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obstinate; stubborn; inflexible

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stubborn person; obstinate person; pig-headed person

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inveiglement; cajolement; wheedling; enticement

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popularity; favorable reputation; high esteem; respect

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expulsion; ousting; ejection; dismissal; banishment

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female presence

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straight-laced person; stubborn person

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wife

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surface of a board (shogi, go, etc.); (state of) the board; development of a game; surface of a record

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Ministry of Transport

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Ministry of Foreign Affairs

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triple

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yakuman; win worth 32000 points (or, if dealer, 48000 points)

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personnel section

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to hear; to catch (the sound of something); to hear about (rumour, etc.); to overhear; to get used to hearing

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to fire from a job; to dismiss; to discharge; to behead

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letter of resignation

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support; backing; patronage

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to make a sound with one's throat; to purr (of a cat)

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long service

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to do what one is told to (esp. of a child); to take someone's advice; to listen to what someone says; to do what one wants something (one's body, legs, etc.) to do; to work as expected (e.g. of a machine); to obey (one)

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sealed letter

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good handwriting; skillful penmanship; speedy writing; vigorous writing

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character written by brush; brush-stroke character

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quick-witted; bright; rapid thinking

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a few years later

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enmity; antagonism; hostility; feuding (with); being at odds (with)

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postbox; mailbox; post; position; post (e.g. goalpost); post (on a blog, social media, etc.)

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to be no match for (e.g. outclassed in authority, strength or in debt to); to be unable to act on an equal basis with

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front or rear of a palanquin (carried by two people); one of two people carrying a palanquin

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foolish act; folly

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so-so; passable; now, now; there, there; my, my; oh my!

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severely; harshly; utterly; terribly

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information; experience; knowledge; observation

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fire truck (specifically one equipped with a pump); pumper

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to call (someone) to come; to call for; to summon; to always call (someone by a name); to become used to calling

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discharge of water (from a river, dam, etc.); drainage; spraying water (on); hosing

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chemical fire engine

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soapy water

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congestion (with blood); hyperemia; hyperaemia

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employer

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along (a wall, river, railroad tracks, etc.); alongside; following

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manhole

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coexistence

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drainage; draining; pumping out (water); displacement

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sewer; sewer system; sewerage; drain

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losing everything; suffering a total loss; coming to nothing; (lit.) having lost the interest and the principal

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escape hatch; escape door

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to stretch around (e.g. a fence, dragnet, etc.); to lay out (e.g. a wiring system, network, etc.); to string up (e.g. an antenna, ship's rigging, etc.)

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