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kanji "curving river" radical (variant of radical 47)

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Mera

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serif

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alive; to arrive

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Hanasa Kajiisan

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Kaidou

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Saeki

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jostling; milling about; crush; packed with (activities, products, etc.); teeming with; chock-full of

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frontispiece

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hung up; hoist; denounced; severely criticised; kangaroo court

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S; s; south; sulfur; nth year in the Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7); small; second

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Kasai

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modern version; modern edition; updated, contemporary edition

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high jump

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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (novel by L. F. Baum, 1900); The Wizard of Oz (film, 1939)

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Grimm's Fairy Tales

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royal milk tea

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knuckle dusters; brass knuckles

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Urashima

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one-hit wonder; flash in the pan; all-or-nothing gambler; one-shot speculator; slugger; home-run batter

1

to rise in esteem; to become popular; to rise in value (stocks)

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to manage (all by oneself); to control; to run; to take charge of

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after making the rounds; after having passed through many hands; after going through many places; eventually

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strangely; oddly; miraculously; mysteriously

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to bend down; to bow down; to prostrate oneself; to hide oneself

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Takahashi

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volume-sales electronics retailer; electronics retail store

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chrysanthemum flower

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to be planted

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role (which someone or something plays in a given situation); part; contribution (to a given situation)

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(one) line; (one) row

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palace

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study (for a role); preparation for a part (in a play, etc.)

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casting

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to feign ignorance; to evade one's responsibilities

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or; OR (Boolean operator)

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Urashima's casket (in the story of Urashima Tarō); Pandora's box; one's closely guarded treasure

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coral

4

palace; hall; shrine; hall of fame

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to draw lots

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flounder (esp. the large-tooth flounders of family Paralichthyidae, but also lefteye flounders of family Bothidae); bastard halibut; olive flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus)

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to appear all together; to be all present

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quality

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to get the short end of the stick; to get the bad end of a bargain

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Palace of the Dragon King; palace from the story of Urashima Taro (said to be located at the bottom of the sea)

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Amur silvergrass (Miscanthus sacchariflorus)

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key to a solution; first step toward a solution; thread to unravel a mystery

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dead

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Chinese soft-shelled turtle (Pelodiscus sinensis); soft-shelled turtle (Trionychidae)

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you're lying; yeah, right; liar; fibber

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