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(another person's) niece

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Pink peppercorn

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concocting an alibi

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kitchen island; kitchen with a kitchen island

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thank you gift; gift given as thanks for a favor or for attending a funeral, etc.; gift sent from a locality to a tax payer as part of the "hometown tax" program

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hometown tax; system in which taxpayers can choose to divert part of their residential tax to a specified local government

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affiliated school

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payment default; overdue on a payment

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counter-proposal; counter-suggestion

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first anniversary of a person's death

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third year of high school; third-year high-school student

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gift brought to a funeral (usu. money); funeral offering; condolence gift; (lit.) incense money

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fighting against an illness

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to pull down; to automatically debit (from a bank account)

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to die; to expire

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metropolitan; managed by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government

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nutriment; nutritious substance; nourishment

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cost-effectiveness

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father-in-law

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city planning; urban planning; town planning

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coffee maker

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high school graduate

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to creep up; to crawl up; to overcome (a bad situation); to rise (after a setback)

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fencing

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sales; selling; salesman

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reconsideration

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to haul down; to drag down; to pull down; to tow off; to force out; to dethrone

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job transfer away from one's home; taking up a new post leaving one's family behind

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to prepare; to provide; to set up; to establish; to organize

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health care center; health care centre; animal shelter

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Nagano prefecture (Chūbu area)

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growing wild (naturally); native

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renovation (e.g. a house); redecoration; makeover; updating

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buying; purchasing

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reason for being; raison d'être

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pure love

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nourishment; nutrient

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to lock

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(very) patient; persevering

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vocational school; technical school

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think

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

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academic background; academic credentials; academic record

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plastic wrap; cling film; cling wrap; to wrap in plastic wrap

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to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up

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temporary transfer (of an employee); secondment; relocation; proceeding to; leaving for

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gym clothes; gym uniform; PE kit

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daily necessities

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to settle peacefully; to work out peacefully; to come to an amicable solution; to become reconciled

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nimono; food cooked by boiling or stewing

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