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movie director; film director

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Tokyo Olympics

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documentary film

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to take (a photo); to record (video, audio, etc.); to make (a film)

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the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime

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newspaper

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announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known

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to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed

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just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...

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how; in what way; how about

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indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

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to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!

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what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything

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such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!

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something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...

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yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's

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don't you think?; indicates question

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right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?

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as usual; as is one's habit

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clock; watch; timepiece

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indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

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Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)

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until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to

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to rewind

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chimes; toll of a bell

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secretariat; executive office

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from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)

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placard

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expression in writing; written representation; notation; writing on the surface (e.g. an address on an envelope); inscribing on the face

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concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every

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enquiry; inquiry; query; interrogation; ENQ

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one four-of-a-kind and one three-of-a-kind in a dealt hand; three and a four (in dice games)

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Japan

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please

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yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof

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be; is

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without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after

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to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint

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should; must; -able; probably; likely

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(sound of) laughter; laughing voice

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otherwise; or else; if not

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to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do

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large forest

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Western person

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kanji; Chinese character

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to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count

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Mr (junior); master; boy

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more and more; increasingly; extremely; very

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boy

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in that way; thus; so; so?

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