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film star; movie star

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star (actor, athlete, etc.); celebrity; star (symbol); asterisk; (celestial) star

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training school

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profitable; lucrative

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furthermore; even more

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one cause; one reason; one factor

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derailment; digression; deviation

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Sudachō

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development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around (sexually; esp. of a male homosexual); having an active sex life

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each place; various places

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management; administration; operation; running (a business); conducting

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public flower garden

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the wolf knows what the ill beast thinks; it takes one to know one; it takes a thief to catch a thief

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ruins (of a building, town, etc.); remains

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occurrence; incidence; generation (of power, heat, etc.); production; ontogeny; development

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earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)

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aquarium (building); oceanarium

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dilapidated house; deserted house

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late at night

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rooftop

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walking sound; footsteps

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ghost story; tale of the supernatural

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miserable; pitiful; tragic; painstaking

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to demolish; to tear down; to pull down

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casino

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foley

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at hand; on hand; way of moving one's arms; skill; money at hand; pocket money

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forty; 40

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publication (of a newspaper, magazine, book, etc.); issue; issue (of banknotes, bonds, passport, etc.); raising (an event)

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Tokyo City

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compilation (esp. dictionary, history, law code); editing

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indeed; really; truly; very much

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map; atlas; chart; plan

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large part; greater part; people in general; general public; mostly; for the most part

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eel (esp. the Japanese eel, Anguilla japonica)

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beef

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tempura; deep-fried fish and vegetables in a light batter

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nakamise; shops lining a passageway in the precincts of a Shinto shrine

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shiruko; sweet red-bean soup with mochi

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Japanese apricot orchard; plum orchard; plum garden; ume orchard

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residence; estate; grounds; premises; mansion

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ryotei; traditional Japanese restaurant (esp. a luxurious one)

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lining out to first base

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Tsu (city in Mie); harbour; harbor; ferry

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show; performance; act; entertainment industry; show business

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acquisition (esp. corporate); buy-out; takeover; bribery; buying off; corruption

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mutability (of worldly affairs); fleeting shifts and changes (of human life)

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the same book; the said book; ibid.

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inside the kindergarten; inside the zoo; inside the garden; inside the park

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to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience

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