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birth (esp. of a famous person); nativity

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formal

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passing through (a tunnel, station, town, etc.); passing by (e.g. of a typhoon); passage (of a bill, e.g. through parliament); carriage; passing (an examination, inspection, etc.); clearing

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lately; recently; these days

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many people; a large number of people

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to lose (a chance); to miss; to overlook; to omit; to deviate; to depart from (the norm, etc.)

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(standing) straight; (extending) flatly; with a snap; abruptly; sticking into (with a quick motion); attaching

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to death (bored, scared, etc.); to distraction; like crazy; like mad; so much; dying (e.g. for a drink)

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aizuchi; backchanneling; interjections indicating that one is paying attention; two smiths hammering at an object in turn

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practice writing with a brush; study; learning

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expert; skilled hand; person of experience

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being in dire distress; being hard put to it; being hard pressed (for money); the four and eight kinds of suffering (birth, old age, disease, death, parting from loved ones, meeting disliked ones, not getting what one seeks, pains of the five skandha)

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as a child; when one was a child

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to spare time (for)

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to add; to write a postscript

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to break the ice; to broach a subject; to bring up a topic

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selfishness; egotism; egoism; (being) self-centered; without consulting; (doing) as one pleases

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ease; relaxation; comfort; unwinding

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to open some distance (e.g. with other people)

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repair; mending

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lost article; thing left behind; leaving something behind; forgetting something

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changing for the better

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one's family; one's clan

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needle; pin; hook; stinger; thorn; hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer

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woven mat (esp. one made of straw); seat

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-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as ...; expresses a command; (arch.) to be; (arch.) indicates completion or continuation of an action

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exclusive; exclusionary; restrictive; clannish

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to give one's life (e.g. in battle); to devote one's life (e.g. to a cause)

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to draw a conclusion; to conclude; to settle on

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wretched; miserable; shameful; mean; despicable; abject

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to sacrifice oneself (for); to give one's life (for); to follow (someone) in taking the same action (out of respect or loyalty; e.g. resigning together with a superior); to follow suit (out of a sense of duty); to follow (one's master) into the grave; to commit suicide (after one's lord has died)

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soldier; combatant; warrior

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good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable

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to think about; to send one's heart out to; to give more than a passing thought to; to think of something far away; to think nostalgically upon (esp. one's hometown)

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as if ...; as if to say ...; as though ...

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alone; by oneself; unaccompanied; unaided; single-handed; without one's family

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anxiously; with anxious looks; with anxiety

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constitution (physical); physical make-up; predisposition (to disease); character (of a group, organization, etc.); innate characteristics; make-up

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ideal; ideals

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form; adjective; i-adjective (in Japanese)

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supervision; management; supervisor; manager

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indescribable; inexpressible; unspeakable

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feeling of dread; awful feeling; sense of fear

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faltering; hesitation

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desperate; hopeless

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under repair; out of service; being adjusted

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to scoop up; to dip up

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artificial; man-made; human work; human skill; artificiality

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coloring agent; colorant; colourant; (food) coloring; colouring

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ratio; proportion; percentage

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