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quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful

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to make (good) progress; to move right ahead (with the work); to advance

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counter for parts, stages, installments, etc. (of a story, series, project, campaign, etc.); counter for bullets

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there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)

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physiological phenomenon; physiological response

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speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...

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course; route; course (of study); program; lane (in running, swimming, etc.); course (of action); policy

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to advance; to move forward; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to raise; to elevate

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mother; mom; mum; wife

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

5

to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing

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presenter; speaker; performer; actor; participant (in a TV show or TV panel)

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pen-name

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young female rice planter; young girl

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love; affection; attachment; craving; agape; Ireland

2

the teens (10-19); teenage; the tenth generation

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debut; doing something for the first time; starting anew; starting afresh

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hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking

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million seller

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live-action adaptation (of a cartoon or animated movie)

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royalty (on book)

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in large quantities

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high class; high grade; high rank; seniority

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condominium (usu. mid or high-rise); apartment building; apartment house; block of flats; apartment; flat

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elegant; graceful; refined; leisurely; comfortable; easy

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greedy; avaricious; rapacious; insatiable

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desire for improvement (in social standing, etc.); ambition to rise in the world

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tearing; ripping; crunching; munching; stiff; starchy; (working) hard

2

as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still

4

witnessing; observing; sighting

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terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)

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upper part; upper stream; upper course of a river; right side of the stage (audience's or camera's POV); stage left (actor's POV); skillful (in comparisons)

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style; way; shape; form; appearance; state

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that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family

5

easy; simple; there's no way that ...

3

five; five years of age; eight o'clock (old time system)

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older; senior

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older brother; elder brother

3

hospital; clinic; doctor's office; doctor's surgery; infirmary

3

to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with

3

three years

4

running away from home; elopement; (arch.) outing; (arch.) going out; (arch.) becoming a Buddhist monk; (arch.) entering the priesthood

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to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home

2

sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable

3

underwear; undergarment; underclothes; lingerie

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white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white go stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine

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pink; erotic (usually used in relation to the sex industry); blue; pornographic

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new; fresh; novel

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name; given name; first name

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call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)

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