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when one was a very young child; very early in one's life

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to have a hard time of it

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terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous

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communication

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not yet known; unknown; strange

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this is why; that is the reason why; it is the case that; so; thus; with that

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tolerance level; permissible range; acceptable limits

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to look coldly at; to turn a cold shoulder

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hateful; detestable; abominable; amazing; fantastic; admirable

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persecution; oppression

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unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd

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to be angry; to resent; to be enraged; to be indignant

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sidelong glance; short grain (paper); kanji "net" radical at top

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a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course

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to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept

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mother; mom; wife; you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); she

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to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back

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with a start; in surprise; suddenly (realize, remember, etc.); all of a sudden; puffing (air); with a puff

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complete stranger; total stranger

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downhill; downward slope; descent; decline; waning; ebb

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look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting

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slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark

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to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to add up to; to advance (in price)

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to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than

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great mistake; serious error; blunder; complete misunderstanding

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mountain climbing; mountaineering

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rather; better; instead; if anything

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with one's own body; by one's own action; by one's own experience; barely (e.g. escape); narrowly

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muscle

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exhaustion; consumption; using up; dissipation; waste

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fatigue; weariness; exhaustion; fatigue (of metal, etc.)

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to grumble; to complain

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to look out over; to survey (scene); to take an extensive view of

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here and there; in twos and threes; sporadically; now and then; from time to time; occasionally

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grassland; meadow

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retrogression; reversal; relapse; doubling back; backtracking

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to taste; to savor; to appreciate; to enjoy; to experience; to go through

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quiet (place); still; silent; inconspicuously; modestly; quietly

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to stand still (for a while); to remain in one place; to stand alone (of a building, statue, tree, etc.); to stand quietly; to wander about; to loiter

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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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hina doll; doll displayed during the Girls' Festival

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tiered doll stand (for hina dolls); tiered platform; tiered gallery

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each; (arch.) you (plural)

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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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to be erected; to be built

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to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase

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stairs; stairway; staircase

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it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?

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(archeological) remains; ruins; relics

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the way in which something came about; origin; structure; organization; the way something is constructed

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