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all take and no give; rip-off

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drama serial

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being fond of children; person fond of children

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living in obscurity; lying low; remaining unnoticed

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written pledge; signed note of assurance; memorandum; legal instrument

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unpublished; not yet announced

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office job; clerical work

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to join a household (as a housewife or househusband); to become a housewife; to become a househusband

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bitch

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creche; day nursery

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good-for-nothing; parasite; deadbeat; loafer; drone; idler

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literary world; literary circles

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Kentarou

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to be seized with fear; to be intimidated; to lose one's nerve; to be frightened; to get cold feet; to chicken out

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comparatively; quite; rather; rate; ratio; percentage

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looking for something; searching for something; object being sought

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irritating; annoying; tedious (work, person, etc.); boring; depressing; dark (e.g. story)

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making off with (something); absconding; stolen; absconded (with)

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heartburn; sour stomach

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comfortable (to live in); snug; cozy; cosy

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please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of

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

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to be boiled down; to come to a standstill; to reach an impasse; to approach a conclusion (of a discussion, investigation, etc.)

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random; aimless

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garbage dump; dump site

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Shizuoka (city, prefecture)

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place of employment

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as likely as not; 50-50; even match; tie

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jumping straight to the business, ...; I know this is abrupt, but ...; let's skip the pleasantries; getting to the point

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falsehood; lie

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in contrast to (one's, its) appearance

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second hand (of clock)

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there in body, but not in spirit; distracted; in one ear and out the other

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childcare; child-rearing; nursing; upbringing

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person living with a family; lodger; housemate; flatmate; roommate

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to compose (a Japanese poem); to write; to use as the theme of a poem; to recite (e.g. a poem); to chant; to intone

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major cleanup; spring cleaning

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thousand years; very long period; forever

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what color

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specialist shop; shop specializing in a few types of product

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misfortune; bad luck; ill luck; ill fortune

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track and field club

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to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake

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frequent; common; usual

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last moment; eleventh hour; platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period

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section (i.e. of text); sentence; phrase; verse (of 5 or 7 mora in Japanese poetry; of 4, 5, or 7 characters in Chinese poetry); haiku; first 17 morae of a renga, etc.

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what kind of; what sort of; what; how; in what way

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inverted; upside down; reversed; back to front

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superiority complex; sense of superiority

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good luck charm; uttered when using magic; abracadabra; presto

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