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this is why; this means; it is the case that

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tantrum; fretting

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sliding; slipping

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sitting in a circle

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candle

8

to give and take; to make mutual concessions; to compromise

1

light source

1

reliance; dependence

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light offered to a god or Buddha; votive light

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flabbily; softly; limply; easily (bend); effortlessly; flexibly

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senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer

5

street racer

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one day; (on) a certain day

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as always; as usual

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(mountain) pass; highest point on a mountain road; ridge; peak (e.g. of summer); worst (e.g. of an illness); crisis

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to attack; to assault; to assail

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patrol car

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exceeding the speed limit; speeding

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policewoman

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not wearing a helmet (on a motorcycle, etc.)

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two people using the same (vehicle) (often two on a bike)

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woman

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police officer; policeman; constable

1

several days later

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to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)

1

gulpingly; in one gulp

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to make a sound with one's throat; to purr (cat)

1

misfortune; bad luck; ill luck; ill fortune

1

end; tip; extremities; terminal

1

mess; spoiled; spoilt; (come to) nothing; ruin

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ruby; ruby character; small hiragana or katakana readings of kanji usually above or to the side of the kanji (esp. used by printers and in ref. to printed material)

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child; boy; (arch.) I; (arch.) me

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to (call and) stop; to call (someone) to stop; to hail (e.g. a taxi)

1

wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam

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expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...

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dimly; faintly; with a faint light; warmly; friendly; in a heartwarming manner

1

chat; desultory conversation

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to advise strongly; to insist (on something)

1

intolerable; unbearable; tremendous; out of this world; cannot help (doing); cannot but do

1

something like ...; something called ...

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firelight; shadows or forms moving in firelight

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standard; set; routine; decided

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way of reciting; way of telling a story

1

to quieten down; to fall silent; to cease activities; to become inactive; to lie low

1

one by one; each; every; at intervals of

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deep in the forest

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to fetch; to go and get

1

favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right

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more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time

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number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout

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