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fraudulent business of selling goods by claiming they will bring supernatural benefits

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all green; winning hand consisting only of exclusively green tiles (green dragons and suited bamboo tiles of the numbers 2, 3, 4, 6 and 8)

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gathering of talented people; group of geniuses

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halo; angel ring; glow of freshly washed or treated hair

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euthanasia

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to take by deception; to defraud someone of; to swindle someone out of; to cheat someone out of

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Suzuki

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bitch; wench

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

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always hitting the bull's-eye; infallible

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dullard; indecisive person

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insurance payout; insurance money

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to fall in love; to be in love; to be charmed with; to lose one's heart to

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custom; habit; customary practice

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to torment; to torture; to harass

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detective

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was; were

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just one person; only one

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complicity

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to instigate; to tempt; to entice; to incite

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spring break; spring vacation

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grazing; skimming; almost touching; barely; just; narrowly

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to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up

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being able to hear something (clearly); clearness of a sound; reputation; renown; impression (that something gives off); respectability

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writer

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lifesaver; person who saved one's life

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100 percent

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unpleasant; uncomfortable; creepy; spooky

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graduation ceremony; commencement

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property; fortune; means; assets

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good performance; good work; great success

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aunt

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restraint; restriction; fetters; binding; confinement with rope

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the other world; the next world; the world beyond; world after death

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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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catch; catching; catch; shop tout; puller-in; catching (in swimming and boating); catching the water

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lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate

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adopted child (usu. male); son-in-law

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gross; disgusting

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to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk

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schoolboy; male student

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beast (i.e. any animal other than man); person reborn into the animal realm; brute (i.e. a contemptible human being); damn it; damn

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in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly; hazily; with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh

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you

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peaceful; tranquil; calm; restful

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furthermore; even more

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3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma

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a great deal; very much; a lot; (arch.) with a great amount of effort

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unwillingly; grudgingly; shaking head in refusal (like a child); no!; no no!

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bad person; villain; scoundrel; wrongdoer; wicked person

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