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absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming

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firmly; plentifully; with all one's might

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copy; photocopy; blurb on a book jacket; catch copy

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by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)

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cannot be helped; unavoidable; pointless; useless; hopeless (person); annoying

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hot spring; mineral spring; salon offering beauty treatments, weight reduction, relaxation, etc.; spaghetti

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desire; wish; request; entreaty; prayer; (written) application

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wall; fence

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public bathhouse; bathhouse proprietor

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to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate

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to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid

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early arrival (at work); reporting early for work; taking an early shift; leaving the house early in the morning (to go to work)

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four years

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once in a lifetime (opportunity); (a golden opportunity that may) happen only once in a thousand years

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Halley's comet

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average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to

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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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in one go; in one gulp; in one breath; immediately; instantly; right away

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chikuwa; tube-shaped fish paste cake

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pretending not to see something; turning a blind eye to; burying one's head in the sand

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in addition; besides

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it's OK to ...; it's best to ...; it's alright to ...

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effeminate; unmanly; cowardly; sissy

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to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up

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past tense

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straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank

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honestly speaking; in truth; in all honesty; to be frank

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quits; even; square

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The End; Finis; completion; conclusion; providing fully

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association; socializing; socialising; fellowship

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to think, feel, consider, know, etc.

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(not) altogether; (not) wholly

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charred stake; ember

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to catch fire; to provoke; to catch fire from; to be ignited

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for one's age

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obedient; docile; quiet

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unconcernedly; nonchalantly; shamelessly; brazenly

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

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end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap

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brute; savage; fiend

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filthy; dirty (looking); drab

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to butt heads; to head-butt

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passing by

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to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment

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departure; departing (from ...); sending; sent (by ...); engine; counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.

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close; clothes

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dweller; inhabitant; resident; user (of a website)

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to be disappointed; to be dejected; to be downhearted; to feel exhausted; to feel drained

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birthday

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to celebrate; to congratulate; to present (a gift) in celebration; to drink in celebration; to wish for (a happy future, good fortune, etc.); to pray for

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