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shouts used when viewing fireworks (from names of Edo-period fireworks vendors)

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crank call; prank call; nuisance call

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strong motivation; aggressive ambition; hunger for success; (lit.) hungry spirit

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falling star; fireball

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karintō (sugar-coated cookie made from fried dough)

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unintentionally; calmly; inadvertently; innocently

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monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata)

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training camp

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mackerel (esp. the chub mackerel, Scomber japonicus); server (in an online game)

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earnest apology

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to establish; to formulate

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popular; folksy; plebeian; ordinary; unpretentious

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to hell with; be damned

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serious matter; major incident; matter of grave concern; crisis

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looks

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(with a) whizzing sound; sound of something whizzing by

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insincerity; dishonesty; untruthfulness; bad faith

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fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)

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girl's feeling; maiden's mind

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easily mixed up (e.g. similar words); easily mistaken; confusingly similar; misleading; equivocal; ambiguous

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to be blind to one's shortcomings; to play innocent

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to laugh at; to ridicule; to mock; to make fun of; to sneer at

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to conceive; to become pregnant; to get filled with (e.g. sails filled with wind); to be swollen with; to contain (a contradiction, danger, etc.); to carry (a problem, consequences, etc.)

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just kidding; not!; ersatz; imitation; phony

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unskilled; clumsy; lousy; poor; awkward; shitty

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selection; choice; picking out

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recovery; undoing; recall

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miso; fermented condiment usu. made from soybeans; innards (from crabs, shrimps, etc.) resembling miso; key (main) point; good part (of something); weakling

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awareness of things around one; ability to understand what is going on around oneself; judgment; judgement; discretion

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(feelings of) love

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to launch; to shoot up; (of waves) to dash; to wash up (ashore); to finish (e.g. a theater run, sumo tournament); to close

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wrong impression; subjective impression; assumption; prejudice

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to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose

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sauce; Worcestershire sauce

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flute; fife; pipe; whistle

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special training; intensive training; crash course

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to be prominent; to be conspicuous

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to fill (with); to be filled with; to express (an emotion); to project (sadness, joy, etc.); to wear (e.g. a smile)

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to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to outweigh; to preponderate

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overall; on the whole

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already; now; by this time; quick; early; fast

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ouch!

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to pay attention to another's needs; to attend to; to fuss about; to take into consideration

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have a good day; take care; see you

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handmade; homegrown; hand-crafted; homemade

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most; much; greatly

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I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)

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goes without saying; needless to say; obvious

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end; conclusion

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(swimming) pool; pool (billiards); pool (together)

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