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Sangenjaya

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1seg (Japanese terrestrial digital broadcasting service for mobile devices)

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Tokyo Fire Department

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Seijou

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third year of elementary school; third year elementary school student

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fulling block; wooden or stone block for beating cloth

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first year of junior high school; first-year junior high school student

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to suspend operations (esp. of trains); to stop driving

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epicenter; epicentre

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hypocentre (of an earthquake); hypocenter

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Kanto region (incl. Tokyo, Kanagawa, Saitama, Gunma, Tochigi, Ibaraki and Chiba prefectures)

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(means of) transportation; transport; transportation facilities; transportation system; transit system

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by a hair's breadth; in the nick of time; touch and go; close call; critical moment

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Tokyo Bay

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attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning

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absent-mindedly; idly; vacantly; doing nothing

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to confuse (someone); to befuddle; to bewilder; to mystify; to throw up a smokescreen; (lit.) to surround with smoke

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young bird; chick; fledgling; hina doll; doll displayed during the Girls' Festival

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just kidding; Not!

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caster; newscaster; news anchor; anchorman

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being painfully-true (e.g. reprimand); making one's ears burn; striking home (e.g. remark); having an earache; feeling pain in one's ear

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to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing

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pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model

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slowly; inefficiently; tardily; dawdling

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difference in grades (e.g. in go, shoji, etc.); difference in level (e.g. road, footpath); ramp; steps

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collapse; break; cave-in; crash; (market) decline

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tsunami; tidal wave

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to leave behind

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close; intimate; on good terms

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conflagration; fire

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first floor; ground floor; one floor; one storey; one rank

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older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am; older girl

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(within) the (Tokyo) metropolitan area

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presumption; assumption; estimation

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west side; west bank

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all together now!; one, two, go!; ready, set, go!; heave, ho!; oops-a-daisy

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your; indicates high rank or status; indicates love and respect (usu. for an older person)

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northern part; the north (of a region)

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we

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rather; sooner; preferably

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oof; ough; ulp

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ta-dah!; ta-da!; voilà!

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T-shirt; tee shirt

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motorcycle; motorbike; bicycle

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four o'clock

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to endure; to keep out (e.g. rain); to pull through; to get over; to surpass; to outdo

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about to start out; just about to leave or go out; outing; trip

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please; I beg you; for mercy's sake

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truth

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to stick up (hair, etc.); to stand up straight; to stand up abruptly; to jump to one's feet; to stand in one place, doing nothing in particular; to stand around

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