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to affect; to impact; to influence

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to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)

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to fall ill; to suffer from (e.g. a disease); to have something wrong with (e.g. an inner organ)

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in person; personally; directly

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opinion; point of view; visual point

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menial; meanness; servility; abject

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timid person; coward

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cannot be helped; unavoidable; pointless; useless; hopeless (person); annoying

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at a young age; while still young

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the way one works; one's working manner

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underhanded; unfair; makeshift; stopgap

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dull (e.g. a knife); blunt; thickheaded; obtuse; dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light)

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suitable; satisfactory; desirable

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strict; severe; stern; rigid; rigorous; tough

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vassal; retainer

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just before one's eyes; in one's presence; personally

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to suffer; to groan; to be worried

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to become twisted; to grow distorted; to get sulky; to sulk; to grow bitter; to become embittered

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origin; genesis; opening; start; beginning

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paying for one's mistakes; getting one's just deserts; suffering the consequences (of one's own actions); reap what you sow

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close; intimate; on good terms

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previous generation (e.g. one's parents); family predecessor; predecessor; previous age

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house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family

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association; socializing; socialising; fellowship

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close (e.g. in terms of relationship); intimate

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to rebuke; to scold; to tell off; to question persistently (in order to criticize or find fault with somebody)

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to speak ill of; to disparage

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one way or another; in many ways; in various ways

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to complain; to lodge a complaint

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to be caught in a dilemma; to get into a scrape

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taking advantage of (a convenient situation)

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to use one's influence; to pull strings; to take measures; to make the necessary preparations

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(not) in any way; (not) at all; (none) whatsoever; what kind of

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after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years

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to age; to grow old (esp. in appearance); to show marks of age

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to speak frankly; to speak unreservedly; to open up to each other; to talk candidly; to speak by laying everything on the table; to talk straight from the gut

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essential; important; crucial; vital; main

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to hate; to dislike

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to love; to cherish; to show favouritism to; to be partial to; to fondle; to caress

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second son

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to have something on one's mind; to have (undisclosed) reservations; to feel conflicted

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clumsy; awkward; tactless; awkward (e.g. socially); (arch.) mean; (arch.) cowardly

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to paw (at) the ground; to struggle (using one's arms and legs); to flounder; to struggle (to escape an adverse situation); to strive

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it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it

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advance guard; vanguard; athlete who competes in the first match of a team competition (kendo, judo, etc.)

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cold; chilly; cold (attitude, stare, etc.); frigid; composed; cool

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exposure to the sun; sunny place

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turning over while sleeping in bed; betrayal; double-crossing

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kindness; intimacy; friendship

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great; grand; extensive; large-scale

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