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celebrating recovery from illness

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as soon as possible; ASAP; even a little early

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nourishment

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to be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)

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shopping; purchased goods

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important; significant; precious; valuable; careful

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to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by

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devoted; self-sacrificing

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nursing (a patient)

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grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); assistance; help; effects; influence

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to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid

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cheek (of face)

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to survive

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old; former; the old; old things; old times; bygone days

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navy

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north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind

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north-east; Tōhoku (northernmost six prefectures of Honshu); Tohoku

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mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but

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violence; oppression; high-handedness; tyranny; despotism

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fifth degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale)

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Yue (kingdom in ancient China; 6th C-334 BCE); Vietnam

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many feudal clans

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alliance; union; league

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opposition; rivalry; competition; antagonism

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by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking

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heartening; reassuring

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barony of the first degree; influential feudal clan

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impatient; tantalized; tantalised; irritated; chagrined; chagrinned

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looking or acting as if one owned the place

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to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to be confused from not knowing what to do

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to ask; to inquire; to implore (a god for an oracle); to seek direction (from your superior); to visit; to speak to (a large crowd at a theatre, etc.)

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to be suspected (of); to be under suspicion (of)

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investigation (e.g. by police or prosecutors); examination; inquiry; enquiry

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exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite

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reappearance; reemergence; return; reproduction; reenactment; recreation

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to manage; to control; to supervise; to crack down on; to keep under strict control; to enforce

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small fraction; small proportion

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absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively

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killing a passerby in order to test a new sword

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offender; criminal

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cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman

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fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she

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piece of meat; cut of meat

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small pieces; fragments; chopped meat; scraps (of beef, pork, etc.)

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persistent; obstinate; tenacious; relentless; insistent; importunate

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to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)

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deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing

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to be called ...; to be referred to as ...

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guess; speculation; supposition

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for example; for instance; e.g.

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