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frivolous; flippant; superficial; shallow; trifling; insincere

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(that's) no good, is it?; dislike (on social media, etc.); thumbs-down; downvote

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crushed flat; flattened; flat-chested girl; sound of a sticky rice cake sticking to something

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Japanese clothes

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to persist in; to carry out; to have one's own way; to push through; to carry through

2

Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)

2

national uniform (such as mandated for Japanese males in 1940)

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flavor; flavour; charm; appeal; experience; taste (e.g. of victory)

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postwar period; period after Second World War

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to cut off (a relationship)

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old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)

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since; this person

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convenient; handy; useful

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there's nothing that doesn't exist; there's nothing we (I, he, she, etc.) don't have; nonexistent; not in one's possession

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irony; rhetorical question

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young man in his prime; swaggerer; ruffian

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urine; piss; pee; breaking a contract

1

coming out; going out; attending (work); appearing (on stage); start; beginning; origins

3

to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)

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phantom; vision; illusion

2

how dare ...; how could ...

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to diffuse; to spread throughout; to prevail; to become widespread; to reach everyone

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playful age; heyday of youth

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carfare; fare; transportation expenses

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dilution; watering down; inflation (of budget, claim, etc.); padding

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outside (e.g. of a building); exterior; outside (of a group, company, etc.); outside world

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above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous

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touch; contact

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all companies; each company

2

to be treated to a meal; to be given a meal

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the most one can do; the best one can do; the best one can expect

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cash

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to tremble violently; to shudder up; to shake

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Bon and year-end festivals

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parcel; package

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mail service; postal service; mail; mail; postal matter; postal items

5

returning home

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(my) wife; inside the home; one's family

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sender

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to ascertain; to check; to make sure

2

one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission

1

sending back; return to sender

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timidity; cowardice; prudence; pedantry

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conscience

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faithful; devoted; loyal; honest; true

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to make a mess of; to sacrifice; to waste

1

loss and gain; advantage and disadvantage

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abacus; soroban; calculation (esp. of profit and loss); reckoning

2

white-eye family of birds (Zosteropidae); Japanese white-eye (Zosterops japonicus)

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Japan Women's University

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