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sketch (depicting real people or nature); drawing sketched from real life; magic-lantern picture; child's copying pictures; mirror image (e.g. of society); (metaphorical) depiction

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(how) many times; (how) often

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else; in addition; besides

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reason; grounds; circumstances

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to backfire; to produce a result opposite to what was expected or intended

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roulette

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coin; token; slug

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resembling ...; having the traits or characteristics of ...; -looking; with a ...-like expression; with an air of ...

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astringency; constriction; collecting (e.g. opinions); putting together; collection (of taxes); convergence (of light); convergence

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unbecoming; improper; unsuitable; ill-matched; unworthy of

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decrepitude; (being) rickety; (state of) falling apart; looseness (in machinery); play

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flash flood

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to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)

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water's edge; waterside; shore; before coming ashore; before entering the country; (at the) border

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fruit grown near the tip of the vine (hence stunted and unripe); weak-looking fellow; pale-faced man; pasty-faced man

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to jump into; to rush into

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to twist and turn; to meander; to undulate; to wriggle

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grind

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to take a lot of dealing with; to be a handful

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single colour (color); monochrome

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bedrock

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structural

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vast; extensive; immense; huge; large; grand

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to find (after searching everywhere); to locate; to discover

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keyhole

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to devise; to arrange; to plan; to plot

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to sniff out; to get wind of

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at the very beginning of one's speech; immediately upon opening one's mouth (to speak); before anything else; first of all

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injury; harm; evil influence; damage

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extreme; excessive; terrible; intense; severe; serious

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to be uncommon

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to make efforts; to take pains; to break a bone

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to cause trouble (for someone); to annoy; to bother; to inconvenience

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position on the fingerboard (of a shamisen, koto, etc.); vital point; crux

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healthy; sound; wholesome

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fighting bravely; strenuous efforts

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to praise; to extol; to hail; to laud; to celebrate

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laid-back; carefree; easygoing; thoughtless; happy-go-lucky

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pacifism

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moderate (view, politics, etc.); temperate; sensible; sober; non-radical

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to evaluate; to appraise; to comment on

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800; eight hundred; multitude; large number

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to rub out; to clean off; to clear away; to efface; to erase

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to underrate; to belittle; to look down on; to despise

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Excellent (grade); A; superiority; excellence; gentle; graceful

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good seed or breed

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top-class

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multiplication

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to fold up; to fold into layers; to collapse (content on a webpage, etc.)

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classmate

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