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dhyana (profound meditation); Zen (Buddhism)

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Ijichi

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Kugisaki

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well bottom; narrow place

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brand-new (clothing, shoes)

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disgusting; gross; bad feeling; weird

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technical college; higher schools and colleges

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to be disgusted; to be repulsed; to get the creeps

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wild rose; briar; multiflora rose (Rosa multiflora); baby rose; Japanese rose

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last piece of the day's programme; last act of a play; comic dialogue as the last item in vaudeville, music hall, etc.

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to tingle with excitement; to be full of excitement; to be thrilled

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lidded plastic container; Tupperware

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unregistered; non-registered

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toad (esp. the Japanese toad, Bufo japonicus)

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rope; cord; line; grand champion's braided belt

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to fall behind; to drop out; to drop; to fall; to spill

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handshake event; handshake session; event where it is possible to shake hands with a celebrity, sportsperson, pop star, etc.

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unprecedented; unheard-of; record-breaking

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not having long to live

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short end of the stick; short straw; unlucky number; blank; bad bargain

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pinch-hitting

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the top (e.g. top ten); the best

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conservatives

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charm; magical tool

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just safe (e.g. just avoiding being late, failing an exam, etc.); only just OK; barely acceptable

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fake; something false; sham; deception

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Japanese chimera; mythical creature with a monkey's head, tanuki's body, tiger's limbs, and a snake tail; White's thrush (Zoothera dauma); mysterious person; person of unknown character

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nightly procession of monsters, spirits, etc.; veritable pandemonium; large number of people plotting and doing evil; creepy characters roaming about

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guess; speculation; supposition

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walking around at night; night travel; night train

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scales; weighing machine

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three wheels

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field in which one acts unchallenged; unrivaled sphere of activity (unrivalled); one's monopoly

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pineapple (Ananas comosus)

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evil; wickedness; (role of) the villain (in theatre, etc.); the bad guy

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to make do errands; to set to scutwork

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subject

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to dam up; to hold back; to keep back; to stem (an activity); to check (e.g. progress)

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transfer (trains, buses, etc.); change; switch (to another ideology, party, system, method, etc.); change; switching (stock); chromosomal crossover

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no exception; without exception; always the same

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ruler; measure

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quarrel; fight; trouble; dispute; friction; discord

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verbalizing; putting into words

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full speed

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to bare one's fangs; to snarl (at)

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grade; class; degree; magnitude

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hundredfold; hundred times as much; much more (than previously)

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gofer; dogsbody; person who is made to do things or get things for someone else

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ill-bred; impolite; rude; impudent; insolent; blunt

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from the start; from the beginning; from the outset

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