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paper

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crisp (e.g. potato chip, fried fish, etc.); crunchy; grumpily; touchily; scratching

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pen

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(arch.) mourning clothes; mourning; period of mourning

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teakettle (tea ceremony)

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to suit; to match; to become; to be like

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wooden; made of wood

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to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)

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with a start; in surprise; suddenly (realize, remember, etc.); all of a sudden; puffing (air); with a puff

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thirst for blood; bloodlust; determination to kill

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the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it

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work; workmanship; craftsmanship; artifice; trick; device

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ghost; apparition; phantom; spectre; specter; demon

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red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red

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in the palace

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Tokushima (city, prefecture)

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padded sleeveless kimono jacket; Japanese vest

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to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)

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carrying on one's back (e.g. baby); piggyback ride

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to badger; to pester; to beg

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to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to gratefully accept

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meaning; called; said

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heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)

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Konaki Jijii (a ghost in Japanese folklore with the shape of a small old man and having a baby's cry)

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does not seem; unlikely; improbable

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benefit; use; good; profit; gains

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cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike

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indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very

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during absence from home

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to dive (into or under water); to get under; to get into; to hide oneself (esp. from the government); to conceal oneself

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in use; occupied (e.g. toilet); engaged

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both; (not) either

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to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)

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protest; objection

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now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which

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to go unpunished; to be tolerated; to be allowed; to be overlooked

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great mistake

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both shoulders

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to tell (somebody) to (do something)

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to (do) like this

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abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)

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effective; successful

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force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; momentum

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to overcome (opposition); to push past; to force one's way; to press and cut

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refusal; rejection

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wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do

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load; heavy burden; encumbrance; heavy freight; heavy responsibility

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continuation; continuance; going on; resuming

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elder sister; older female friend

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easy; simple; there's no way that ...

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