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Japanese dressmaking; kimono making

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married man

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taro (Colocasia esculenta); dasheen; eddo

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no longer being fond of someone; spiteful words or acts showing that one is disgusted with someone

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audit; auditing

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eighteen litre drum

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(going straight) from heaven to hell

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shopping basket; market basket

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minicar

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to get blunt; to dull; to wear out

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mottled spinefoot (Siganus fuscescens, species of Western Pacific rabbitfish); dusky rabbitfish; sandy spinefoot

10

traditional short winter coat resembling a haori without gussets; livery coat; half the sky; mid-air; middle of the sky

1

Tsukamoto

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real estate company; real estate firm; property firm

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Rie

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to be submerged; to be soaked; to be pickled; to be well seasoned; to be totally immersed (in a condition, e.g. laziness)

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timid; faint-hearted; wimpish

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son and heir; son who will succeed one

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room-service

1

unhappiness; misfortune; ill luck

1

to fail to die (e.g. after suicide attempt or accident); to survive; to outlive

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sticky; gluey; gummy; stickiness; something sticky

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room number

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walking; pace; step; course (of history, one's life, etc.); history; pitch (of a screw, etc.)

2

pharmaceutical (drug) company

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Tokyo Tower

1

how many months?; how long?

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to draw the line (between two situations); to make a clear distinction; to make it clear where one stands; to take clear responsibility for (mistakes, etc.)

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walnut (Juglans spp., esp. Juglans regia)

4

whitewashing; glossing over; lip service; deftly finishing up; putting on the final touches

2

denial; negation; repudiation; disapproval

1

hurriedly; in a hurry; in haste; (arch.) sudden

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side job (outside of one's main employment); side gig; part job (carried out at home); home industry; (secretly) working on something unrelated to the class (or conference, etc.) one is attending

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

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younger people; future generations

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bad mannered; naughty; misbehaving

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tuber; taro; yokel; bumpkin; dud; worthless thing

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marriage registration

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miso soup

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separation; living apart

2

maid

1

daydream; waking dream

1

to be flexible; to be accommodating

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to do (something) to spite (someone); to rebuke indirectly; to make an insinuation; to make a display of affection (for each other); to show off a relationship

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tsukemono; Japanese pickled vegetables

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to abuse (verbally); to curse at; to shout abuse at; to speak ill of

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pardon me for leaving (first)

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loyalty; devotion; fidelity; inspector of the Imperial Prosecuting and Investigating Office (ritsuryo system)

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proton

5

to fade (of a colour); to grow dull in color (colour); to lose vividness; to lose freshness; to grow stale

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