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brightness; lightness

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fall; decline; string apron; ornamental cords hanging from the front of a sumo wrestler's belt; food offering to the gods; leftovers; leaving (one's master's place for home)

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crushing; breaking by applying pressure

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to saw; to grind (e.g. coffee beans); to mill

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snappingly; with a snap

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to be crushed; to be squashed (flat)

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creature; creation

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to raise objections; to complain; (to have the right) to say anything

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missing person; wanted person

2

before ... days (months, etc.)

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aforementioned; above-mentioned

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love of antiquity

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cousin (male)

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random; aimless

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to swim around

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awareness; realization; noticing

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and they all lived happily ever after; having a happy ending; ending without incident

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dignified appearance; majestic appearance; imposing appearance

3

personification; impersonation; embodiment

1

(another's respected) father

1

to wonder; to puzzle oneself about; to feel anxious about; to suspect; to doubt

1

attendant; valet; servant; follower

1

absence; disregard; indifference

1

vague; fuzzy; elusive; slippery

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and (concurrently; e.g. chauffeur and secretary); in addition to; at the same time; cum (e.g. bedroom-cum-study)

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father and daughter

1

lacquering; lacquer ware

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single-pronged vajra; tokko; dokko; cloth of a tokko pattern

1

harp; lyre

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to creep in; to steal in; to sneak in

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thief; robber; burglar; bandit

1

treasure house; storage for valuable property

1

dancing or jumping for joy

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to lean (to one side); to incline; to be unbalanced (e.g. diet); to be unduly weighted towards; to be partial; to be biased

1

peninsula; Korea

1

to bud; to sprout; to develop (of talents, feelings, etc.); to awaken

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when one was a very young child; very early in one's life

1

to read to (for) someone

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expatiation; enlargement (e.g. on a point); elaboration; clear explanation; paraphrasing

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fairy tale; fairy story; nursery tale

1

to insure (something); to come up with a back-up plan; to hedge one's bets; to play it safe

1

commonplace; ordinary; typical; ubiquitous; run-of-the-mill; mundane

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rustling (as of silk); slithering (sound); whizzing; hissing

1

roll; rolling up; (bread) roll; roller; roll (of a ship, aircraft, etc.); roll film

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to climb; to clamber (over, up); to scramble (up); to scale; to claw one's way up

3

bored; having nothing to do; idle

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manual or physical labor; manual or physical labour

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unfit; unsuitable; unmarketable

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ruler; measure

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to brace one's legs; to stand firm; to plant one's feet (firmly on the ground); to hold out; to persist; to make an effort

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