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to preserve life

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sunlight; sunshine; Nikkō (city in Tochigi); Suryaprabha (bodhisattva)

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light brown; golden brown; tan

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shading; shielding from light

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tanning salon; tanning parlor; tanning parlour

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white person; Caucasian; (arch.) beginner; (arch.) amateur; (arch.) unlicensed prostitute

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running water; flowing water; stream

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to be reflected in a mirror

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virgin (usu. female); maiden; virgin (e.g. forest); unspoiled by human activity; debut; maiden (e.g. voyage)

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premarital sexual relations

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erotomania; sexual obsession; sexual maniac

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all right; let's do this!; you got it!; it's here!; finally!; boom!

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mastery

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dishonor; dishonour; disgrace; shame

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to laugh off (a rumor, worries, etc.); to laugh away

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to become a couple; to be man and wife; to be married to

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fossil; petrifaction; petrification; fossilization

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energy conservation; economical use of energy

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vampire; bloodsucker

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with a boom; with a crash; with a rumble

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fateful; predestined

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manners; customs; public morals; sex service; sex industry

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tailor; dressmaker

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cherry (fruit; esp. of the sweet cherry, Prunus avium)

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harvesting; reaping

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wheat straw; barley straw

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to be nearing death; to be dying

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bloodsucking; sucking blood

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being familiar with; having a thorough knowledge of; being well-informed about

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paying no heed to; not caring about; taking no notice of

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the six historical styles of writing kanji: large seal, small seal, clerical, triangular-swept clerical, running, and cursive

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(one's) age

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lobby; lounge

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chandelier

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sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable

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time; years

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pretending to know; claiming to have an answer

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to climb down; to crawl down

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mother

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inner structure; internal anatomy

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level ground; horizon; field of view

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practice kit; practice board; practice partner; training partner

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firing line; caustic curve

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to infuriate one's superior; to incur the anger of one's boss; to bring (a superior's) wrath down upon one; to incur the Imperial wrath; to offend the Emperor; (lit.) to touch the scale on a dragon's throat

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granny

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special someone; special person; precious one; significant other

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to strip a person of all his or her clothes; to leave someone with nothing; to leave someone penniless; to steal someone blind

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to guess; to estimate

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loss; defeat; counter for losses

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