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last year

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game in which a dangling piece of bread is grabbed in the mouth and raced to the finish line (in school sports festivals)

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last (on the list); (at the) bottom; (in) last position; tailender

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digging into (e.g. one's skin); cutting into; inroads (e.g. into a market); encroachment (e.g. on territory); deficit; loss

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race

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quickly; at once; right away; hurriedly

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slave; servant; slavery

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start

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to take one's place; to take one's position; to go into position; to line up

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already; too late

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title; subject; problem (on a test); question; counter for questions (on a test)

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one thin flat object; one sheet

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opening (a letter, parcel, etc.); breaking the seal; unboxing (a product); unsealed mail

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arranged; taken care of; settled; completed; finished

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borrowed thing

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costume; fancy dress; masquerade; converted (cruiser)

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son (of others); boy; young master; green young man from a well-to-do family; young man innocent of the ways of the world

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let's; let's do

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sum; harmony; peace; Japan; Japanese-style

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Occident and Orient (esp. the Occident); ocean; sea; foreign; Western

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two reams (of paper); 1000 sheets (of paper); stanza; verse; tribe (in taxonomy); forecast (bet); bet which predicts the top 2 finishers (i.e. quinella or perfecta bet)

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changing clothes; change of clothes

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ha ha ha (laughter)

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being in charge of (esp. a class or subject); taking charge of; class teacher; homeroom teacher; form teacher

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to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)

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to do

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thank you for your hard work; good work; see you; goodbye; goodnight

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this year

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increasing; uploading; posting (e.g. content); close-up; finishing shooting (of a film, etc.); upswept hairstyle; being up (i.e. leading in sports)

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foot race

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first prize; gold medal; blue ribbon

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to do so; to do thus

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goal; basket (basketball); finishing line; Gaul

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morning; a.m.

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all present; all concerned; all of us

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morning assembly (at a company, school, etc.); morning gathering

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stand; rack; support; holder; counter for machines, incl. vehicles; setting (e.g. in jewellery); level (e.g. price level)

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shopping district; shopping street; downtown

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fresh fish

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association; union; guild

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activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)

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thoughtless; reckless; rash; excessive; unreasonable; immoderate

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to leave one's seat

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breach of manners; breach of etiquette

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seafood; products of the sea; marine products; fruits of the sea

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lead (in a cheer, toast, song, etc.); (someone's) lead; folk song and dance performed by a group; leader of a group of wind instruments (in gagaku)

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announcement; presentation; demonstration; displaying; showing; introducing

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to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem

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to dance (orig. a hopping dance)

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deep-fried food (esp. chicken)

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