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web; World Wide Web; WWW; Web

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distant (from someone); aloof; estranged; knowing little (of); ill-informed (about); ignorant (of)

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to profit; to benefit from; to take advantage of; to make good use of

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classical literature

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to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count

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child

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light novel; young-adult illustrated fiction

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to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie

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unexpected; surprising

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Japanese beautyberry (Callicarpa japonica)

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how; in what way; how about; questionable

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to surpass; to outstrip; to excel

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scholar of literature; literary person; man of letters; writer

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to bring someone along

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picture book

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culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)

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ratio; proportion; match; equal; explicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing); Philippines

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hey there; I say; see here

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retailing; repeating (someone else's words, opinion, etc.); parroting; echoing

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to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study

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trick

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teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; (arch.) five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou-dynasty Chinese army)

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to look up (at); to look up to; to respect; to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to depend on

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to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do

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to make a mistake; to be incorrect; to be mistaken

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Ōita (city, prefecture)

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to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to be out of alignment; to get dislodged; to deviate

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wrong impression; subjective impression; assumption; prejudice

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unusual; uncommon; extraordinary; out of the ordinary; incomparable; serious

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to attract attention; to come into the limelight

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gofer; dogsbody; person who is made to do things or get things for someone else

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treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like

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short (of a person)

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to recognise; to recognize; to know by sight; to become acquainted with

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to incur someone's enmity

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devotion; dedication; self-sacrifice

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swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction

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nothing but; none other than

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even though; despite; when

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very popular; highly favoured

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envy

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to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon

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to be aware of; to know about; to be concerned in; to have to do with

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charisma (i.e. attractiveness, charm); charisma (i.e. divinely conferred power or talent); charism; charismatic person; someone famous (usu. for their talent); celebrity

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being obtrusive; being conspicuous (in a bad way)

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chance encounter (worth treasuring); a connection made with another person by chance

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to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve

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clear; obvious; evident; bright; light

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to be fated to; be linked by fate

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a couple strangely but happily united; uncanny relationship formed by a quirk of fate

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