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large-size refuse (e.g. furniture, electrical goods); oversized garbage; bulky rubbish; useless man about the house; husband who is retired and considered a nuisance

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Mahāraurava; The Hell of Great Wailing; The Great Screaming Hell; the fifth of eight hot hells in Buddhism

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tanuki soup; raccoon-dog soup

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true love

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tea gruel; tea flavoured rice gruel

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Inagawa Junji (1947.8-)

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flow line; streamline; lines representing the flow of a fluid

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The Eight Greater Hells

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snapdragon

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Avici hell (the eighth and most painful of the eight hells)

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population explosion

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creeping bugleweed (Ajuga decumbens)

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Momotarou (legendary Japanese folk-tale hero)

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seafood cooked whole so that it retains its original form

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thunder; god of thunder

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eggplant (Solanum melongena); aubergine

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Bon festival; Feast of Lanterns

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selection by the state (esp. of a defense lawyer); appointment; assignment

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blues experienced by college freshmen or workplace recruits shortly after beginning school or work; the May blues

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vajra (mystical weapon in Hinduism and Buddhism)

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Catherine wheel (firework); pinwheel

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ten rulers of the afterlife (who judge the dead and determine their placement in their next life)

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Beer stein

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national network broadcast; nation-wide broadcast

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unchastity; misconduct; dissipation; fornication

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Japanese drum

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here and there; everywhere

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rental apartment; block of rented apartments

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borrower; debtor; tenant; lessee; renter

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torus-shape; toroidal

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burning hell; inferno

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beyond description

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sales talk

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to become a little hungry; to become a bit peckish

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deep-frying without breading or batter; food deep-fried without breading or batter

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medicinal cooking (based on traditional Chinese medicine)

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red-hot iron; gunfire; gambling; violent-tempered

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round of ghost stories (trad. at night with a lamp or candle being extinguished after each story)

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creamy (in flavor or texture)

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fruity

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isolated place; out-of-the-way place; remote part of the land

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all kinds of malicious gossip; heaping verbal abuse (on); cursing and swearing (words)

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ceremonial bonfire (seeing off the spirits on the final night of O-Bon)

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cry (of baby); mewl (of kitten)

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fresh (e.g. fish); lively; spirited; animated

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Yama; judge of the afterlife

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adjourning court

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stew prepared from ingredients contributed by members of a party, and eaten in the dark for fun

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nursing; nurse; attending; attendant; entertainer

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station (esp. a police station); office (e.g. tax office)

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