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Natsume Souseki (1867-1916)

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errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit; use

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to feel around for; to fumble for; to investigate; to probe into; to explore (parts unknown); to enjoy (natural beauty)

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gesture; movement; action; acting; performance

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quite; utterly; (not) at all; completely; wholly; entirely

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to carry; to transport; to come; to go; to wield (a tool, etc.); to use

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to live up to (one's) expectations; to meet expectations

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trade; buying and selling; trafficking (e.g. of humans, arms, drugs); dealing

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arrival (of post, news, correspondence, etc.); receiving (a phone call, email, etc.)

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eleven; 11; jack (playing card); Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo

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column; beam; girder; digit; decade; order of magnitude

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liquid crystal

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14; fourteen

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mobile phone number

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acquisition; obtaining; coming to hand

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(animal making a) monstrous apparition

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how (can); by what means

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idle slumber; indolence; inactivity

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to grumble; to gripe; to complain

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time; (the) hour; favourable time; opportunity; chance

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afternoon; p.m.

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all year round

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summer vacation; summer holiday

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to talk; to speak

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country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)

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inevitable; necessary; certain; inevitability; necessity

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telephone call; speaking over the telephone; (Internet) voice call; counter for telephone calls of a set duration

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to become (formal)

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monetary; financial; pecuniary

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mechanical ineptitude; being hopeless with machines

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father

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to push; to press; to apply pressure from above; to press down; to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal; to affix (e.g. gold leaf)

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to be foolish; to be stupid; to be ridiculous

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transceiver

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hey there; I say; see here

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just how; how (dare you)

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short term; short time

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half asleep and half awake; trance; dream and reality

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mistaken memory; trick of the memory; slip of the memory

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to cut (grass, hair, etc.); to mow; to clip; to trim; to prune; to shear

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to cause trouble; to cause a disturbance

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to come true (of a wish, prayer, etc.); to be realized; to suit (e.g. a purpose); to meet (wishes, ideals, etc.); to match (implies competition); to rival

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to be still half asleep; to be half awake; to be not yet quite awake

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frightening; scary; (arch.) extreme; (arch.) exaggerated; (arch.) huge

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woman's heart; female instincts or psychology

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to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)

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easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...

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to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)

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to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble

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indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)

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