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artificial product; man-made product; fiction; made-up story; decoration (e.g. for a festival); theatrical prop (esp. a large prop in noh or kyogen, e.g. tree, well, boat)

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gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase

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before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares

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curve

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to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine

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loveliness; charm; allure; colour and scent; color and scent

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(cutting) with a single stroke; lopping off (branches, etc.); (cutting hair) short; drastically (slash a budget, etc.); resolutely; ruthlessly (discard, etc.)

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bridge of nose

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line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)

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flowers budding; blooming; flowering; showing results; becoming popular; blooming

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device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement

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(flower) bud; promising young person; budding beauty

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sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute; pitiful; pitiable

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growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)

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heir; successor; family estate; family fortune; headship of a family

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sympathy; compassion; pity

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hot-tempered person

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just one person; only one

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high-pitched; shrill

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to sing; to chirp; to twitter

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solid; firm; stout; burly; strong; sturdy

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cage; pen; (jail) cell

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refusal; rejection

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stairs; stairway; staircase

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branch (of a river); tributary; branch; offshoot; something not mainstream

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lineage; stock; descent; strain; blood relationship

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government service; the bureaucracy

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-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person

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to look up (at); to look up to; to respect; to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to depend on

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dignified appearance; majestic appearance; imposing appearance

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courtyard; quadrangle; middle court

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site; plot; lot; grounds

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gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; division; phylum; counter for cannons

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lady; noblewoman

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to bloom; to blossom; to become lively (esp. of conversation); to become animated; to experience a golden age

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as far as the eye can see

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outer circumference; perimeter; outskirts; periphery

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private talk; confidential talk; secret talk

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to hell with; be damned

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to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)

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distance; range

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semicircle; hemicycle; half globe; to go halfway round (e.g. the earth)

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however; because; as

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to be interested in; to take an interest in; to care about

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to take pains; to take time for someone; to do work for someone; to go to trouble for someone

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to stop walking; to pause

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tyrant; despot

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to be lifted up; to be hung up; to twitch upwards; to turn upward; to slant upward

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after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)

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what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?

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