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shoji (paper sliding door)

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to get torn; to tear; to rip; to be broken off (of negotiations, etc.); to break down; to collapse

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drink box; carton (milk, juice, etc.); paper bag (for vacuum cleaners)

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to spill; to drop; to grumble (about); to complain (of); to let (one's feelings) show

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here and there; everywhere

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to become damp; to become moist; to become wet; to lack energy; to be in a slump; to be in low spirits

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of all things

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absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic

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person living with a family; lodger; housemate; flatmate; roommate

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to sleep; to die; to rest (in peace); to lie idle (e.g. of resources); to lie unused; (arch.) to close one's eyes

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to grasp tightly

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anguish

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involuntary nocturnal tooth grinding; bruxism; grinding one's teeth out of anger or vexation

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belly; abdomen; stomach

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to lift; to turn over; to fold over

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outside world; physical world

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to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear

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letter (of an alphabet); character; writing

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

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to have one's eye caught on something; to have one's attention drawn to something

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only; merely; but; no more than

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two characters; two letters; (arch.) garlic chives (Allium tuberosum); (arch.) Chinese chives

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give; I give up; uncle!

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as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever

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to have meaning; to be meaningful

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to fire oneself up; to give it one's all; to get psyched; to fire someone up (with scolding, corporal punishment, etc.); to rouse

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to lift (with a crane, ropes, etc.); to raise; to hoist; to manipulate (a price) upward; to (artificially) raise; to push up

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to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen

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while alive; during one's lifetime

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to treat shabbily; to be careless about; to handle roughly; to waste; to use wastefully; to spend recklessly

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to decline (of morals, character, etc.); to become vulgar (e.g. of a conversation); to stoop (to); to be ruined; to go under; to fall (into hell)

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to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light

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eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality

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even (e.g. even a child)

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to freeze; to become frozen; to freeze over

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torture

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servant; manservant; menial

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number one; item 1

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call; invitation

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pipe; tube; bobbin (in a shuttle or spinning wheel)

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to get up (e.g. from bed); to make one's way in the world; to achieve in life

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disastrous scene; terrible spectacle

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strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious

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to put one's palms together (e.g. when praying or asking for something); to place one's hands together; to compete against someone; to play (a game, match, etc.) against someone

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gods and Buddha; Shinto and Buddhism

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evidence; proof

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in that case; (might not be what was expected or hoped for but) if that's the case

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(one's) self; oneself; yourself; himself; herself

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to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out; to hand (over); to give

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imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action

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