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to wake up; to awake; to perk up; to awaken (to the truth, etc.); to come to a realization; to come to one's senses

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whale (Cetacea spp.)

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indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)

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to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing

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the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...

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photograph; photo; picture; moving picture; movie

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to take (a photo); to record (video, audio, etc.); to make (a film)

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to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience

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I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that

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you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...

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to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine

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but; however; although

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to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up

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how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way

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such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!

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thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work

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to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)

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yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's

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seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!

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wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do

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reason; pretext; motive

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things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that

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nowhere

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although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish

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this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence

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you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she

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indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

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business card

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be; is; did; (have) done; please; do

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third month of the lunar calendar; (arch.) thick growth (of grass, etc.); Yayoi period (ca. 300 BCE-300 CE); Yayoi culture

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Statistics Bureau of Japan; SBJ; (lit.) Statistics Bureau, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications

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statistics

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research division; inquiry section

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second

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inspection (for compliance); investigation (tax, etc.)

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lesson; section (in an organization); division; counter for lessons and chapters (of a book)

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the third

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subsection head; assistant manager; chief clerk

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aid; help; assistance; assistant; counselor; counsellor

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oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!

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to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)

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to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise

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great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough

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as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")

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public safety; public welfare

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rise; increase; income; takings; completion; end; end result (e.g. of crafts)

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elite

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Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation

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ah; oh; hey!

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that; those; the

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