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early days; early years; early stages; initial stages; beginning

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excuse; pretext

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wholly (due to); entirely; solely; earnestly; intently; sincerely

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the next era

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bowl; vessel; container; ability; capacity; calibre

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favour; favor

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no matter for; without regard to; whatever the ...

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to quiet (a child, crowd, etc.); to quieten; to calm (one's nerves, excitement, etc.); to compose (oneself); to suppress (a rebellion, riot, fire, etc.); to quell

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feeble

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head

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planning; devising (a plan); drafting; drawing up

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recapture; retaking; recovery; taking back

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doing (with resolve); carrying out (e.g. a plan)

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(most) important point; key point; key; secret; essence

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to send (a person or thing) to; to deliver; to escort

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(undesirable but) inseparable relationship

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escape; flight; breakout; fleeing; desertion

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paulownia (Paulownia tomentosa); empress tree; foxglove tree

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to glance at; to glimpse

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deep impression; being deeply moved; being deeply touched

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be (that) as it may; having said that

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in the background; not standing out

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invisible person (in science fiction, etc.)

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ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom

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trompe l'oeil

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to produce a sound

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to check; to compare

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natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder

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small point; knob; protuberance; aloneness; loneliness; solitude

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good outward appearance; looking nice; being attractive; making a fine show

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accessory (fashion); jewelry; accessory (audio, car, camera, etc.)

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roadside

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(sense of) presence

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perception; sensation; awareness

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subtle; delicate; fine; difficult; complex; tricky

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secret; clandestine; covert; spy (for a daimyo, shogun, etc.); secret agent

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secretly; in secret; unseen; unobserved; inwardly; in private

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saint; wise and virtuous person (esp. in Confucianism); great religious teacher; refined sake

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the same person

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chilly; unpleasantly cold

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cirrocumulus cloud; mackerel sky

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training; education; development; cultivation

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(frustratingly) slow; tedious; sluggish; roundabout (e.g. explanation); exasperating; irritating

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to kill one's enemy (opponent)

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to make (someone) understand (a fault, mistake, etc.); to reason with; to advise; to try to persuade; to exhort; to admonish

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to resort to violence; to behave violently; to use force

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fighting with real swords; game played in real earnest

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to be offended; to get angry; to be stuffy; to be stifling; firmly (shutting one's mouth)

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soot gremlin; soot sprite

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(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely

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