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advertising department; public relations department; PR department

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member

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female bus driver; female bus conductor

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Sunday

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this kind of

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essence; true nature; substance; reality

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contemporary life; present-day life

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haiku; 17-mora poem, usu. in 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 morae

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daughter

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tea ceremony; Way of Tea

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ikebana; Japanese art of flower arrangement

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long epic song with shamisen accompaniment (developed in Edo in the early 17th century)

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practice; training

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superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding

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to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)

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superior; better

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poster

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new medicine; new drug

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one house

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chicken meat; reddish-brown chicken

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to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)

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anxiously; impatiently; worriedly; fretting; getting worked up

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one way or another; in many ways; in various ways

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to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight

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enough about ...

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focus (e.g. photographic); focal point

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venerable authority; elderly master

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end; tip; end (of the year, month, etc.); close; youngest child; descendants; offspring

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select

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March; third month of the lunar calendar

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April; fourth month in the lunar calendar

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sen (hundredth of a yen); coin made of non-precious materials; one-thousandth of a kan (as a unit of currency); (arch.) one-thousandth of a kan (as a unit of mass)

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entrance fee; admission fee; admission; entrance charge; admission charge

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this year; this fiscal year; this school year

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intention; idea; inclination; wish

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new pattern

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movie theater; movie theatre; cinema

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wind direction; situation; way things are going; mood; temper

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valid; effective; yuko (judo)

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topic of conversation

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company; friendship; association; society; acquaintance

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to blurt out; to let slip; to say inadvertently; to come out with (e.g. nonsense)

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local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift

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wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

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picture postcard

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to be buried; to be covered; to overflow; to be crowded; to be repaid (e.g. debt); to be replenished

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translation; version (e.g. "English version")

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how many points

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to recognise; to recognize; to know by sight; to become acquainted with

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to take into one's possession; to receive; to take into one's care (e.g. person, pet); to take custody of; to leave; to go away

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