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to hold one's breath; to bate one's breath

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well-matched (esp. of a couple); becoming; suitable

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unconditional

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to wake; to wake up; to become sober; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to be disillusioned

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backing; support; backer; shield that protects one's back

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remains; traces; (the sorrow of) parting; end

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to antagonize; to provoke antipathy

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to settle peacefully; to work out peacefully; to come to an amicable solution; to become reconciled

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to be pregnant; to be with child

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all on one's own

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getting a lump in one's throat; overflowing with feelings; chest full of; lungs full of

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meeting (with another person)

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this world; this life

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no matter what; whatever you say; in the end

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children

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to pitch in and help; to give someone a hand

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beaming smile

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road to Hades

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this world; the present world

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to sink deeply into one's mind; to come home to; to go to one's heart; to pierce one's body (e.g. of wind, cold, etc.)

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lowering; sinking; depreciation; price fall; punch line (of a rakugo story); (arch.) sword strap

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being rampant; domination

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the mere shadow of one's former self; the ruin of what one once was

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miserable; pitiful; tragic; painstaking

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to slip through; to slip past; to evade

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quiet conversation; idle talk

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spring; fountain

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homely woman; plain-looking woman; female demon

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demoness; witch; ogress; married woman

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Kagutsuchi; fire deity who burned to death his mother Izanami during childbirth (and was therefore beheaded by his father Izanagi)

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hades; realm of the dead; the next world

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to scurry home; to run home; to fly back

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war; battle; campaign; (arch.) troops; (arch.) forces

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(arch.) word; waka (classic Japanese poem, esp. a tanka)

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probability; likelihood

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voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)

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used item; secondhand item; old; used; previous

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to apply pressure from above; to press down; to overwhelm; to overpower; to repress

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boisterous dance

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taking; taker; last performer of the day (usu. the star performer); last performance of the day; active partner (e.g. in judo demonstration); emphatic or formal prefix

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counter for articles; counter for military units; individual

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(arch.) like that; (arch.) as such; yeah; uh-huh

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Izanagi; male deity who fathered Japan and the sun, moon, and storm gods

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reed bed

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eaves; narrow aisle surrounding the core of a temple building

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technique; art; skill; move

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riches; wealth; resources; lottery

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Japan

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to wear away; to rub down; to abrade

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to faint; to be exhausted

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