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in bad taste; problematic; of poor character

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Nobue

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allotment (allocation) of marks

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explicit statement (e.g. law); express provision

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boiling in an iron pot; boiling to death (punishment during the Warring States period)

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shop; small store; business; firm

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(surface of) field; plain; unworked surface of (quarried) stone; (rough) surface of plank

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fieldstone

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control panel; switchbox

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naked tribe; tribe or group that habitually goes naked; nudist; nudism; being habitually undressed at home or in hotel rooms etc. (e.g. dressed in underwear)

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tax included (e.g. price); before tax (e.g. salary)

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creamy (in flavor or texture)

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email friend; email penpal

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negative ion

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paper-covered folded fan used in noh and storytelling

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store; shop; establishment; restaurant

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Japanese-style garden; traditional Japanese landscape garden

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butterfly

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raw food; perishables

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repeatedly; several times; many times

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one-liner; funny joke; gag; quick trick

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meaningless; pointless

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opening (one's mouth) wide; saying "aah"; crying loudly; wailing; bawling

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phone trace; detecting the source of a telephone call

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fleeing; escape

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avant-garde

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with a click (door sound); with tenseness or firmness

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attractive body; nice-looking body

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forget it; forget what I just said; scratch that; check that

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yokozuna (highest rank in sumo); grand champion; best in its field; crème de la crème; cream of the crop

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my condolences

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curse; divine punishment; wrath (of an angry spirit)

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please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of

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variety; variety show

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(arch.) office; (arch.) official; chief; head; (Yaeyama Islands in Okinawa) person (usually a woman) whose duty it is to officiate at religions ceremonies

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cold-blooded; unfeeling; heartless; heart of stone; inconsiderate

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uneasily; restlessly; erratically

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too; also; still; as before; even so; either way

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forever; in perpetuity

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tub; washbasin; washbowl

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kakishibu; astringent persimmon juice used as a dye or to to treat wood, paper, etc.

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or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean

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to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for

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peerless; unparalleled; unparallelled

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boom; bang; wham; Oh my God!; What a shock!

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wintertime; winter season

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let's go

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and; thereupon; because of that

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to avoid; to refrain from; to shun; to detest

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more than one can eat

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