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in a big way

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general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different

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godparent; namer; first person to give something its name

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playful; mischievous; joker; prankster; scamp

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just because; even if; even though

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confections; sweets; candy; cake

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to put on the market; to put out for sale; to put on sale; to become popular

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to sniff out; to get wind of

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good-quality; superior in quality

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with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous

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whirlwind; sensation; commotion; hullabaloo

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to create (a sensation); to cause (a commotion); to give rise to (controversy); to raise (a cloud of dust); to kick up (dust)

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cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)

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to assist; to help out

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chance; opportunity; occasion

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rare; uncommon; not often seen

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book; volume; this; present; main; head; real

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to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)

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yearning; longing; aspiration; adoration; admiration

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to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)

3

to have an interest (in)

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mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together; both

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awkward (movements, speech, etc.); jerky; stiff; strained (relations); sour

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dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly

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clanging (of a bell); jangling; ding-dong; continuously; incessantly; one after another

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to be enthusiastic (about); to be eager (to do); to be keen; to be intent (on); to be determined

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poison; toxicant; harm; evil influence; ill will; spite

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a certain ...; some ...

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plate; dish; serving; helping; kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)

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to stare (at); to gaze (at); to look hard (at); to watch intently; to fix one's eyes (on)

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to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded

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no problem; all right; not an issue; unobjectionable

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tenugui; (hand) towel (usu. thin cotton cloth)

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to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)

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to elevate; to raise; to lift up; to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky

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to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)

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word; word

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reaction; response; physical reaction (to a stimulus); observable response (of an organism); reaction; effect

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table

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eating with one's fingers; snitching food; snatched food; embezzlement; misappropriation; flirting

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to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)

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poisoned

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natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary

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phenomenon

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icicle; ice pillar (for cooling a room); (arch.) ice

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woman; female; female lover; girlfriend; mistress

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refrigerator; fridge

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Sunday; nth day (of the month); counter for days; Japan

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interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance

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question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion

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