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state-supported provincial temple (Nara period)

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quiet (place); still; silent; inconspicuously; modestly; quietly

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plate (often as in "tectonic plate")

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private; non-governmental; non-official; folk; popular

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outward appearance; ostensible; public; official

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investment; contribution; financing

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percent; percentage

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subsidiary (company)

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common (of objects, abstract things); usual

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to grumble; to make difficulties

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appropriate; suitable; proper; fitting

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to irritate; to grate on one's nerves; to aggravate; to be galling; to be invidious

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displeasure; discomfort; unpleasantness; indisposition; ailment

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adjoining land

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untouched; unused; intact

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primeval forest; virgin forest

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character of a place; situation; location; occasion

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student accommodation; student dormitory

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training (esp. in-service); induction course

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centre; center

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nervous

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battle

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escape; getaway; evasion

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to lure; to invite out

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(cutting) with a single stroke; lopping off (branches, etc.); (cutting hair) short; drastically (slash a budget, etc.); resolutely; ruthlessly (discard, etc.)

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lower limit; infimum

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to fall below (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to be less than; to be lower than; to fall just short of; to be just under

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to save trouble; to save effort; to save hassle; to save bother; to save time

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unbearable; intolerable; unendurable

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to take flight; to disappear

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to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for

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to boil up; to seethe; to get excited; to be in an uproar

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intelligence; intellect; brains

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wounded; injured

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lasting long; continuation; keeping at (something); sticking to (something)

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to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder

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to satisfy one's appetite

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dessert stomach; having room for dessert despite being full

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to be greedy; to devour greedily

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as a child; when one was a child

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hoarse voice; husky voice

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body hair

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to stand up straight; to stand on end (e.g. of hair); to have the creeps

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imposing stance; daunting pose

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light; right; right field; right fielder

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ultraviolet rays; ultraviolet radiation

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floodlight; floodlight projector

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house; dwelling; human habitation

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to seize (someone) by the collar; to grab (someone) by the scruff of the neck; to collar (someone)

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gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase

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