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whole cake; cake sold whole (as opposed to in individual slices)

2

all kinds of things; various things; large number of people

2

Nichiren sect; Tendai sect; Lotus Sutra

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quick on the uptake; quick to catch on; perceptive; intuitive

2

of all people; a person of ...'s standing

2

to treat (someone) to (something); to give (someone) a treat; to be extravagant; to live in luxury; to be proud; to be haughty

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short-tempered person; irritable person

1

quarrel between sisters

2

to be used to; to get accustomed to; to train; to discipline; to tack (in needlework); to baste

1

cupboard; locker; closet; wardrobe; cabinet

1

to keep in mind; to bear in mind; to try; to aim to do; to endeavor; to endeavour

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feral child

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nothing but; nothing more than; nothing less than

2

under one's arm; (in) the armpit

1

(an) adult their age (should, should not, etc.); grown man (woman); person who is old enough (to know better)

1

mental age

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same age

1

a (single) moment; an instant

1

detached building; solitary house; room detached from main house

2

rising (smoke, clouds, etc.); rolling up; billowing up

1

to have a guilty conscience

1

lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pitiful

1

sense of defeat

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hey; yo; mornin'

1

day before yesterday

1

several day period

1

to find fault (with); to cavil (at); to carp (about); to throw a wet blanket (on); to throw cold water (on); to jinx

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peacetime; time of peace; ordinary times; normal times

2

animal husbandry; livestock industry

1

prosperous; flourishing; popular; widespread; active; lively

1

creation; formation; foundation; establishment

1

(archeological) remains; ruins; relics

1

mountain chain; mountains

2

area; zone; district; quarter; section; limits

1

wounded; injured

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falling together; mutual destruction; joint bankruptcy

1

even so; however; still; whereupon; even though; nevertheless

1

shelving (a matter, plan, etc.); pigeonholing; tabling; keeping (goods) off the market (to adjust the supply-demand balance)

1

numerous; many

1

of established reputation; fully established; (universally) recognized; acknowledged; leading

1

reminiscence; nostalgia; thinking fondly of the past; recalling the old days

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being in dire distress; being hard put to it; being hard pressed (for money); the four and eight kinds of suffering (birth, old age, disease, death, parting from loved ones, meeting disliked ones, not getting what one seeks, pains of the five skandha)

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cancellation; withdrawal; asking to be excused; begging off; not taking

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hush money

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disclosure; exposure; revelation

2

fee-charging; paid; not free; toll road

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density

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halfway up (down) a mountain; mountainside

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superb view; picturesque scenery

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self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself

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