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despondency

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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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to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged

2

to blow fiercely; to rage; (arch.) to play (a flute, etc.) for fun

2

smirkingly; broadly (grinning)

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sisters

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by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking

3

embrace; hug; holding in one's arms

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isolated; standing alone; falling in drops (e.g. rain); saying a single word; muttering just a few words

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lightly; gaping wide; suddenly; unexpectedly

3

to have a hole; to be pierced (with a hole)

3

cheep cheep; tweet tweet

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to sing; to chirp; to twitter

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whim; vagary; capriciousness; eccentricity

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small bird; little bird

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dear me!; good gracious!; well; let me see; now

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munching; crunching; scratching (an itch)

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to stand aside; to step to the side; to move aside

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to meet (wishes, expectations, etc.); to satisfy; to accompany; to go with; to associate with (someone); to mix with

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yo!; hello there!; wow!; oh!; yah! (yell)

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second hand (of clock)

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three times

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sleepiness; drowsiness

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Perry; Peli; Pelly; Perri

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black ships; Western ships that came to Japan between the 16th and 19th centuries, esp. those of the Perry Expedition in 1853; foreign disruptor (of the Japanese market); product, person, etc. arriving from the West and disturbing the Japanese market

1

gun; cannon; artillery

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to blow away; to blow off; to dispel; to drive away; to talk big

2

early morning

4

small mercy (from some misfortune); silver lining of a dark cloud; consolation in sadness; blessing in disguise

1

to jump down; to jump off; to jump from; to jump out of

3

bone fracture

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world; society; people; the public

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describing; comparing; form; figure; personal appearance; one's face and figure

1

plastic bag

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shoe; shoes; boots; footwear; footgear

1

vast; extensive; immense; huge; large; grand

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eye-witness; witness

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sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly

1

mansion; residence

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concrete-block wall

3

to hide oneself

2

weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly

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used; second-hand; old; Middle Ages (in Japan esp. Heian period)

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discount

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10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various

2

throwaway; disposable; single-use

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to pass (of time); to elapse

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to take (a photo); to record (video, audio, etc.); to make (a film)

2

to fiddle with; to monkey around with

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bulletin (issued by a society); report; newsletter

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