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to make one's rounds; to patrol

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to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)

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to flicker; to quiver; to waver; to sway

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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.)

3

not budging an inch; to stand one's ground

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to paste; to stick; to affix; to station; to post

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wink

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to look down on; to treat with contempt; to treat disparagingly; to sneer at

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way; method; means; resource; course

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to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to

1

ill-bred; impolite; rude; impudent; insolent; blunt

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ugly; unsightly; hideous; mean; repulsive; disgraceful

1

is not; am not; are not; isn't it?

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to pretend not to see; to turn one's back on

2

to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around

2

to be in high spirits; to be full of vigor (vigour); to be enthusiastic; to be eager; to stretch to breaking point

2

one's heart; one's feelings; one's inner thoughts; one's mind

1

side (of something, or taking someone's side); part; (watch) case

2

to see through; to see the true nature of something

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to tighten; to press hard

2

to smile

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overhead; above one's head; high in the sky

1

crackling; cracking; clapping; incessantly (blinking)

1

to blink (one's eyes); to wink; to bat; to twinkle (e.g. stars); to flicker; to waver

1

each time; every time; whenever (something happens); on the occasion of

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retreating figure; appearance from behind

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stroboscope; strobe lamp; stroboscopic lamp; (camera) flash

1

you; I; me; oneself

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bull's-eye; the mark

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anger; rage; fury; wrath; indignation

4

boiling point

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to reach; to get to; to arrive at

1

light bulb

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to blink (one's eyes); to wink; to bat

1

squashed; crushed

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to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)

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shoulder length hair

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to burn; to be roasted; to be heated; to be jealous; to be envious

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muffler; scarf; comforter; muffler (for a vehicle exhaust); silencer

2

to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or somebody else

1

outspoken; frank; candid

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

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to discharge (e.g. effluent)

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to answer; to reply

4

to bring near; to bring close; to let go near; to associate with; to bring (people) together; to let come near (of a person)

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light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence

4

artificial product; man-made product; fiction; made-up story; decoration (e.g. for a festival); theatrical prop (esp. a large prop in noh or kyogen, e.g. tree, well, boat)

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unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to

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to think constantly about; to dwell on

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goodbye; so long; saying goodbye to (e.g. life as a bachelor); putting an end to; farewell (performance, party, etc.); final

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