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ceiling; ceiling (e.g. of share price); ceiling price

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to push up; to thrust up; to put pressure on (one's superiors); to pressure; to well up (of an emotion); to surge up

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to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.); to take (a measure, course of action, etc.); to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather (e.g. mushrooms); to extract (e.g. juice); to take (e.g. a sample); to assume (an attitude)

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malicious gossip; backbiting; speaking ill behind someone's back

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open; public; official; overt

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softly; mildly; gently; politely

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roundabout (e.g. expression); indirect (reference, criticism, etc.); oblique

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to blame; to reproach; to question (a suspect); to challenge; to aggravate (an injury); to be aggravated

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statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal

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criticism; judgement; judgment; comment

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advice; counsel; suggestion; tip; hint

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the present term; the present session

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sympathy; compassion; pity

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excess; surplus; superabundance; overabundance

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racing (of an engine); idling; spinning (without grabbing; of wheels); going round in circles (of an argument, discussion, etc.); going nowhere; being fruitless

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being obtrusive; being conspicuous (in a bad way)

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cause; origin; source

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acquisition; possession

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lesson learned from someone's else mistake; object lesson; food for thought; (lit.) stones from other mountains (can be used to polish one's own gems)

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other people's affairs; someone else's problem

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what happens to one today may happen to another tomorrow; misfortunes can happen to anyone

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anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside

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a few years ago; some years back

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idle complaint; grumble; moha (ignorance, folly)

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to chide; to rebuke; to reprove

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as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much

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to knock together; to strike against each other; to clash; to arrange (e.g. a meeting); to discuss (in advance); to coordinate

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to stop (doing); to cease; to desist; to drop; to lay off; to give up

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pleading; entreaty; supplication; petition

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in this way; like this

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to carry around; to be roundabout (speech, actions, etc.); to be indirect

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spine; backbone; spinal column

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to run up (a hill, stairs etc.); to dash up; to rush up

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at present; currently; so far; for now; for the time being

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to entwine; to twine around; to coordinate (with); to arrest

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to crown; to cap; to prefix with; to start with; to begin with

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tough guy; wild one; veteran (in a particular field); expert; person of surprising audacity; someone with a lot of nerve

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start; commencement; beginning; initiation

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cool (temperature, color, etc.); cool (i.e. calm and collected); cool-headed; cool (i.e. fashionable or stylish); course (of medical treatment)

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traditional cap worn by Shinto clergy and courtiers; crown; diadem; top kanji radical; first verse of a haikai, etc.; best; peerless

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to exchange glances; to look at each other; to postpone; to put off; to contrast; to compare

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to resound; to echo; to reverberate

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science fiction; sci-fi; SF

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boom; craze; (economic) boom; boom (of a boat); (microphone) boom

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mountain; hill; mine; (mountain) forest; heap; pile; protruding or high part of an object

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vein (of ore); reef; streak; lode

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transition period

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original; unique (e.g. product); signature; exclusive

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youth; adolescence; springtime of life

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to be wide-ranging; to be diverse; to cover a lot of ground; to cover various topics

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