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overlooking; turning a blind eye

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teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; (arch.) five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou-dynasty Chinese army)

3

previous generation (e.g. one's parents); family predecessor; predecessor; previous age

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

4

shallows; shoal; rapids; current; position; place

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pioneer; leader; taking the initiative; leading an attack; charging ahead of others (towards the enemy)

2

defect; deficiency; imperfection; Yours in haste

2

inferior; coarse; poor quality; inadequate; deteriorated

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partial; incomplete; imperfect

4

lover; sweetheart; boyfriend; girlfriend

4

life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life

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day and night; around the clock; always; constantly

1

digression

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invitation

2

firm; determined; resolute; conclusive

1

after a short pause

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reading aloud; recitation

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earnest; single-minded

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to be impressed; to greatly admire

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precisely because

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trace; tracks; site; remains; scar

6

to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with

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breastbone; sternum

2

stomach tube; nasogastric tube

4

ground-breaking; revolutionary; unprecedented; epoch-making

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plan; device; idea; design; contrivance; conception

1

biggest; greatest; largest; maximum

2

to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten

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serous membrane; serosa; chorion

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muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line

4

layer; stratum; class; stratum; sheaf; counter for stories (of a building)

1

ring-shaped; annular

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smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)

2

possible; potential; practicable; feasible

4

fear; horror; anxiety; concern; uneasiness; reverence

2

originally; primarily; essentially; intrinsically; proper; rightful

2

action; behavior; behaviour; (arch.) recommendation (of a person for a position)

1

miserable; pitiful; tragic; painstaking

1

notice or order handed down from above; announcement; notification; Edo-period proclamation issued by the shogunate (or a daimyo, etc.) to the concerned parties

1

to make a decision; to draw a conclusion; to give a judgement; to hand down a verdict; to let go down; to lower; to do oneself

2

since then; after that

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the other day; some days ago; recently; a day in the past

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to draw the conclusion that ...; to conclude

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the end; closing; being done for; that's it; that's enough; that's all

4

better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth

2

abatement; reduction

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to escape

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anyhow; at all events; in any case; either way; anyway

2

now; nowadays

3

to go out of use; to become obsolete; to die out; to go out of fashion

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