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feature of the season; something characteristic of a particular season; poem about natural scenery or a particular season

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beauties of nature; the traditional themes of natural beauty in Japanese aesthetics; artistic pursuits involving nature themes

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change; changing; vicissitudes; fading; waning

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flow of time; flux of time; lapse of time; current of the times; trend of the times

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pensive (or worried) look on one's face

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father

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brothers and sisters; siblings

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to knock down; to knock off

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child's mind; child's heart; young mind

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to clear up; to become cloudless

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to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)

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metal sake jug; sake warmer

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child rearing; child raising; raising children; parenting

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to shake off

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grabbing hold; eagle grip; tight hold

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stabbing through; plunging into; sticking right into; sinking into (mud, water, etc.)

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grinding of the teeth; involuntary nocturnal tooth grinding; bruxism; grinding one's teeth out of anger or vexation; gnashing one's teeth; gritting one's teeth

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patriarchy

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waves that remain after the wind has subsided; after-effect; aftermath

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drawing; picture; diagram; sight; scene

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unbearable; intolerable; unendurable

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disgrace; shame; insult

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chill; the shivers; shivering fit

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sitting while waiting; (according to the lunar calendar) an eighteen-day-old moon

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creakingly; squeakingly; tightly (squeezing, pressing, etc.); (drinking) in one go

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to lose (something); to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove

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offensive (movement); aggression

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to turn; to shift; to switch; to change; to alter

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to burst into laughter

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couscous; cuscus (variety of phalanger)

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foresight; anticipation

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to become desperate; to give in to despair

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secret plan; secret scheme; secret stratagem; secret method

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distilled liquor; spirits; hard liquor; cachaça (Brazilian liquor)

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to catch fire; to be ignited; to ignite; to flare up (of an emotion, controversy, etc.); to blaze; to be ignited (of a dispute, commotion, etc.)

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inadvertently (letting out a laugh); quickly; all of a sudden; all at once

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absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; neglecting (e.g. one's studies); leaving unattended

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protection; safeguard; shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)

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local prosecutor

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common octopus (Octopus vulgaris)

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while doing over and over; repeatedly

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in the company of; accompanied by ...; as a group comprising ...; likes of ...

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muscleman; strong man

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to go to the bottom of an affair; to inquire into the origin

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unexpected; contrary to expectations; by chance; casual

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plump; chubby; voluptuous

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to be fragrant; to smell (good); to stink; to smell (bad); to glow; to be bright

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boar taint; male animal odor; musky male scent; male body odor

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with a sting; with a tingle; nervously; tensely; with a rip; with a ripping sound

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to twitch

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