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ornament; decorative object; figurehead; leader without real power

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cattail pollen (used in traditional Chinese medicine)

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good grief

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

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accommodation facility (e.g. hotel); lodging facility; boarding house

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collection of books; (personal) library

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inspection; reading; perusal; browsing (the web)

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proving ground; test site

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university; college; former imperial university of Japan (established under the ritsuryō system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)

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fullness; completeness; enhancement; improvement; replenishment; repletion

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outside (e.g. of a building); exterior; outside (of a group, company, etc.); outside world

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entry (into a library, museum, etc.); entering

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hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...

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judging; inspection; examination; investigation; review

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easily; readily; quickly; lightly (seasoned food, applied make-up, etc.); plainly; simply

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loose; lenient; lax; gentle (curve, slope, etc.); slow; weak; soft

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too much; excessive; too

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to disappear; to vanish; to go; to leave; to die

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to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)

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difference in grades (e.g. in go, shoji, etc.); difference in level (e.g. road, footpath); ramp; steps

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to go up the stairs; to climb the stairs

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top floor

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to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)

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meeting (face-to-face); seeing; visit; interview

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very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly

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(one's) gaze; line of sight; point of view; standpoint; line covering someone's eyes (to obscure their identity); eye censor bar

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acquaintance

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wrinkled; full of wrinkles

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grandfather; male senior-citizen; old man

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after a short while; not long after; soon; before long; shortly thereafter

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knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice; tap; click (e.g. of a retractable pen or mechanical pencil)

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bookshelves; bookshelf; bookcase

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itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally

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desk

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for personal use

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library (usu. single-room); small library

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gentle; mild-mannered

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what is called; what you call; what they call; so-called

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of tender years; very young

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earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)

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trust (in); confidence; faith; reliance

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briskly; smartly; promptly; clearly; lucidly

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insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint

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acorn

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superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding

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before one's own eyes; from under one's very nose; without doing anything; without resistance; helplessly; negligently

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to expose to danger; to imperil; to jeopardize

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not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; having no intention of ...

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with a twitch (e.g. an eyebrow); with a dip; with a bob; with a flutter

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society; the world; the times

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