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(arch.) sitting outdoors; room that served both as a reception room and as a living room in a Heian-period mansion; temporary sitting place installed in the garden at the imperial court, used on the occasion of archery or sumo ceremonies

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Brookes

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vinegar

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Christmas Eve

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thanatos; death instinct (in psychoanalysis); Thanatos; personification of death (in Greek mythology)

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serial killer

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Jake

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custom; common practice; habit

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lightly seasoned

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time to pay the piper; (lit.) time to pay the land tax (in kind)

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oh well, fine; fine, I guess; alright, I suppose; OK, then

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tilde; wave dash

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robbery and murder; murder during robbery

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match fixing; put-up job; fixed game

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unique; rare; exceptional; unparalleled; incomparable

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to chastise; to punish; to discipline

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chasing; chase

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beauty parlor

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running alone; running solo; having a large lead (over the others); being far ahead (of everyone else); having one's own way; ignoring others' opinions and acting as one wishes

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ratings (e.g. of a television program); audience rating; viewing rate

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to chatter pointlessly; to waste one's breath

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suffering; distress; hardship; trial

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most (numerous); largest (number of)

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tiger (feline, Panthera tigris)

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system where all students live in dormitories; residential system; boarding system (e.g. boarding school)

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thunderstorm

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to return a favor (favour); to repay

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new era; new period; new age; new epoch

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congratulatory address

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Albert

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some; several; many; how many; how much; very

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to establish; to formulate

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to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent

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weak; feeble

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traction; towing; hauling; driving (e.g. economic growth)

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establishment; founding; setting (a record)

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information; (brief) notice; letting someone know; first report; initial report

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to have one's hands slip (and drop something)

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eyewitness testimony

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assist; assistance

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to care for someone; to look after someone

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administration of justice

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to stub out (e.g. a cigarette); to crush out; to smother (fire); to hush up; to cover up; to stifle

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to avenge (somebody) by striking down their killer

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approval; license; licence; permission

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middle-aged man; uncle

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fierce (fight, competition, etc.); severe; hot; hard; bitter; keen

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to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest

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to be coming; to be popular; to be fashionable; to be angry; to have blown one's lid

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fear; horror; anxiety; concern; uneasiness; reverence

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