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guided tour

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result (that makes an act worthwhile); worth (in doing something); value; Kai (former province located in present-day Yamanashi Prefecture)

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adds vagueness and indirectness to the word or phrase it is used with

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gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase

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to become thin; to fade; to grow pale

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pitch-black; jet-black

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admiration; wonder; astonishment

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black Japanese striped snake (Elaphe quadrivirgata); Japanese black ratsnake

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blackening

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all over Japan

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dominance; dominant

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heredity; (genetic) inheritance

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sunlight

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one theory; one opinion; another theory

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cold district; northern district

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adaptation; accommodation; conformity

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gleamingly; shinily

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scale (of fish, snake, etc.); serif (on kana or kanji (e.g. in Mincho font))

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to wind (of a road, river, etc.); to meander; to twist; to undulate; to surge; to swell

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absolute; complete; utter; pure; sheer

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(those) who are; (that) which is; in the capacity of

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possible; potential; practicable; feasible

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skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath

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manufacturing; processing; treatment; machining

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extermination (of pests); eradication; stamping out (e.g. a social evil)

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to contract (to do); to undertake; to take on (work); (arch.) to take responsibility for; (arch.) to be liable for

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fruit, etc. preserved in shōchū

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food (esp. for a medical diet)

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to accustom; to train (e.g. one's ear); to tame; to domesticate; to train (an animal)

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corn snake (Pantherophis guttatus); red rat snake

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(giving) birth; childbirth; native (of); product of; produced in; assets

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gentle; quiet; mild; quiet (color, pattern, etc.); sober

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holding something on one's palm or hand (esp. small animal or bird)

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to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)

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freezing; cold storage; refrigeration

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mouse; rat; dark gray; slate gray

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practice; experience; habituation; being used to; being comfortable with; being experienced in

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to be playful; to gambol; to flirt with; (arch.) to have elegance; (arch.) to have refinement

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surrounding at a distance

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toxicity; virulence; toxic; virulent; poisonous

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impression of the teeth; tooth mold (mould); tooth mark; teeth marks

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call; visit; inquiry; enquiry; question

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discussion; argument; debate

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to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip

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filling (up) a hole; filling in (for a gap, vacancy, etc.); stopgap; making up (for a loss, damage, etc.); covering (a deficit); fill-in-the-blank activity

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hit it off with (a person); find a kindred spirit in (a person); sympathy; mutual understanding

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Shiroganeonsen

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mountain range

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beside a nobleman; close aid (of a nobleman, etc.); place where a high ranking person resides; one's own city (of a shogun, lord, etc.); place under one's direct control; one's own turf

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hot-spring health resort

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