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two-by-four (e.g. method)

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protease

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Ginza (shopping district in Tokyo)

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opinion; point of view

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Kikujirou

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(emblem of) three comma-shaped figures arranged to form a circle; three-way fight; three-sided struggle

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canelé

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colored pattern; coloured pattern

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gag order; gag rule; gag law

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exhibition of pictures; painting exhibition; art exhibition

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toy poodle (variety of poodle)

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oops!; I did it again; now I've done it; I've messed up

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blankety-blank; bleep; yada yada; xxx

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modern; trendy; hip; in; up-to-date

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out of the blue; all of a sudden; without warning; unexpectedly

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marlin; swordfish; spearfish; sailfish

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lucky color; lucky colour

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from the beginning; from scratch

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air purifier

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work (e.g. of art); production; harvest; cultivation; technique

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dripping with sweat; doing something by the sweat of one's brow

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apron of a gun; cover for the touch-hole on a cannon or matchlock

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household search (conducted by the police)

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illegal channel; back channel; black market

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sponge gourd (Luffa aegyptiaca); Egyptian cucumber; loofah; loofa; something useless

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the past is the past; let bygones be bygones

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cyclone

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tiding over

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questioning (e.g. by police)

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what month

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the Monkey (ninth sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Monkey (around 4pm, 3-5pm, or 4-6pm); west-southwest; 7th month of the lunar calendar

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playing with balls (e.g. football, playing catch, etc.)

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gender equality; equal rights for both sexes; equality of the sexes

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to say it out loud; to yell out; to emphasize

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small restaurant; eating house

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packing something in a bag; bagging

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rejection; negation; voting down

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this world; this life; the free world (outside of prison, the army, red light district, etc.); this corrupt world; present world

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

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to blush; to redden

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I; me

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Darjeeling (India)

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roasted pork fillet (often used in ramen)

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squared timber; rectangular lumber

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light-emitting diode; LED

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huff; heave-ho

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Emishi; historical term for non-Yamato peoples in northern Japan; Yezo (northern part of Meiji-era Japan, esp. Hokkaido, but also Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands)

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to engage in a bloody feud; to have a family quarrel; to quarrel with one's own flesh and blood; (lit.) to wash blood for blood

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one long straight object (e.g. strand of hair, beam of light, wisp of smoke); a single bloodline; earnest; resolute; (arch.) ordinary; (arch.) common

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tonkatsu; breaded pork cutlet

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