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spiced sake (served at New Year's)

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blip bleep; in short repeated movements

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downheartedly; dejectedly; dispiritedly; despondently

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brain waves; electroencephalogram; EEG

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overtime (work)

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foresight; foreknowledge; intimation; premonition; prediction

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order (from one's superior); command; what you say; (someone's) words

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having little left; having few remaining; running short; running low; scant

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to come back

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to waste time

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prayer; grace (at meals); exorcism

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always; all the time

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a long, long time ago; very long ago

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being deeply moved emotionally; excitement; passion; inspiration; deep emotion; strong impression

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course (of a road, moving object, etc.); way; course (of events, action, etc.); direction (e.g. an argument is heading in); reasoning; logic

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sitting cross-legged

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saving (e.g. time, money, resources); economising; economizing

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carefree; comfortable; at ease; easygoing; happy-go-lucky

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being roused; being stimulated; being inspired; being spurred on

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to lose strength; to become weak; to wither; to droop; to feel demotivated; to lose interest

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wall clock

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matchbox

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unusual; serious; incomparable

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linkage; entanglement; involvement; relationship; interaction

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sullenly; taciturnly; morosely; taciturn person; uncommunicative person

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stage assistant dressed in black; stagehand; prompter; behind-the-scenes supporter; string-puller

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to protrude; to stick out; to be forced out; to be pushed out; to go over (e.g. a budget); to go beyond

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to rustle (in the wind); to sway; to stir; to blow gently (of the wind); to blow softly

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opposite side; opposition

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enough about ...

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benevolence (esp. as a virtue of Confucianism); consideration; human; kernel; nucleolus

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full name

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apprehension; uneasiness

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to tie up (roughly; esp. to prevent escape); to bind; to arrest

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offset; offsetting each other; set-off; setoff; killing each other

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front and rear; before and after; order; sequence; consequences; context

4

fog light; fog lamp

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being left out; being ostracized

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cast-off skin (snake, insect, etc.); husk; empty shell; exuvia; exuviae

3

giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange

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once more; again

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shrewdly; smartly; calculatingly; astutely; cunningly

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important task; important role; major part (in a film, play, etc.); leading role; high-scoring combination

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yakitori; chicken pieces (or sometimes beef or pork offal) grilled on a skewer; grilled and skewered bird (esp. sparrow); failing to win a single hand during a half-game

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wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane

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refinement; polish

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power outage; power failure; power cut; blackout

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even so; anyhow; at any rate

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to behave like a spoiled child; to behave like a spoilt child; to fawn on; to depend and presume upon another's benevolence

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exchange; conversion; replacement; switching (to); switchover

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