); no more than (this); none other than

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one (of a pair); incomplete; imperfect; few; little; off-centre

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