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composed expression; clear face

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close examination; careful investigation; investigation of a crime; inquiry into someone's guilt; winner (of the most rounds, i.e. a full game); (arch.) reciting and appreciating traditional poetry

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after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years

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using anything one can lay one's hands on; haphazardly; on the rebound; at random; indiscriminately

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to overeat

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to graze (e.g. bullet); to scratch; to touch lightly; to take a percentage; to exploit; to squeeze

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to one's heart's content; as much as one wants

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avenue; boulevard; tree-lined street

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children's park; children's playground

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spotlight

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classmate

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shy person

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to remove obstacles in the way of one's objective

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to spread; to be propagated

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small bird; little bird

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gossip; corner of the mouth

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calculation; reckoning; count; forecast

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tissue; facial tissue

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look, look!

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payback; tit for tat; retaliation; doing over again; redoing

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suicide bombing (e.g. crashing one's plane into a target); self-destruction; blowing oneself up

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unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd

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mischief; prank; pastime; hobby; playing with (a lighter, etc.); fooling around with

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fairy; sprite; elf

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to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign

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count; counting; count of balls and strikes; count (after a knock-down in boxing); count (of radioactivity)

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garbage can; rubbish bin; trash can; dustbin

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domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)

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apathetic; indifferent

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unsociable; unfriendly; blunt; surly; curt; cold

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another time; some other time

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someone (unspecified, but someone in particular); a certain person

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reply; response; answer

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to stray from the right path; to go wrong; to go off the rails; to turn delinquent

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crowd of people

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to put out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to reach (for); to try one's hand at (something new)

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surging crowd; wave of humanity; stampede

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to lessen; to decrease; to diminish

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thinking back now

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(lit.) yo-yo fishing; Japanese festival game of fishing balloons (with loops attached), floating in water, out with a hook

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die cutting; cutting with a cutter; shaping with a mold; cookie cutter

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child's mind; childlike innocence; naivete

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to use up; to squander

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to wake (someone) up (by calling for them); to awaken; to call (to mind); to bring back (memories); to evoke

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to quicken one's pace (steps)

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to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to

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torii; Shinto shrine archway

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shrine office; office of a Shinto shrine

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party; banquet; reception; feast; dinner

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to hold (an event); to give (a dinner, party, etc.); to feel (sensation, emotion, call of nature, etc.); to show signs of

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