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(religious) piety; faith; devotion

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mixture; jumble; cord made by entwining threads of various colours

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brains; brain tissue

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to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize

3

putting one's life on the line; giving everything one has got; acting out of desperation

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face; mug; surface; cheek meat; (arch.) cheek; (arch.) cheeks

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anyway; anyhow; at any rate; in any case

3

to lay out a futon; to make a bed

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soundly (of sleeping); (sleeping) like a log

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during absence from home

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flagrante delicto; caught red-handed

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low dining table; tea table

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draft; rough copy

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opposing role; partner

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child's face; childlike face; boyish face; baby face

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orthotropous

5

night-school season

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short (e.g. story, film)

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planting a field with the same crop each year; repeated cultivation; collaborative literary work; story made up by several writers working on it in turn; series (of novels); cycle (of poems, songs)

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one-by-one; separately; in detail

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to go on reading

2

pain; anguish; suffering; duhkha (suffering)

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counselor; counsellor; adviser; advisor

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entry (on stage); appearance (on screen); entrance; introduction (into a market)

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to sympathize deeply with; to strike a chord of sympathy

2

big yawn

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putting off; postponing

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unrequited love; one-sided love

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both shoulders

2

stiff neck; stiff shoulders

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synchronization; synchronized swimming

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nine (in mekuri karuta); oicho-kabu (traditional Japanese gambling card game)

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lying down and getting up; waking; getting up; living (with); staying (with)

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end; conclusion

2

random; by chance; haphazard; hit-or-miss; unplanned

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to intrude; to butt in; to meddle; to be forward; to be self-assertive; to show off

3

all talk; glib; insincere; empty; specious

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occupying; having (an area) all to oneself; military occupation; possession; capture

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psychology

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state of mind; mentality; psychology

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appearing and disappearing; slipping in and out of view

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meddling; meddlesomeness; nosiness; meddler; buttinsky; busybody

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taking no notice (of); thinking nothing of; disregarding; not aware of; completely ignoring; being out of consideration

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to do as one likes

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speaking by proxy; speaking for (someone else); payment by proxy; compensation by proxy; acting for (someone else); carrying out (on someone's behalf)

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not sleeping a wink; wide awake all night; without moving

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dawn breaks; day dawns

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scuttling (to escape in a panic, in shame, etc.); scurrying; scrambling

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to row a boat; to nod off; to doze off

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nap; siesta

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