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Ken Naoko (1953.7-)

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to compare and contrast two alternatives; to weigh the relative merits of A and B; to weigh one's options; to try to have it both ways; to try to sit on two stools

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wedding hall; marriage hall; wedding place; wedding location

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sharing a table with someone you don't know (e.g. at a restaurant)

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to shut out; to bar; to lock out; to exclude

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irritation; annoyance; frustration

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to be badly made; to fail

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dull; boring

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going on and on (about inconsequential things); talking nonsense; idling away the time; dawdling

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to be tired of looking at

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all talk; glib; insincere; empty; specious

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empress

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crash; smash; crunch; bang; breaking sound

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empty; vacant; hollow

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nimono; food cooked by boiling or stewing

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sneak photography; non-consensual photography; peeping photos

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escalation

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yay

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one's family register; one's domicile; nationality; membership (club, party, etc.)

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kidnapper; kidnaper; abductor

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to come to a dead end; to come to a standstill; to reach a deadlock; to reach an impasse; to reach a stalemate

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consolation money; solatium; reparation; damages; settlement

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tool; implement; instrument; equipment

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warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown

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date and time

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to say; to be called; to do

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to carry on; to go on with one's life; to keep alive; to stay alive; to survive

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goddamn idiot; moron; nitwit

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no way; no chance

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to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay

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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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evil deed; wrongdoing; crime; misfortune; calamity

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good luck; fortune; happiness; harvest; yield

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bucket; pail

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to be possible to say; to be able to say; (arch.) said; (arch.) have said

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stalker; stoker

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opening and shutting; opening and closing

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(camera) shutter; shutter (for a door, window, etc.)

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duration; continuance; survival; persistence; retention

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apathetic; indifferent

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cheap; rash; thoughtless; careless

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to take a picture

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to bring back

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(place of) refuge; escape; exit; way out; shelter; hiding place

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suspect (person)

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playing at (something); game of make-believe; something done together

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for the first time in one's life

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oath; vow

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bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely

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swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction

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