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description; account

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tsuchinoko; mythical snake-like creature with thick midsection

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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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to pitch camp

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under the sod; one's grave; the other world

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to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)

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smelling burnt; tasting burnt; having a burnt smell

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moth

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millet or rice cake, roasted and hardened with starch syrup and sugar (sometimes including peanuts, soybeans, etc.)

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thanks (for coming, helping, etc.); good work; see you; goodbye; tiredness; fatigue

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during

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hanging in midair; suspended in midair; midair stunt; aerial stunt

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bawling; crying

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together; in company

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restless; fidgety; in a hurry

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no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook

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nothing but (this); no more than (this); none other than

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hanging in midair; suspended in midair; midair stunt; aerial stunt

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watering hole; watering place

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to get a late start

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delineation; demarcation; drawing a line (e.g. between what's acceptable and unacceptable); (measuring) ruler

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casserole; heavy saucepan; stewpot

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line of fire (of a gun)

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to blow up (i.e. wind); to blow upwards; to spout into the air

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irritating; impatient; annoying; frustrating; vexing

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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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at this rate

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when it comes to ...; as for ...

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hollow; cavity; dent; depression

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muddy place; mud; mire; sludge; slush; quagmire

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townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street

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soon; shortly; nearly; almost

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coat; coating

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the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it

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lazy son; profligate son

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to polish; to rub up

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slight; light; thin; faint; dim

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age-appropriate (esp. of clothing, hairstyles)

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one field; a division; a branch (e.g. of study, etc.)

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lining; backing; backing up (e.g. a theory); support; bolstering

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actually; in fact; as a matter of fact

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foundation; root; basis; root and trunk

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to possess (someone; of an evil spirit, idea, etc.); to take hold of; to haunt

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mound; heap; burial mound; tomb; standing stone; stone signpost

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(act of) building (temple, monument, etc.); erection

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rough (behaviour, temperament, etc.); wild; rude; violent

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to possess; to haunt

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precedent

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spoon

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to begin to fall (of rain, snow, etc.)

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