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chopped burdock root (and sometimes carrot) cooked in sugar and soy sauce

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how old?; what age?

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original content; collapsible container

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supporting; shoring up; promotion; propping-up; jacking-up; manipulation

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being much talked about; creating a stir; being the talk of town

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cost of a ticket; price of a ticket

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on bargain sale; rising in popularity; up-and-coming; budding

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whirl of busyness; flurry of activity; being rushed off one's feet; having a very busy time (doing)

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absurd; unreasonable

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zoom

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calculated; premeditated; considered

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

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person who enlivens an atmosphere; person who lifts the mood of others; person who inspires a team; life of the party

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to be sacked; to be fired; to be dismissed; to be beheaded

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parents' day (day when parents observe their children in school)

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single; single bed; hotel room with a single bed; single-breasted; single-cuffed; single width (of cloth; usu. 0.71 meters); singles (e.g. in tennis)

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neighborhood nuisance; neighbourhood nuisance

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beginning of the year; early in the New Year

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second (party to an agreement); the B party (e.g. in a contract); stylish; chic; strange; quaint

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musician

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shot (in films); shot (of alcohol); hitting a ball (e.g. in tennis); shoot (in basketball)

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to produce (e.g. movie, play, show, event, musical recording, etc.); to design (e.g. new commercial product, restaurant concept, etc.); to create; production; creation; design

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deer; dear

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last spurt; final spurt; home stretch

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smoothly; with a slipping or sliding motion

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being good at cooking; good cook

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accounting; administration (of money)

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just kidding; Not!

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full house; no vacancy; sold out; standing room only; full (of people); crowded

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portrait photo; mug shot; face shot; photograph of a person's face

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amateur

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fan club

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exhausted; tired; withered; worn out; boiling until shapeless or mushy; tediously

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Warring States period (of Japanese history, approx. 1467-1568 CE); Sengoku period; Warring States period (of Chinese history, 403-221 BCE); era of vicious competition

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friend

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three flat objects (sheets of paper, pieces of cloth, etc.)

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wheedling child; spoiled child (spoilt); pampered child; child who always demands attention

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oar; all; (pulling an) all-nighter; staying up all night long

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eyebrow; eyebrows

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dolphin (or other small toothed whales, such as porpoises, belugas, etc.)

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nature; natural constitution; innate disposition

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base (e.g. of a triangle); low class; low in social standing; base (e.g. of support); foundation

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apology

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throughout Japan

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figure; design; twill weave; pattern of diagonal stripes; style (of writing); figure (of speech); design

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(being in) the red; deficit; red letter; red writing; corrections (by a teacher or proofreader) written in red

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aquarium

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to receive punishment; to be punished; to pay a penalty

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what is it?

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crybaby; blubberer

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