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serious; grave; dignified; solemn

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reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight

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as ... as one can; as ... as possible; as much as possible

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to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start

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indeed; it's no wonder

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smooth

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today; this day

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one's sister-in-law; stepsister (elder)

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tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health

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early; soon; quickly; swiftly; rapidly

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discipline; training; teaching manners

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having a habit of stealing things; being light-fingered

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purse; handbag; wallet

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to pull out; to draw out; to disconnect; to steal contents of; to pilfer (from); to pickpocket

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supermarket; subtitles; telop; superheterodyne; super

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(one acting as a) foster parent

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to not know what to do with; to be at a loss with; to have difficulty with; to be put out

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Buddhist mortuary tablet

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wedding anniversary

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hot spring; onsen; hot spring resort; hot spring spa

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hotel

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fire; conflagration

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burned down; entirely destroyed

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thirteen; 13; king (playing card)

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five; five years of age; eight o'clock (old time system)

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to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)

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leaving school during a term

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uncle

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to do what one is told to; to take someone's advice; to listen to what someone says

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finally; at last; ultimately; in the end

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library; book storage; stack room; archive (file)

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to creep in; to steal in; to sneak in

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denotes uncertainty; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; A and B and the like

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little more than; only slightly better than; almost the same as

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public performance; exhibition in a foreign country

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filling (up) a hole; filling in (for a gap, vacancy, etc.); stopgap; making up (for a loss, damage, etc.); covering (a deficit); cloze deletion (test format)

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suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange

2

high class; high grade; high rank; seniority

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and; or; and the like; and so forth; and what not

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water filter; water purification system

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ridiculously expensive; stupidly expensive

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multi-level marketing; MLM; network marketing; pyramid selling

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trader; dealer; businessperson; fellow trader; people in the same trade

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to instigate; to tempt; to entice; to incite

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company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)

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invitation; solicitation; canvassing; canvasing; inducement; persuasion

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income; receipts; revenue

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instability; insecurity; crankiness

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to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal

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taking over another's debt; shouldering someone else's burden; subrogation

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