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temporary advance (of money)

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flop (e.g. movie); total failure; box office bomb

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salted salmon; fish wrapped in (bamboo) leaves

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(data) packet; mobile broadband data; package

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supplementary budget

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pilloried criminal exposed to public view; public scorn or humiliation; person shamed in front of others

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drama serial

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seasoning; flavoring; flavouring

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to slip into (a place) for the purposes of having sex (e.g. a lover's house, hotel, red light district); to shack up with; to shut oneself away at home (due to lack of money)

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email friend; email penpal

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tearjerker; sob story; maudlin tale

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chopped burdock root (and sometimes carrot) cooked in sugar and soy sauce

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deep blue sky; bottomless blue sky

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dying alone (esp. of someone who lives alone and dies of natural causes at home without anyone knowing); solitary death

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surprise attack; sneak attack; foul play

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rather; sooner; preferably

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certificate of residence

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let's not say (such things) to each other

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to win the prize; to win the ring

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emoji; pictorial symbol; pictograph; ASCII art

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ratings (e.g. of a television program); audience rating; viewing rate

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trend of the times; way things are going

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one year and a half

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court lady; lady-in-waiting (Heian period); separate room in a palace (esp. for a lady) (Heian period); room for a very low class prostitute; very low class prostitute

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boiling point

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living by oneself; living alone

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close; intimate; on good terms

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cliff edge; edge of a precipice; perilous position; critical moment; brink

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dangling; aimlessly; casually; unexpectedly

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to remain unsold; to be left on the shelf

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demotion; relegation; downgrading

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to be stubborn; to be obstinate; to be perverse; to not give in

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filling (up) a hole; filling in (for a gap, vacancy, etc.); stopgap; making up (for a loss, damage, etc.); covering (a deficit); cloze deletion (test format)

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to work without sleep or rest

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cancer

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retirement age; (arch.) years of service in a military rank before eligibility for promotion

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best-before date (on food); use-by date; expiry date; expiration date

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exact calculation; squaring of accounts; adjustment

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to fetch; to go and get

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old person; old people

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necessity; inevitability

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AD; Anno Domini; assistant director (movie, etc.)

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news (from someone); word; letter; tidings; contact

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one's youth; early life; one's early days; one's early years

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(written) proposal

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puniness; youth

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viewer; (television) audience

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hot blood; warm blood; zeal; fervor; fervour

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lively; energetic; vigorously (jumping, flopping, etc.); piercing (e.g. sound); penetrating

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television; TV

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