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to clear up; to become cloudless

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spiral; helix; screw

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metaphor

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before one knows it; without realizing; unawares; unnoticed

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to bite into; to sink one's teeth into

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immediately; right away; at once; easily; readily

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season; time of year

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jersey (fabric); jersey; (sports) uniform top; sweatsuit; tracksuit; Jersey (cattle)

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worldly-minded person; materialist; uncultured person; philistine; vulgar person; snob

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nightly procession of monsters, spirits, etc.; veritable pandemonium; large number of people plotting and doing evil; creepy characters roaming about

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girl's feeling; maiden's mind

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ghost; apparition; phantom; spectre; specter; demon

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tsk; tut; shoot; chirp; tweet

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moonlight

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transforming oneself; taking on another form; disguising oneself; artificial fly (for fishing)

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skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath

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to wash off; to wash out

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dark night

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garden lantern; hanging lantern

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bottomless; unlimited; immeasurable; inexhaustible

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tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)

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ornamental (foliage) plant; houseplant

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(a) light; lights; lamp

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one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission

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to complain persistently; to gripe; to grumble; to die

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awaken

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idea; notion; sense (e.g. of duty); resignation (to one's fate); acceptance; observation and contemplation

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front-facing; forward-looking; positive; constructive

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there is no need to ...; it should hardly be necessary to ...

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removal of astringent taste (e.g. by cooking)

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wearisome; insipid; dull; irksome; wretched; vain

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to reheat; to steam over; to bring up again (a problem that has been dealt with); to take up again; to drag up

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branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray

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de- (indicating reversal, removal, etc.); post-

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(not) so; (not) particularly; (not) very; (not) that much

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influence; clout; leverage

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in general; generally; mostly; gist; point; main idea

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simmer; bubble out; flow out

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fundamental; basic

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antipodes; other (opposite) extreme; opposite; antithesis

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argumentative person; captious person; controversialist; quibbler

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preconception; preconceived notion; prejudice

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fifteen; 15

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... years old; age (of) ...

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twelve; 12; queen

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to grow old; to age

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not a chance; not likely; no way; oh no; yuck; eew

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to divert (e.g. one's mind); to distract; to relieve (boredom, sorrow, etc.); to conceal (e.g. one's grief with a smile); to hide; to shift (the conversation)

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incorrigible; dogged

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substitution; alternative; substitute

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