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coming; going; being (somewhere); being (doing something)

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American joke; US joke; American sense of humor (humour)

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fritter

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Kasumigaseki; district of Tokyo where most of Japan's government ministry offices are located; government ministries (of Japan); Japanese government bureaucracy

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air purifier

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elementary, junior high and high school

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laundromat; laundrette

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to discuss; to talk together

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female presence

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to act the goody-goody; to pretend to be nice

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everybody's friend; people pleaser; person who is affable to everybody; flawlessly beautiful woman; flawless beauty

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don't do anything rash!; keep composed!

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prejudice; bias; warped view; jealousy; inferiority complex

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being attracted by physical looks only; person who puts much store by good looks

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pound cake

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fleeing; escape

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after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)

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when it comes to the cause; when you get right down to it; as for what started it; as for the reason; originally

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old man; old goat

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endless

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so-and-so; who?; which people?

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to miss (doing); to fail (to do)

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forced repatriation; deportation

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setting sail; putting out to sea; starting anew; embarking on something new

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Harbour Ward (e.g. in Tokyo)

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secondary residence

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amorous glance; leer; shade (of color); tint; ingratiation; sycophancy

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tousled; shaggy (hair); scraggly (beard); dishevelled; disheveled; unkempt

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chancy trade or business with uncertain profitability; night entertainment business (e.g. hostess bar); nightlife business

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hyperventilation; overbreathing; hyperpnea; overventilation

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olive oil

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female help; female labor; woman's handwriting; (arch.) hiragana

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branch office

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housewife

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cheers; bottoms-up; toast; drink (in celebration or in honor of something); drinking one's glass dry

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careless; thoughtless; hasty; rash

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to leave the company

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something unrelated (to what has been discussed thus far)

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remaining heat; residual excitement; lingering enthusiasm

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former boyfriend; ex-boyfriend

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how are you?

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to be shy; to be bashful; to feel awkward; to feel embarrassed

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stiff (atmosphere, manner, etc.); cold; unfriendly; thin and bony; scrawny

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breaking off (an engagement, negotiations, etc.); cancellation

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half century

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betting; gambling

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two people alike; two of a kind; kissing cousins; cut from the same cloth

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flour; meal; powder; dust

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(an) adult their age (should, should not, etc.); grown man (woman); person who is old enough (to know better)

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conjunctive particle indicating a cause or reason

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