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superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding

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year-end office closing (usu. Dec. 28)

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ready, go!; race

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Kasai Seaside Park

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Tamiko

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police; police officer; police station

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Noa

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bay area; waterfront

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automatic

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industrial

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palace examination (national Chinese civil servant examination based largely on classic literature); someone who has passed this examination; examination for promotion in the Ministry of Ceremonies (based largely on political duties and Chinese classics); someone who has passed this examination

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grandma; gramma

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return match (esp. boxing); rematch

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g'morning

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to be wide-awake; to be wakeful; to be unable to sleep

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Yamazaki

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chazuke; cooked rice with green tea poured on it

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warmth; warm weather

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talisman; lucky charm

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of unknown affiliation

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out of control; out of hand; unmanageable

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dramatic

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heater

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dissatisfaction with the work (role) given to one; feeling oneself above the given work (role); not up to the task; (being) out of one's depth

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to pull oneself together; to focus one's mind; to brace oneself; to gird up one's loins

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Japanese tea

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cultivated rice field

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to have something on someone; to catch someone out; to trip someone up; (lit.) to grab by the tail

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oops; uh oh; drats

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to get heavy; to worsen (of illness); to grow serious

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Babylon

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the year end; end of the year; last days of the year

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sorry

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something long; useless things; white elephant; boondoggle

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to poke fun at; to make fun of; to send up

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absent-mindedly; vacantly; idly; lazily

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person given as a reference; witness; potential suspect; person of interest; witness

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check-out

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won (Korean currency)

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rolling stock; railroad cars; wheeled vehicles

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squirrel's foot fern (Davallia mariesii); Lepisorus thunbergianus (species of fern); color of clothing layers under one's overcoat (light green on blue); ancient women's hairstyle; clothing patterned using squirrel's foot fern

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Alfons

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greatest ... in history

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changing one's attitude; turning over a new leaf; getting a fresh start

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please do (something)

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degree of freedom

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warning sound

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check; keeping in check; containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; pickoff throw; holding a runner on base

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to follow around

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please be careful; please take care

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