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assent; consent

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to release; to let go; to free; to add (pieces of eggplant, potato, etc.) to water, broth, etc.

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gently; mildly; leniently; don't be too hard on me (us, them); go easy on me

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idea; notion; sense (e.g. of duty); resignation; preparedness; observation and contemplation

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here; with this

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to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough

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ditch; drain; groove; tread; gap (between people, countries, etc.); gulf

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capture; seizure

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to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut

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in one's imagination

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to turn round; to face about; to turn about

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gulpingly; in one gulp

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saliva; spit; sputum

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to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up

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to receive favor (favour); to be much obliged to someone; to be indebted

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oratory; eloquence

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if it's going to be that way, then ...; if given the choice; if possible; if anything

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

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for today; for the time being

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tempura; deep-fried fish and vegetables in a light batter

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excuse; pretext

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to cause offense

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dinner; evening meal

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signalling with the eyes; exchanging looks; winking

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to go out and away; to leave

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Haruna

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corner; nook

2

skill; dexterity; proficiency

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first-class; top grade; characteristic; peculiar; school (e.g. of a performance art); one flag

3

great antiquity; old-fashioned; long ago

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condition; situation; prospects

4

chance; opportunity

3

inner parlor; inner parlour; salon; living room

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to talk the night away; to talk all night

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

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to get someone to say; to make someone say; to let someone say; to let someone speak out; to make a sound

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to take (someone) away; to carry off; to abduct; to kidnap

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use; exercise (of one's right, authority, power, etc.)

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to return; to come back

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tsk tsk; oh-oh; huh; what's that?

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to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate

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sum total; total amount

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to get the hang of; to learn the secret to

2

to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing

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nonsensical; unreasonable; awfully; extremely; disorder; confusion

2

full of; brimming with

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full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)

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child (esp. a boy); viscount; founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius); master; masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature); (arch.) you; -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing...)

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surplus; remainder; residue; margin; balance

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to be conceivable that; to be thinkable that

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