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Koumon

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Nakano

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hair crab (Erimacrus isenbeckii)

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water-filled bamboo tube which clacks against a stone when emptied; device for scaring birds from gardens

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Haruka

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just-harvested; something freshly harvested or gathered (usually produce)

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advertising department; public relations department; PR department

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countryside people (in town); visitor from the country; out-of-towner; country bumpkin (visiting the big city); yokel

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urban areas

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jingisukan; grilled mutton and vegetable dish; slotted dome cast iron grill (used for jingisukan)

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division; section; demarcation; (traffic) lane; compartment; classification

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sea monster; green turtle

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northern sea; North Sea; Hokkaido

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to be breathtaking; to be stifling

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boohoo; boo hoo; waa waa

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change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension

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industrial arts; craft

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production

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Hakodate (city in Hokkaido)

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to dig up; to expose; to disclose

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will not do; do not; does not

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and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless

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what's the matter?

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bursting with youth and energy (esp. young woman); vivaciously young; (fish) jumping around energetically (e.g. when caught in a net); bursting (e.g. seams); tight; splattering (e.g. cooking oil)

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brown coal; lignite

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screaming; squawking; squealing; loud complaining; noisy conversation

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time appointed for meeting (assembling); time one is supposed to meet

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to strike (with a stick, whip, etc.); to hit; to punch; to go to (a place to eat, drink, etc.)

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way of asking; way of listening; listener

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revival from the brink of death; recovering from a hopeless situation; resuscitation; revitalization

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soft serve ice cream (icecream)

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and; thereupon; because of that

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then; well then; if so

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isn't it?

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to copy; to imitate; to counterfeit; to forge

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free action; free activity; acting at one's own discretion; taking one's own course; free hand; independent action

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it can't be helped; so it goes; c'est la vie

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ahem

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hey; listen

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to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for

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to sharpen; to hone; to wash (rice); to scour; to polish

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this and that; this or that; one thing after another

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yoo-hoo; halloo; hi-de-ho; howdy; hey

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liver; innards; courage; spirit; crux; essential point

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comical (story, song); comic; the comedy business (rakugo, manzai, etc.); something laughable

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darling

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to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through

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what kind of; what sort of; what; how; in what way

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straight ball (pitch); direct (e.g. question); blunt

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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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