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PASMO; rechargeable prepaid IC card used for travel and purchases

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Osamu

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rushing to get on the train (bus, etc.) before the door closes

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next number (magazine, etc.); next issue

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poor; unsatisfactory; inadequate; cold; chilly

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leaving (fleeing) the capital

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evening cicada (Tanna japonensis)

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time card; time sheet

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Tatsuya

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young imperial prince; child of the imperial family; shrine dedicated to a child of the god of the main shrine; newly built shrine (to which a divided tutelary deity has just been transferred)

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failing to live up to one's name; being beaten by one's name

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bill (e.g. at a restaurant); check

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helper

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screening meeting; trial meeting; qualifying competition

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launching (e.g. newspaper); first issue

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holding on to; sticking to

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comparatively; quite; rather

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end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap

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being used to ...; getting used to ...; being accustomed to; being conditioned to; be familiar with

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filling a vacancy; supplementation; substitute; deputy; alternate

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to cut off the retreat

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end (of play, match, etc.); closing; closing a pachinko machine (after it has paid out its designated maximum)

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to bud; to sprout; to germinate; to have luck on one's side; to get lucky

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Rookie of the Year award

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(one) letter; (one) character

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disappointment; let-down

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to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent

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business hours; opening hours; office hours

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one sen; one-hundredth of a yen; small amount of money

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wig; hairpiece

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Japanese representative; Japanese delegate; Japanese delegation

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(starting) from nothing; from scratch

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

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the road home

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third month of the lunar calendar; (arch.) thick growth (of grass, etc.); Yayoi period (ca. 300 BCE-300 CE); Yayoi culture

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alumnus (alumnae); graduate; former member of an organization; former inhabitant (country, region, etc.)

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once; one time; exclusively; only; alone

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roll (e.g. of cloth); winding (e.g. watch); volume (of book); speeding up; heel (of a Japanese sandal)

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pork

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government worker; public servant; civil servant

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unofficial offer (esp. job offer); tentative decision

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cartoonist; comic book artist; manga artist; manga author; mangaka

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fortunate person; lucky fellow; lucky dog

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editor-in-chief

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space; air; midair; (from) memory; (by) heart

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editor (in publishing, etc.)

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twelve o'clock; noon; midnight

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plan; plot; idea; conception; vision; scheme

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serialization; serialisation; serial story

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winning (a prize)

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