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prime minister; premier; chancellor

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to behave; to conduct oneself; to entertain; to treat someone (to a drink); to make tea for someone (tea ceremony)

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to be oversized (overloud, etc.)

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moral duty; moral obligations; justification; pretext; just cause

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gardener

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weak; frail; fragile

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to burst into tears; to burst out crying; to begin to cry; to be moved to tears

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so to speak; so to call it; as it were

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to accrete; to become whole; to come together

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being the sole winner; winner-take-all

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remaining years (of one's life)

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one's own child; one's own children

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slaughter (of animals for meat); butchery

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without doing

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to assume the posture of praying; to press the palms and fingers of both hands together; to beg; to make a supplication; to see (something or someone of high status)

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superior; better

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being battlewise; being skilled in battle; experienced warrior

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cross-country (race, skiiing, etc.); four-wheel-drive vehicle; SUV

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speaking of; (I told you) already; come on

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something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another

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reason; principle; general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon); (in neo-Confucianism) the underlying principles of the cosmos

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obstacle; impediment; hindrance; handicap; impairment; disability

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as a matter of fact; to tell the truth

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meandering; winding

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making a round trip; going and returning; round-trip ticket; return ticket; correspondence; exchanging (letters)

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Yoda

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Nobushige

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Water Horse (19th year of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1942, 2002, 2062)

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pack; horseload

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irresponsibility

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bandit; brigand

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to ask for permission (before doing something); to ask first

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cleaning up; sweeping up; mopping up

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permission; approval; authorization; to permit; to authorize

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extermination (e.g. of pests, demons, bandits); elimination; making someone renounce worldly desires in order to concentrate on Buddha's teachings; curing illness

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I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...

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unbelievable; incredible; implausible

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inarticulate; not making oneself quite clear; slurring one's words; evasive

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not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)

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to understand; to be convinced; to be satisfied

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injustice; impropriety; unreasonableness; undeserved; unfair; invalid

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to have the privilege of doing

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to afflict; to torment; to harass; to molest

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to keep (a person) waiting

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bucket; pail; tub

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quite unlike; not bearing the slightest resemblance

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head; chief; boss; leader

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traffic; transportation; communication; exchange (of ideas, etc.); intercourse

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economic; financial; fiscal

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Torii Mototada

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