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barking up the wrong tree; calling at the wrong house

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relatives; one's family; friends; members of the same organization; followers; henchmen

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quarrel; fight; trouble; dispute; friction; discord

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to hang on to; to hang from; to hound; to keep after (someone); to grab the front of the opponent's mawashi, place one's head against their chest, and lower one's hips

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hypothetical situation

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to take out; to carry out; to bring out from where it belongs; to mention something; to broach a topic; to bring up (a subject)

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person of high standing facing no opposition and with a warped view of reality; (lit.) naked emperor

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to occur; to happen

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to sum up; to summarize; to summarise

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fantastic; bizarre; incredible; unbelievable

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remaining bony parts (of a fish after filleting); flaw (esp. of a person); fault; rice chaff; rough; crude

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Tang dynasty (of China; 618-907); T'ang dynasty; (arch.) China; (arch.) foreign country

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unsupported; unfounded; nonsense

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lovely; wonderful; nice; great; fantastic; superb

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to laugh (something) off; to dismiss with a laugh; to pooh-pooh

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clever; smart; sharp (ear, etc.); sensitive; discerning

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brightness; discernment; insight; eyesight; vision; nth year in the Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)

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to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with

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self-assessment; self-evaluation; self-rating; self-esteem

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indicates uncertainty or second hand nature of information quoted

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infancy; childhood; tender age

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time; age; chance; moment; occasion

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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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to astonish; to astound; to stupefy; to flabbergast; to strike a person dumb; to dumbfound

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pride; self-confidence; thinking highly of oneself; being proud of one's abilities or achievements

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all kinds of spirits and goblins

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perfectly fitting phrase

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low-quality products; strange thing; strange combination

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unlawful dumping (e.g. of garbage)

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unlawful; illegal; unreasonable; outrageous; unjust

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house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family

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property; possession

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grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man

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landowner; landlord; landlady

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each place; various places

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plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place

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mountain (or hill) behind a house, village, etc.; side of a mountain that gets little sunshine; envious; jealous

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purpose; utility; objective; way to use something

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connivance; tacit consent; toleration; acquiescence

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succession; continuation; series; sequence

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open-mouthed

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keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use

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artistic

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does not seem; unlikely; improbable

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genuine; authentic; true; real

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it's probably so; it stands to reason

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certain; definite

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bow (and arrow; esp. of a noble)

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deep-seated; deep-rooted; ingrained

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a moment ago; just now

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