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wabi-sabi; aesthetic sense in Japanese art centered on the acceptance of transience and imperfection

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air of luxury; high class feel

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white porcelain

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to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle

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the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since

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light brown; tawny

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in addition; besides

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hospitality; reception; treatment; (light) refreshment; entertaining with food and drink; treat

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tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony

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black tea

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teacup

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there, there

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carpet; rug; runner

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for visitors or guests

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drawing room; parlor; parlour; guest room

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closet

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to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)

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waste (of money, time, etc.); squandering; frittering away

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at every opportunity; for each and every thing that crops up; with every little thing; whenever possible; whenever the chance arises; at every turn

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consumption; expenditure

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to go hunting

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gold (Au); golden (color); valuable; of highest value; money; gold coin; Friday

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to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor

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casual; doing something without taking it too seriously

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samurai on horseback; (medieval) knight

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fixed period; fixed term; regular; periodic; fixed-term commuter pass; fixed-term deposit

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income; receipts; revenue

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to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)

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(one's) pay; wages

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good-for-nothing; spineless; gutless; spiritless; feckless; pluckless

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when push comes to shove; when needed; when necessity arises; when the moment arrives

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hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation

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what day; how many days

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to be away from home; to be out of the house

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that night; that evening; over the course of the evening

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outward appearance; ostensible; public; official

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lecture

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actual and hidden; inside out (e.g. socks); face down (e.g. cards)

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washing by rubbing (clothes, hands, etc.)

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real intention; true motive; true meaning

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narration

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transformation; abnormality; sexual perversion; pervert; metamorphosis; transformation

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one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)

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rule

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house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family

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manners; etiquette; propriety; manner of production (esp. of prose, poetry, etc.); way of making

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to differ; to vary; to disagree

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cum (e.g. bedroom-cum-study); holding both roles (e.g. Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs); and; in addition; concurrently; at the same time

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changing room (at a bathhouse, swimming pool, etc.)

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to take off (clothes, shoes, etc.); to undress

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