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breaking down; defeating; abolishing

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very small

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joke; gag

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new work; new production; new composition; new creation; new title

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dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding

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face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour

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to encourage; to cheer; to raise (the voice)

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Mr (junior); master; boy

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close; intimate; on good terms

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childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate

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depressed; bummed out; down; heavy-hearted; heavy-spirited; feeling reluctant (to do)

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to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)

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uh-huh; mm-hmm; with a moan; with a groan

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hindrance; intrusion

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juice; soft drink (usu. fruit-based); sweetened drink

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book; volume; this; present; main; head

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earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)

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lesson; class work; teaching; instruction

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to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in

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Jōmon period (ca. 14000-1000 BCE)

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prayer; supplication

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doll; puppet; figure

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university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)

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archaeology; archeology

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university (college) professor

2

back (of body)

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joint together; opposite; facing

2

to appear; to start to appear; to show signs of appearing

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present; gift; to give a present or gift

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indicates supposition; if ... then; when; (typically after someone's name) indicates exasperation

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idling; lazing; slovenly; flirting; philandering; womanizing

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roof

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dome

4

big; large; great

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telescope

4

astronomical telescope

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astronomical observation; stargazing

2

business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...

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to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till

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astronomical observatory

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researcher; lab worker

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busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety

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work; job; labor; work

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time; hour; period; class

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irregularity; unsteadiness; disorderly

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older brother; elder brother

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please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of

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to do

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(good) result; outcome; fruits (of one's labors); product; accomplishment

2

to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with

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