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just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of

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jersey (fabric); jersey; (sports) uniform; Jersey (cattle)

2

acting ability; talent as a performer

2

optical illusion; hallucination; misapprehension; delusion

1

world

1

to project; to reflect; to cast (shadow)

1

presenter; speaker; performer; actor; participant (in a TV show or TV panel)

2

projection

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preference; priority; precedence

1

best; most (valuable player); top (quality); grade A; ace; finest

2

very small amount; insignificant thing; negligible amount

1

speed; velocity; pace; velocity

1

soot

1

sukiyaki; thin slices of beef, cooked with various vegetables in a table-top cast-iron pan

1

at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because; as you know

2

minor business

3

cooked rice

1

eating; bite (in fishing)

2

cram school; private tutoring school; juku

4

Tess

1

this evening; tonight

1

fate; destiny

1

left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one

1

battle; game; bout

1

in some cases; sometimes; on occasions

1

advance warning; previous notice; announcement; herald; harbinger; forerunner

2

narration

1

to wear glasses; to put on glasses

1

naked eye; the physical eye

1

state; condition; circumstances; sight; spectacle

1

petrifaction; petrification; mineralization; mineralisation; lithification; fossilization

13

defense; defence; protecting; preventing

1

to lament; to grieve; to regret; to deplore

1

have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary

2

to be suspicious (of something or somebody)

2

and yet; though; when; in spite of

1

erotic; pornographic; obscene; perverted; horny; dirty

2

lattice; counter for large bundles (e.g. 10 sheafs of rice, 200 sheets of calligraphy paper, 20 whistling arrows, 100 fish); handbreadth (unit for measuring the length of arrows)

1

settlement (of affairs); remedial measures; cleaning up afterwards

1

(creating) a cover-up

1

to do in place of or on behalf of (someone)

2

surroundings; environs; circumference

2

in high spirits

1

first contact

1

quite clearly; quite distinctly; perfectly; exactly

1

guardian spirit

1

cheek

1

garments; attire

4

Inoue

1

Okazaki

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