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polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough

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alternately; by turns

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single; simple; singles (tennis, badminton, etc.); win bet (bet which predicts the winner of a race)

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if; when; when it comes to ...; as for ...; why don't you ...; why not ...

3

to reseat oneself; to correct one's posture

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temple juniper (Juniperus rigida); needle juniper

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just like that; quite so; I agree; that street

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nata; sturdy broad-bladed knife, used in woodcraft and hunting (often with a rectangular blade)

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crown prince; Prince Shōtoku

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Ming period (China; 1368-1644); Ming era

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China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryō system)

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novel; story; (work of) fiction

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seal

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spirit; psyche; god; deity; divinity

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popularization; simplification; explaining in simple language; adaptation of history for popular reading (esp. Chinese); historical novel writing

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cowrie; cowry

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ring; circle; hoop; wheel; circle (e.g. of friends); planetary ring

3

to fly in the air

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to be outdone (by); to be in inferior (to); to compare unfavorably (with); to be behind

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to spell; to write; to compose; to bind (e.g. documents); to patch

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staunch; hardcore; dyed-in-the-wool; metal reinforcement

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search engine

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still more; even more; all the more; still less; even less

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brains (of an operation); advisor; brain trust; brain (organ)

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to aspire to; to aim for; (arch.) to give a gift (as a token of gratitude, goodwill, etc.); (arch.) to perform a memorial service

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action game

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to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show

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download

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direct unforked road; straight path

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to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)

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scoring; score; points made; marks obtained; goals; runs

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to compete; to contend; to vie; to contest

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to have a lot on one's shoulders; to bear a lot of responsibility

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ranking; toplist (e.g. of WWW sites)

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real; realistic; serious; non-joking; realtime blog; real world (cf. online games or social networking services)

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migration; move; emigration; immigration

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overdependence (on others; usu. one's fosterers or seniors); lack of self-reliance; presumed acceptance (of one's behaviour); presumed benevolence; attention-seeking (behavior)

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pitiful; pathetic; painful (to look at)

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confession (to a crime, wrongdoing, etc.); admission; professing one's feelings (to someone one wants to go out with); declaration of love; profession (of faith); confession (of sins)

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because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...

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counter for parts, stages, installments, etc. (of a story, series, project, campaign, etc.); counter for bullets

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promotional video; music video; page view

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to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience

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to understand; to appreciate; to interpret

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self-deprecating; self-mocking

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following (e.g. someone's opinion); being servile to; adherence; compliance; emulation; mimicking

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flattery

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real name

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parody (of a famous work); pun

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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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