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removing one's hat; admiring someone greatly; "taking off one's hat" to someone

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stop

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slump; crash; heavy fall; sudden decline

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inevitable; inescapable; unavoidable

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the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it

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effectiveness; efficacy; efficaciousness

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to see through to the finish; to be seen to the end

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to be to the point; to be pertinent

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to lead; to take the initiative; to take precedence (e.g. sadness taking precedence over anger); to be most essential

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white kimono in which dead person is dressed

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(state of) apparent death; suspended animation

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to revive; to come to oneself; to be restored to life

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outrageous; monstrous; appalling; inordinate; overambitious

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bad job; poor workmanship; bungle

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to contemplate; to ponder; to think over; to turn over in one's mind; to reflect; to muse

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old man; old geezer

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on one hand; on the other hand

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nonconformist; dissenter; maverick; enfant terrible

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this much; this amount

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politics; government; peace; (arch.) medical treatment; (arch.) cure

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correction; revision; compensation (e.g. to a pendulum)

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peacetime; time of peace; ordinary times; normal times

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to do for real; to do in real life; to carry (a story) into actual practice

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rice plant (Oryza sativa)

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main performer; star performer; headliner; rakugo storyteller of the highest rank

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rakugo; traditional Japanese comic storytelling; comic story (told by a professional storyteller)

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traditional performing arts (e.g. shamisen, koto, dance, etc.); accomplishments

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occasional; infrequent; rare

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to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol

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extremely; in the extreme; knows no bounds (e.g. rudeness); boundless (e.g. universe, ocean); limitless

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(looking) over the top of one's glasses; (looking) through a pair of glasses

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performance (of a duty); fulfillment (of a promise); fulfilment; execution (of a contract); discharge; implementation

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to be unable to understand; to baffle one's understanding; to be beyond one's comprehension

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lunatic; madman

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foundation; base; basis; from the beginning; from the outset; by nature

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behaving outrageously as though there were no one around; acting without consideration for others; arrogance; audacity; insolence

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acting without restraint; self-indulgence; wild license; being pretentious; putting on airs; foppery

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to tuck one's tail between one's legs; to admit defeat; to turn tail (and run)

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to jest; to joke; to play the fool; to act indecently; to be silly over; to talk foolishly

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(smelling) strongly; pungently; furiously; indignantly; fuming

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flight; rout; debacle

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to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)

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devotion; dedication; self-sacrifice

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miso lees; miso strainings; miso dregs; child who is made light of; child who is left out of games; immature child or person

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ignorance; (lack of) enlightenment or civilization (civilisation); unenlightened; uncivilized; uncivilised

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deeply; keenly; severely; intently; carefully; closely

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wild and domestic animals; livestock

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to lend an ear to; to listen to

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to be wildly different; to be on a completely different scale; to be in a different league; to be poles apart; to stand no comparison; (lit.) to be on a different order of magnitude

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the Big Dipper (asterism); the Plough; the Plow

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