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antinomy

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choosing between two things; two choices

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outing; excursion; pleasure trip; going on a picnic

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logically; from a logical point of view

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synthesis; combination; general; combined; synthesis; colligation

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understanding (of people's circumstances and feelings); perceptiveness; sympathy; wisdom

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nomination (of a person to a position); selection; election; assignment; appointment

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nonaggressive defense (policy) (defence)

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chord; customary "on" reading (of a kanji) used in Japanese (as opposed to those derived from Chinese); (arch.) Wu reading (of a kanji; as opposed to a Han reading)

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Japanese dormouse (Glirulus japonicus)

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moustache; mustache; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)

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married woman; woman; lady

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kanji "fire" radical at bottom

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500; five hundred; many

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counter for long, thin things (i.e. swords)

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Haruki

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office job; clerical work

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proclamation; promulgation

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how

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importance; emphasis; stress

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pulverization; pulverisation; reducing to pieces; crushing; smashing

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to use excessively; to use too much; to spend too much; to overwork someone

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betrayal; infidelity

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age 16 (of a girl); pubescence; age 64 (of a man); breaking of the hymen (during sex); female defloration

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before one's eyes

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one's principles and position

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difficult

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idiom; set phrase; habit of speech; saying

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meaning of a word

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to share

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to compose (a Japanese poem); to write; to use as the theme of a poem; to recite (e.g. a poem); to chant; to intone

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to mistake (for something or someone else); to misread; to misjudge

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to walk about; to walk around; to conduct oneself; to act; to stop by (somewhere; esp. of a criminal on the run); to drop by

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to assist; to help out

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roots; origin; one's roots; ancestry

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corner; nook

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stone monument bearing an inscription (esp. memorial for future generations); stele; stela

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tomorrow evening

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standing; regular; permanent

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extremely; very; a shitload; a lot; a great amount

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lubrication; smoothness

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having great hopes for (someone's future); expecting much of; pinning one's hopes on

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frame (e.g. of film, panel in a comic, etc.); scene; time block (e.g. of a class schedule)

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valuation basis; appraisal standard

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favour; favor; obligation; kindness; benevolence

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bugling (sound); honking; grumbling; complaining; car; automobile

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cruel; heartless; hard; harsh; severe

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to see; to look; to watch; to try to ...

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just now; at this moment; at this point of time

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to assemble (in a hall); to meet together (in a room)

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