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bad; wrong; must not (do, be); should not; useless; no good; hopeless

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ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml

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hard to understand; incomprehensible; unintelligible

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way; manner; (for) the first time in (e.g. ten years); after ...; ...-sized; amount (equivalent to ...)

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haughty

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hair on the back of one's head

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small horse; pony; foal; colt; filly

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tail (of an animal); cauda; tail (of a kite, etc.); tail end; tail (of a comet); slope at the foot of a mountain

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knot

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hair ornament

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to beg; to ask; to request; to pray; to wish

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nth son; lang; official title in ancient China; (arch.) man; (arch.) young man; (arch.) my husband

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having served one's purpose; being finished (with); business settled

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to throw away

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umbrella; parasol; something shaped like an umbrella or a conical hat; shade (of a lamp); mushroom cap

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at hand; on hand; way of moving one's arms; skill; money at hand; pocket money

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red and white; colours for festive or auspicious occasions (colors); two teams; two groups; Kōhaku Uta Gassen; annual contest between male and female popular singers on New Year's Eve (sponsored and broadcast by NHK)

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nobori; long, narrow banner attached to a pole on one side and a horizontal rod along the top; Boys' Day nobori; carp streamer

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design (on a banner); emblem (on a flag); insignia; banner (e.g. of democracy); slogan; cause

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to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself

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clearness; clarity; skillfulness (skilfulness)

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to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)

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appalling; horrifying; dreadful; hideous; revolting; disgusting

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to be disgusted; to be repulsed; to get the creeps

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(not) ever; (not) at all; (not) on any account; deepest bottom of the earth

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to receive permission; to leave (with someone's permission); to retire; to refuse; to beg off doing

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genuine; authentic; true; real

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brand new; fresh

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virgin (usu. female); maiden; virgin (e.g. forest); unspoiled by human activity; debut; maiden (e.g. voyage)

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to talk big (about); to talk boastfully (about); to talk overconfidently (about); to make a bold statement (about)

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folk dance

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firm; determined; resolute; conclusive

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(not) always; (not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) all

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to pledge; to vow; to promise; to have sexual intercourse (esp. between husband and wife); to share a bed

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not necessarily so; is not always true; there is no guarantee that ...; there is no telling

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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 increase; to add to; to augment

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(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it; that sort of (thing mentioned immediately prior)

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treasure

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precious; valuable; priceless; noble; exalted; sacred

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desire; appetite; lust

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to pollute; to contaminate; to soil; to disgrace; to dishonour; to dishonor

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absolutely; definitely; unconditionally

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to lash out at; to flare up at; to fly at; to turn on

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towards (a destination); for the purpose of; with the goal of; targeting (a group, a demographic)

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(one's) older brother; young man; sonny; lad

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invisibly; secretly; privately

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always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively

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formality; social rules; social status; social standing; (arch.) amendments and enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryō)

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to go under; to pass under; to dive (into or under the water); to evade; to get around; to survive

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