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euphemistic; circumlocutory; periphrastic; roundabout; indirect

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straight; straightforward; direct; straight (wins, sets, etc.); straight (liquor); neat; entering university right after graduating high school

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humanity and justice (esp. in Confucianism); virtue; duty; formal greeting (between yakuza, street vendors, gamblers, etc.); (gang's) moral code

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-less; lacking; non-existing

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battle

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fundamental; basic

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conclusion; completion

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sumi; India ink; squid ink; octopus ink; carpenter's inking string

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to dump (e.g. onto the floor); to empty by overturning; to throw out (the contents); to tell everything; to open one's heart; to reveal (a secret, the truth, etc.)

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dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding

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weather forecast; weather report

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rice field; rice paddy; paddy field

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scenery; scene; landscape; scene (e.g. of a crime)

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change; alteration; difference; distinction; something wrong; abnormality

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those; they

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snow storm; blizzard

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advance warning; previous notice; prior announcement; herald; harbinger; forerunner

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hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe

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to fall completely silent; to become still as death

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belly; abdomen; stomach

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something to think about; one's thoughts; concern; thinking about something; being absorbed in one's thoughts

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roadway; road; carriageway

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borderline; boundary

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road; highway

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to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray

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soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself

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platform; podium; (ceremonial) mound; world (of haiku, art, etc.); (literary) circles; (arch.) mandala

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to shake off

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other side; opposite side; other party

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to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate

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sidelong glance; short grain (paper); kanji "net" radical at top

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eyelid

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flickering; flashing on and off; glaringly (bright); painfully (bright); prickling (pain)

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floundering while nearly drowning; suffering

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which; what (way)

2

cold wind

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to be resurrected; to be resuscitated; to be rehabilitated; to be recalled (e.g. memories); to be brought back

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a long, long time ago; very long ago

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to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)

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needle; pin; hook; stinger; thorn; hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer

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to stab; to stick; to pierce; to thrust

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as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever

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feelings of guilt

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distinction; differentiation; discrimination; difference

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to drive on; to urge forward (e.g. cattle); to rouse (game from its cover); to press a tenant to leave; to evict

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people

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spoils of war; booty; war trophy; something one managed to obtain or buy (at a bargain sale, merchandise stall, etc.); purchases; prizes (at an arcade, etc.)

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successively; one after another

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postwar period; period after Second World War

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black market

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