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older sister and younger brother

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family

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otter (Lutra lutra); Japanese river otter (Lutra lutra whiteleyi)

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warm; mild; (pleasantly) hot

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older brother; elder brother; brother-in-law (spouse's older brother or older sister's husband)

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small box; casket

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step; stair; shelf; layer; grade; level; dan (degree of advanced proficiency in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.)

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(not) anywhere; nowhere; everywhere; anywhere

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to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood

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hey!; say!; I say!; I; me

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to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by

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to hide oneself

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blip bleep; in short repeated movements

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far from; anything but; not at all ... but rather ...; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention

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doubtful; questionable; uncertain; disputable; suspicious

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your home; your family; their home; (my) home

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obsession; fixation; complaining; criticizing; speciality (e.g. of a restaurant)

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big problem; major issue; big controversy

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mainly; primarily; mostly; largely; chiefly

2

right and left

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to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor

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isolated; standing alone; falling in drops (e.g. rain); saying a single word; muttering just a few words

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to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt feelings; to get damaged; to get chipped

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matter (to discuss); item (on the agenda); (court) case; project; enterprise; advertisement

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going bye-byes; going beddy-byes; baby; childish person (esp. a young woman)

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just a little

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the vertical; height; front-to-back; length; north-to-south; vertical (relationship)

3

warm; mild; (pleasantly) hot; considerate; kind; genial

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to recall; to remember; to recollect

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thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love

3

(feeling) impatient; irritated; irritating; frustrated; frustrating; vexed

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behind one's back

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to bump into; to run into; to encounter; to meet with; to clash (of opinions, people, etc.); to conflict

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to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart

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to cling to; to embrace; to throw one's arms around

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et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance

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children's clothing

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period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness

2

soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself

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like; similar to; as with; in the same way

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hand-me-down; food offering to the gods; leftovers; trip from Kyoto to the provinces

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eldest son (may be the only son); first-born son

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sympathy; empathy; response; identification (with someone)

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rumination; regurgitation; chewing the cud; turning over in one's mind; thinking over (something); pondering

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passing each other (without meeting); entering somewhere just after someone had left; coming in just as someone had gone out; inserting in the wrong order

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to show up; to appear; to turn up

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plastic bag

2

to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)

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this time; now

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to turn away; to face away; to ignore; to be uncooperative; to be unconciliatory

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