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bright; intelligent

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to perceive; to sense; to take in; to grasp; to feel

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spirit; disposition

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song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry

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attaining Buddhahood; becoming a Buddha; entering Nirvana; going to heaven; resting in peace; dying (peacefully)

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absurd; nonsensical; preposterous

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so to speak; so to call it; as it were

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reference book

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prototype; model; pattern; archetypal

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such a thing; something like that

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what kind of; what sort of; what; how; in what way

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Nagoya (city)

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spiral; helix; screw

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another name; nickname; alias; synonym (taxonomy)

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symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship); certain; unnamed; undisclosed

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sharing; division; draw; tie

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quietly; softly; seriously; solemnly; sadly

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strong spirit; mettle; backbone; guts; fighting spirit

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it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...

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sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)

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when; how soon; how long until

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the defensive; passive attitude; passivity; the passive; passive voice; ukemi (the art of falling safely)

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taste; palate; sense of taste

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to get angry

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dark brown; colour of tanned skin

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cross (for crucifixion); the Cross (of Christ)

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grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)

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shyness; fear of strangers; stranger anxiety

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letting (someone) die without helping

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sense of smell; olfaction

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puberty; adolescence

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bone fracture

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coming home from school

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miraculous

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to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve

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(feelings of) love

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murder case

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at the last moment; this late in the game

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bookstore; bookshop; publisher; main building

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handrail; railing; banister

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clique; faction

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very interesting; of absorbing interest; having a keen interest (in); being immensely curious (about)

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auntie; older woman

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no; that's wrong; it's not like that; isn't it?; wasn't it?

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to stare at each other; to lock eyes with

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burn; scald

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detective; investigator; sleuth; detective work; secret investigation

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indicates emphasis

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(one's) older brother; young man; sonny; lad

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Kanto; region consisting of Tokyo and surrounding prefectures; Kanto; north-eastern half of Japan (during the feudal era)

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