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dressing up; wearing fancy clothes

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to turn inside out; to turn the other way; to turn (something) over

2

cleaning with a cloth (floors, etc.); dirty work; low-level work; apprentice work

1

windshield wiper; windscreen wiper

1

(husked grains of) rice

1

to soar (esp. of spirits and gods)

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going to school in groups

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severe; harsh

1

earth (color, colour); ashen; deathly pale

1

tree-planting

1

large, medium and small (businesses, rooms, etc.)

1

minimum; minuscule; local minimum

3

broad bean (Vicia faba); horse bean; fava bean

1

traffic light; traffic signal; signal (mechanism); semaphore (apparatus)

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nanba walking; walking with the arm and leg on each side of the body moving in sync

1

abandoning (hope, plans); giving up

1

hot chocolate

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green light (traffic); green light; go-ahead signal; permission to go ahead (with something)

1

fine weather; fair weather

1

earth science; geoscience

1

runaway trip; journey of escape; flight from the world

2

to be anxious (about); to be concerned (about); to think out (e.g. a plan); to work out; to investigate

2

spoiler; revealing important plot points of a story; spoiling a story

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lapse of memory; forgetting completely; (consigning to) oblivion

1

thump; thud; bump; clunk

1

candle

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Kira Kōzukenosuke (1641-1702)

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quite a chore; not that easy; fairly difficult

2

cheap lodging (especially in a skid row area or slum); flophouse

1

pleasant (of a sensation); comfortable; cheerful; happy; smooth (of function); working well

2

to threaten

1

to reduce (one's) speed; to slow down (driving, cycling, etc.)

1

running parallel (to); running side-by-side; keeping pace (with)

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common foot soldier (feudal Japan); samurai of the lowest rank

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first thing in the morning

1

arabesque

1

warped mind; jaundiced mind; paranoia

1

debauchery; dissipation; lewdness; lasciviousness

1

lust; lusts of the flesh; animal passions; carnal desires

2

Tower of Babel

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wet and glistening; slimy; slippery

1

to establish; to formulate

4

scandal

1

dying in a fit of anger or indignation

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Miwa Akihiro (1935.5-)

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Miwa

3

(attacking and) sinking (a ship); sending (a ship) to the bottom; crushing defeat; utter failure; complete exhaustion; collapsing (onto a bed, desk, etc.)

1

reason; circumstances; grounds; because of; due to; as a result of

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flehmen

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discord; (on) bad terms (with)

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