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downturn

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general affairs section

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all on one's own

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bed hair; hair disarranged during sleep; habit of moving around in one's sleep; sleeping habit

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current year (fiscal, academic, etc.)

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(sharp) creak; squeak

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staking out (in advance; e.g. a seat or a spot); saving a place; reserving a location

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Kaoru

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uniform; even; across-the-board; equal

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signing; autograph session

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hotcake; (American) pancake

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pay; salary; wages; allowance; grant; supply

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landlord; landlady

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female friend; woman friend

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to work hard; to work diligently

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regular time; stated period

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full bloom (esp. of cherry blossom); full blossom

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(personal) appearance; (personal) grooming; essential skill; required knowledge

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to get mended; to be repaired; to return to normal; to recover (e.g. one's temper); to be corrected; to get put right; to come right

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example; role model

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batsu game; punishment given to the loser of a game or contest

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assignment (of a person to somewhere); attachment (of a person to another unit, organization, etc.)

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repeatedly; over and over again; fully (e.g. understand); very much; very well

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director; executive; officer; official; person in charge

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after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years

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three; 3

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each (person); everyone; individual; respective

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Saturday

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business; affairs; duties; work; procedure; task

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one week

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humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits

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foreign country

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kitchen

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younger; junior

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bento; Japanese box lunch

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one year; some time ago

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

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breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting; overcoming; exceeding; passing

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this area; around here; this point; this much; this extent

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plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit

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completion; conclusion; perfect (tense, form, aspect)

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boyfriend; he; him

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bad feeling; feeling bad; disagreeable; unpleasant; revolting; gross

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good morning

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ha ha ha (laughter)

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date (with someone); (social) outing (for two); date night; date (day)

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to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss

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as much as one can; as much as possible; if at all possible

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zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch

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to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed

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