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(wanting something so badly that) one can almost taste it; (lit.) a hand reaches out from one's throat

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to spend a fortune; to pay a high price

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to be helpful; to be useful

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(stroke of) luck; (unexpected) good fortune; godsend; windfall

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splish-splash; with a splash

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sound of water

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shade of a tree; bower

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setting up (a structure, building, camp, etc.); construction; preparation (e.g. of a venue); arrangement (of an event)

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truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth

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origin; beginning; start

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to put to bed; to let sleep; to lay (something) down; to put on its side; to let (money, goods, etc.) lie idle; to set aside unused

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nursing (a patient)

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wave motion; undulation; surge; wave

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calculating; sly; cunning; flirty; flirtatious

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nature; spontaneity; natural airhead

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reason; reasoning power; (one's) sense

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exaggerated; overdone; overblown; hyperbolic; bombastic; grandiose

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assassin

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emotion; affect

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distant look; faraway look

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illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane

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to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular

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to be wrapped up (e.g. in a blanket); to cover oneself

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to comb out; to brush; to untangle; to unravel

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lesson; class; teaching; instruction; classwork; schoolwork

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to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for

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professor; teaching; instruction

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mask; disguise; guise; mask

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speaker; lecturer; lecturer (at a university or college); instructor; part-time teacher; tutor (at a cram school)

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birth (of a person); nativity; creation; formation; one's first birthday

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frequent; incessant

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finishing blow; coup de grâce

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something or other; one thing or another; this or that

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to be uncommon

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particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty

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with profound (often hidden) meaning; pregnant with significance; meaningful; suggestive; interesting

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smile

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a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago

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to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)

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height; stature; length (esp. of clothing); all (one has); everything; magnificence (of a waka poem, etc.)

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grassland; meadow

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to sit cross-legged; to sit at ease

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sitting on the floor with one's legs tucked under to one side

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-ish; -like

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ways of sitting

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to make a lovely picture; to be perfect for a picture; picture-perfect; picturesque

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forever; eternally; for good; as long as one likes; indefinitely; endlessly

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rain shower

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because of; owing to; due to

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to insert; to put in; to send in (to a prisoner; e.g. clothes, books); to deliver (food, refreshments, etc. to workers); to supply

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