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to serve; to dish up; to dish out; to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn

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farce; charade; person who serves tea; short and humorous improvised sketch (originating from Edo-era kabuki)

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knife

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to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye

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gap; break; pause; interval; cut; incision

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gap; narrow space between things; valley; gorge; loophole (in a castle wall); arrow slit

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metal sake jug; sake warmer

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speaking of; (I told you) already; come on

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to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up

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unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected

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temper; irritability; fit of anger; tantrum (esp. of children); temper tantrum

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near; close (to); nearby; (drawing) near; approaching; almost here

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to slip through (a crowd); to weave through (e.g. traffic); to pass through; to get around; to elude (e.g. the law); to evade

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to lend a hand; to help

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light (i.e. not heavy); feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily); light (i.e. of foot); effortless; non-serious; minor; slight

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pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in

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headboard

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to lean against; to recline on; to lean on; to rely on; to depend on

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straightforwardly; readily; without hesitation

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getting closer; drawing nearer; being not much different; being near (age, skill, etc.); becoming close (i.e. friendly); becoming intimate

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medicinal herb

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cloudiness; turbidity; nebula (medical); semen; sperm

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to scoop; to ladle out; to trip up (e.g. someone's legs)

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angry face (countenance)

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pointed end; tip; point; forefront; vanguard; spearhead

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abyss; ravine

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to insert; to put in; to send in (to a prisoner; e.g. clothes, books); to deliver (food, refreshments, etc. to workers); to supply

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to hurry (up); to press; to urge on

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scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful

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to mix; to stir; to scramble; to churn

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surface; appearances

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agitation; stirring; whipping; beating

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it cannot be that ...; it is highly unlikely that ...; it is impossible that ...

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puffing motion (when blowing, spitting, etc.); pouting (with displeasure)

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recapture; retaking; recovery; taking back

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to scoop up; to dip up

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fragment; scrap; cut end; cut-off piece; chip; odds and ends

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

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good quality; fine quality; superior quality; high quality

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to come off (of a button, handle, lid, etc.); to go away (of a fever, pain, swelling, etc.); to disappear; to be harvested; to be picked; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)

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to each his own; people differ; different people (have different likes)

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extravagance; luxury

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to concentrate; to focus on; to devote; to stiffen; to become tense

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work; business; company; study

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to fall ill; to suffer from (e.g. a disease); to have something wrong with (e.g. an inner organ); to be depressed; to feel down

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lead nowhere; get one nowhere; no use; fruitless; there's no point (in doing)

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to torment; to punish; to treat harshly; to beat up; to give a drubbing; to cause damage to

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destructive; catastrophic; disastrous; ruinous; devastating

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(one's) life

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to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct

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