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to make a self-satisfied face; to look smug

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I don't care; fine, whatever; that's okay; sure, go ahead

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Ikuyo

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seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of

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no

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reason; cause; meaning; sense; (good) sense; reason

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to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding

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because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly

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book; volume; this; present; main; head; real

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to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up

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enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful

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cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga

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drummer

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solitude; loneliness; isolation

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question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion

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I; me

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to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum

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business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...

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is that so?; I see; right; oh

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lonely (e.g. person, feeling); lonesome; desolate; deserted; sad; lacking

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endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement

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specialist shop; shop specializing in a particular type of product

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A common name for the area around Akihabara Station in the Chiyoda ward of Tokyo, Japan, famous for being the centre of modern Japanese popular culture and a major shopping district for video games, anime, manga, electronics and computer-related goods.

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great (i.e. great-grandson, great-grandmother)

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special order (goods); custom (made); bespoke

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way; method; means; (technical) specification

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handy; convenient; suitable; reasonable; moderate

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price; value; cost

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to form; to make; to build up (e.g. a fortune); to create; to accomplish; to achieve; to change (into)

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for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first

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shield

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to collect; to gather; to arrange; to put in order; to make uniform; to make even

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had better ...; had better not ...

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already; yet; soon; shortly; further; more

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to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last

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experienced person; person who has had a particular experience

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direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)

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discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude

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child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young woman; young (animal); offshoot

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recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest

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substitute device; replacement aircraft

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these days; nowadays; today; at this time (of day); at this hour

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student (esp. a university student)

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to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)

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yes; that is so

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to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy

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yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof

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that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that

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thank you

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ventriloquism; throwing one's voice

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