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Johnny & Associates (talent agency)

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hawks; hardline faction; hardliner

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glorious; luxuriant; splendid; in full bloom; in full glory

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Yuuta

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drama serial

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Iceland

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heart pounding; chest tightening

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four-leaf clover

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ride

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average age

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to say everything one wants to say; to exhaust a topic

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caretaker (at a zoo or aquarium); keeper; attendant; breeding staff

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Halt; Hardt; Hart; Harth

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blue tarpaulin; blue plastic waterproof sheeting

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male diver (who collects shells, seaweed, etc.); fisherman

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slamming one's hand into the wall in front of somebody (e.g. to stop them from leaving; often viewed as romantic); banging on the wall (e.g. to quieten one's neighbour)

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comic book

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cheap; inexpensive; pure; honest; upright

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to share (life's) joys and sorrows (with); to share the good and the bad (with); to stick together through thick and thin

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day by day; with each passing day; as the days go by

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single-mother household; fatherless family

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last scene (e.g. of a movie); closing scene

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nursery school teacher; childcare worker

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role

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monthly publication; monthly issue

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looks; features

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spiritual plane; spiritual aspect; mental level

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shy

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to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float

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lifetime supply; lifetime's worth (of something)

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Kansai dialect

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mediator; peacemaker; troubleshooter; manager

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turning point; critical juncture; knot (in a tree, etc.)

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junior

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grasshopper; locust (of superfamily Acridoidea)

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gravure; photogravure; rotogravure; gravure picture

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to make good use of one's spare moments; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)

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recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement

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name; nameplate; caption; storyboard (of a manga); rough draft

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coating

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characteristic; like oneself; worthy of oneself

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naivete; simplicity; innocence

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from there; thence

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fifteenth day of the month; fifteen days

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recital (i.e. of music, by a pupil); presentation (e.g. product launch)

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heating; application of heat

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starting point; origin; origin (of coordinate axes); datum point

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romantic comedy; rom-com

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neutrality (incl. chemical, electrical, etc.); indifference; sexlessness; androgyny; neuter gender

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(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of

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