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sign; indication; trace; somehow; for some reason; seeming to be

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Danet

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passing university entrance exams in the last year of high school (instead of failing then taking gap year(s))

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to stamp one's feet (in frustration, impatience, etc.)

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to join hands (with)

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wait-and-see (situation, stance, etc.); waiting to see (how things play out); watching developments (before acting); probe; probing move

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fragment; small piece; scrap; shred (e.g. of emotion); trace; bit

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greeting; a fine thing to say

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hypocentre (of an earthquake); hypocenter; focus

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half-sitting posture; half-standing posture; half-rising posture; stooping position

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flapping (of a flag, fan, etc.); fluttering; pitter-patter (of footsteps); quickly (making progress); in quick succession

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height; stature; length (esp. of clothing); all (one has); everything; magnificence (of a waka poem, etc.)

2

you (plural)

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gentlemanly; well-mannered; well-bred; gentlemanlike

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something unusual; something wrong; mishap; accident; serious condition (e.g. after an injury); different situation

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penniless; broke

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to fail; to blunder; to mess up; to be dismissed; to be fired

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buying (of stock, materials, etc.); purchasing; stocking; laying in; procurement

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eradication; extermination; destruction; suppression

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memorial day; commemoration day; anniversary

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mochi; small rice cake made from glutinous rice

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giving two or three light tugs (or pushes); (arch.) worrying about; (arch.) moping; (arch.) suddenly angry; (arch.) feeling a surge of anger

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to pay for someone else (with the expectation of being reimbursed later); to lend someone the money to pay for (e.g. rent); to make a temporary payment on someone's behalf

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counter for small animals; counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size); (arch.) counter for horses; roll of cloth

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monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook

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dancing; dance; iteration mark (used to represent repetition of the previous character); Bon Festival dance; Lantern Festival dance; eating live seafood (e.g. squid, ice gobies) while it is still moving; soft spot (in the skull of an infant)

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downhill; downward slope; descent; decline; waning; ebb

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halfway up (down) a mountain; mountainside

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gestures; gesturing

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full

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powerful; strong

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demolition; taking down; dissolution (of an organization, company, etc.); breaking up; dissection (of a body); dismemberment

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to dismantle; to demount; to take something away; to detach

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Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times

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armor and helmet

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cool down

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the same as this

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storehouse; warehouse; godown

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town area; urban area; metropolitan area; built-up area

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something like ...; something called ...

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journey; trip; travels; during the journey; on the way; while travelling

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inspection; examination; check; checkpoint; screening; inspection (esp. by police or security)

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message

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(exaggerated) professing to be; passing oneself off as

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in short; the point is; the important thing is; in a word; basically

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interest; appeal; attraction; fun

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capture; seizure

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to build; to construct; to put up; to build up (a fortune, reputation, enterprise, etc.); to establish (a relationship, system, etc.); to create

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atavism; throwback; reappearance of an earlier characteristic; reappearance; atavism

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for generations; from generation to generation; generation after generation; through the ages

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