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someone working behind-the-scenes; scene shifter; lady consort (to a high personage)

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haughty; arrogant; insolent; presumptuous

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to deny; to contradict; to negate (esp. a sound); to drown out

3

breakthrough (research, etc.); breach; opening

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oneself and others; subject and object; transitivity; transitive verbs and intransitive verbs; first person and third person; self-salvation and salvation by faith

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to whisper; to murmur; to rumor; to rumour

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no matter (what, who, etc.); whether ... or ...; be

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pent-up resentment; grudges and hard feelings

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disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful

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self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself

2

trudging (along); plodding; slowly and with heavy steps

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Bupleurum root; Radix Bupleuri

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unemployed person

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shut-in; stay-at-home; recluse; (lit.) security officer of one's own home

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writing down; taking notes; notes; writings; written examination; written test

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useless; deadhead

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unemployment insurance

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unclear speech; garbled speech; poor enunciation; poorly expressed; unclear (wording); imprecise (expression)

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senior; older; third-year kindergarten student

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swaying; swinging; rocking; shaking; wavering; flickering

1

cheerfully; spiritedly; vigorously; lively

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blip bleep; in short repeated movements

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to join hands (with)

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one's house; one's home; one's family; house

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faddist; follow-the-crowd type; poser; trend junkie; sheep

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song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry

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to start singing

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very small

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that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there

2

lightly (floating); buoyantly; puffing (on a pipe, cigarette, etc.); tooting (a trumpet, horn, etc.); blowing (a flute, whistle)

1

to bear; to endure

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song lyrics; words of a song; libretto

4

dragonfly

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free translation; liberal translation

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to be (doing)

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subtitles; captioning

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landlord; landlady

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aunt; middle-aged lady

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conscientious; reasonable (e.g. price); honest; honorable

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literature

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to see without obstruction; to get an unobstructed view (of); to see into (someone's thoughts); to read (someone's feelings, intentions, etc.); to foresee; to predict

3

counting backwards; calculating backwards; inverse operation

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model maker; prototype sculptor; figure sculptor; master modeler

2

business card

2

person in charge (including a supervisory role for other staff); person responsible for ...; responsible party; supervisor; manager

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figure; form; figurine; model figure; figure skating

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model; prototype; archetype; (sewing) pattern

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details; particulars; longitude and latitude; warp and weft; warp and woof

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short; brief

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a wise man keeps away from danger

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