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The Goonies

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old-maidish (esp. of fashion); old-womanish

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mixed juice

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meow; miaow

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green bamboo

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ginger ale

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locked-room murder (e.g. in murder mystery fiction)

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cantaloupe-flavoured soda

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to move; to put elsewhere; to tidy; to put in order

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good

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child who has returned to Japan after living abroad; returnee child; (Japanese) person who lived abroad during (part of) their childhood

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snow shoveling (shovelling); snow clearing; snow removal; snow shovel; snow plow; snow plough

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garbage can; rubbish bin; trash can; dustbin

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snowball fight

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self-service drink area in a restaurant (incl. soft drinks, coffee, tea, etc.)

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personification; anthropomorphization

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living; being alive; freshness; liveliness; situation in which a group of stones cannot be captured because it contains two or more gaps (in go); stet

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please be careful; please take care

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taking on a life of its own (of a rumour, etc.); walking by oneself; talking a walk by oneself; walking unaided; being able to walk without help; standing on one's own feet

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chink in the armor (armour)

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katakana; angular Japanese syllabary used primarily for loanwords

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even though it is not; despite not

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thud

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if you insist (on it)

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snowman

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to take all things together; to include everything; to take account of everything

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syrup

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oceanic whitetip shark (Carcharhinus longimanus)

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exactly!; surely!; that's it!; ding dong (sound of door bell, chime, etc.)

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fifth (interval)

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to begin to write; to start writing; to write out (e.g. on a blackboard); to extract (and write down); to write down (the important parts); to export

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various types

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what color

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misfortune; bad luck; ill luck; ill fortune

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's house; 's home

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best regards; please remember me; please treat me favorably (favourably); please take care of

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methodical; precise; meticulous; wooden post that has been carved to have a rounded corner with grooves running along either side of it

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degenerate; pervert; deviant

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erasure; striking off; crossing out; cancellation; deletion

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winter vacation; winter holidays

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to catch a cold

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to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to drag; to pull

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lightly rolling (of a small and round thing); pleasant, high-pitched sound (e.g. bell, young woman's laughter); changing frequently (e.g. conversation, plans); (occurring) in rapid succession (e.g. sumo wrestlers being defeated); roly-poly; chirp chirp (sound of insects); ribbit ribbit (sound of frogs)

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to catch a cold

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with a tap; with a knock; smoothly (proceed); without a hitch; even; equal

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tap-tap; knock-knock; cough-cough; bark (of a fox); yelp; heavily (e.g. of snow falling)

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family restaurant

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indeed; it's no wonder

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sound of the wind; voice of the wind

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to scatter around; to leave untidy; to make a mess

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