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blood is thicker than water

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Que Sera, Sera (song title); Whatever Will Be, Will Be

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rakugo; traditional Japanese comic storytelling; comic story (told by a professional storyteller)

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Bohemian

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false telegram

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salamander (amphibian of the order Caudata)

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starfish; sea star; asteroid; northern Pacific seastar (Asterias amurensis)

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a reworking; a pushover

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dead drunk

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mochi cut thin, dried, and baked or fried

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daikon (variety of large white Oriental radish, Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus); ham actor

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against the rules; breaking etiquette; illegal

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gang of young toughs; hooligans; hoodlums; hoods; yobbos

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always; at any time

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plump; fleshy; chubby; (walking) slowly; with soft-footed steps (of toddlers, small animals, etc.)

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ceremonial bonfire (seeing off the spirits on the final night of O-Bon)

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great fool; utter fool; complete idiot; absolute moron

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newt (esp. the Japanese fire belly newt, Cynops pyrrhogaster)

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being already (well) aware

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split end of hair

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to get narrower; to contract

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to spend all of one's time in idle amusement

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inside the capital

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erotic

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obscene; indecent; dirty; improper

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treatment (esp. hair treatment)

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long bath; staying in the bath for a long time

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astounding; startling; world-shaking; amazing; earth-shattering

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to pinch and crush; to pinch out

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wild; unruly; arrogant; endless (e.g. spending); uncontrolled; rampant (e.g. weeds)

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lewdness; lewd person; pervert; lecher

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has reached its limit; has reached its peak

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main street (esp. in a capital); main thoroughfare; (arch.) most important of the three classes of highway (ritsuryo period)

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coffee-flavored milk; coffee milk

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to display one's real ability; to show one's real ability; to show one's stuff; to show oneself at one's best; to really shine; to come into one's own

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to part from; to part company with; to split with; to break off relations with

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year-end party; "forget-the-year" party; bōnenkai

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to be a point of honor; to affect someone's good name

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to light up; to brighten

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contrary person; sourpuss; dog-in-the-manger

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assurance; guarantee

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being clearheaded; having a keen (sharp, brilliant) mind

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heave-ho!; heave!

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useless object; deadwood; white elephant; boondoggle

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daruma; tumbling doll; Bodhidharma; prostitute

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Afro

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love; attachment; lovesickness

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hairy; thickly haired; shaggy

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to engage in a bloody feud; to have a family quarrel; to quarrel with one's own flesh and blood; (lit.) to wash blood for blood

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emphatically (bite, gulp, chew, etc.)

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