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notice or order handed down from above; announcement; notification; Edo-period proclamation issued by the shogunate (or a daimyo, etc.) to the concerned parties

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relieved; refreshed; frank; candid; easy-going

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manner of speaking; verbal argument; objection; protesting a decision (esp. that of a sumo referee); rumor; rumour

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warmth; warm weather

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abdomen

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to be dented; to be indented; to be beaten; to be overwhelmed; to be disheartened; to feel down

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dialogue; discussion; conversation; interaction

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frightening; scary; (arch.) extreme; (arch.) exaggerated; (arch.) huge

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unsuitable; inappropriate; improper

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national language; Japanese language (often as a school subject in Japan); native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords)

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not entirely wrong but not entirely right; so-so; average

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love; love-making; passion; emotion; affections

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nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...

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you (plural)

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envy

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joints; points (of a speech)

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only; nothing but

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to come to one's senses; to calm down

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small amount; jot; nothing much; (to a) slight degree; wee bit

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to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)

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to be born again; to make a fresh start in life

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haniwa; hollow unglazed terracotta figure from the Kofun period

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to break the ice; to broach a subject; to bring up a topic

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to turn pale; to lose color; to lose colour

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colourless; colorless; achromatic; neutral (position); impartial

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sure; yeah; I know

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outward appearance; ostensible; public; official

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to be sticky; to be stringy; to be glutinous

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emotional wall; internal barrier

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sticky; thickly (e.g. painted); heavily (applied); all over (pasting, stamping, etc.); clinging (e.g. of a person); following around

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water tank; cistern; fish tank; aquarium

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to climb; to clamber (over, up); to scramble (up); to scale; to claw one's way up

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to wake (someone) up (by calling for them); to awaken; to call (to mind); to bring back (memories); to evoke

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to snatch (at); to grab

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(vocal) volume

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does not

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slide (for projection); transparency; (microscope) slide; to slide; to slip; to shift (e.g. a group of items in a schedule)

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equation; formula; ceremony; style; (arch.) enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryo)

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misfortune; bad luck; ill luck; ill fortune

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amorous feelings; feeling of being in love

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to pursue

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never ceasing; never ending; endless

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object; body; solid

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I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...

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raising (a question); bringing up (a problem); instituting (a lawsuit); (arch.) lifting up

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promotion (school, military, etc.)

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last night; yesterday evening

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frozen soil

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to yearn for (someone, something); to miss

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strong spirit; mettle; backbone; guts; fighting spirit

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