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dyslexia

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good (place to leave off); convenient

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auction house

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edamame (green soybeans)

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Nobel Prize in Literature

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language barrier

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Kawabata Yasunari (1899-1972)

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translator

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two pair (poker)

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Yukio Mishima (1925.1.14-1970.11.25)

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

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Brussels (Belgium)

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fortuneteller; diviner

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to feel comforted; to be in good spirits; to feel better; to trifle with; to fool around with

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full house (esp. in card games such as poker)

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in the manner of an old person; like that of an old person; fusty; old-fashioned; fogyish

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well-balanced

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probability theory

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stone which is worshipped; image of a god in stone

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Oz

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(arch.) Mahito (highest of the eight hereditary titles); you

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to carry out to completion; to carry through; to see (something) through; to complete; to accomplish

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to carry a joke too far

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true man

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competing; competition; auction

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soccer player

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entry number

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quick-witted; quick to understand

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grumbling; muttering; nonsense

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Instagram

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posing; modeling; modelling

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riverbank

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take-out; take-away; carry-out

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Emishi; historical term for non-Yamato peoples in northern Japan; Yezo (northern part of Meiji-era Japan, esp. Hokkaido, but also Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands)

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to warm up to; to become enthusiastic about; to be elated

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Belgium

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sorry; excuse me

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irritating; annoying; tedious (work, person, etc.); boring; depressing; dark (e.g. story)

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phooey

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successful bid; winning a tender

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darling

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mahjong; mah-jongg

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several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number

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to work without sleep or rest

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Chinese (language)

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worthy of; worth doing; worth having

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Neenah

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Chen (ancient Chinese state, approx. 1045-479 BCE); Ch'en; Chen dynasty (China, 557-589 BCE); Ch'en dynasty

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only son

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strength and weakness; (degree of) strength; stress (of a sound); loudness

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