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establishment; founding; organization; organisation

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unreliable; uncertain; indefinite; unclear

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the four elements (earth, water, fire, wind); the human body; Tao, heaven, earth and king

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tall story; tall tale; cock-and-bull story

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what

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couscous; cuscus (variety of phalanger)

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to place (in relation to the whole); to rank; to position; to locate

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fruition; fructification; bearing fruit; bearing fruit (of efforts, plans, etc.); coming to fruition; yielding success

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private parts; privates; genitalia; disgraceful thing; shame; embarrassment

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"Helping Hands" comedy performance; performance in which one person wears a haori on their shoulders, while another person behind them puts their arms through the sleeves of the haori and feeds the person in front

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bellwether

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to do something in readiness for; to get something (needful) done

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element; chemical element; (classical) element (e.g. earth, water, air, fire); (arch.) origin; (arch.) source

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perhaps; possibly; by some chance; by some possibility

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miniaturization; miniaturisation; downsizing

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hiragana; cursive Japanese syllabary used primarily for native Japanese words (esp. function words, inflections, etc.)

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simplified version; abridged edition

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to harm; to cause harm to

2

may I ask (for); might I ask (that)

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first knuckle joint

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shape; appearance; collateral; obverse of an old "zeni" coin

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distortion (often used for caricature in manga, etc.); deformation

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smooth; flat; featureless; uneventful; noppera-bō; mythical being with flat featureless face

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head and body; heads tall (ratio of total height to length of the head); heads long

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sense of sight; vision

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to struggle; to writhe; to wriggle; to act frantically; to make desperate efforts

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to be petrified; to be unable to move; to be paralyzed (with horror); to be stupefied (with amazement)

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to begin to walk; to set out

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inclination; slant; slope; bevel; list; dip

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easily; effortlessly; changing completely; plink (sound of something light falling or rolling)

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simple honesty; tactless frankness

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to wish (for); to pray (for); to hope (for); to pray silently; to recite (Buddha's name, sutras, etc.) in one's mind; to chant (a silent prayer)

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(walking a long distance) at a steady pace; trudgingly

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stickiness; gumminess; sticky material; clay

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context (of a passage); line of thought; context; environment; circumstances

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starting point; origin; origin (of coordinate axes); datum point

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arrangement (music, objects, etc.); organization; adaptation

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comical

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to screw; to twist; to distort; to parody; to torture; to wrest

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(most) basic of basics

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(the) whole; as a whole; in general; at large

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tepid water; lukewarm water; comfortable; easy; relaxed

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golem

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(of a lie, etc.) obvious; transparent

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to be overturned; to be reversed; to turn over; to fall down; to tumble down; to topple over

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person killed in action; the war dead

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carefree; optimistic; careless; reckless; heedless; happy-go-lucky

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stop

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self-education; self-instruction; self-study

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to find a way; to find the time; to try to make oneself available

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