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useable footage ratio; proportion of footage that can be used for the final cut

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another broadcaster; another station; another channel; another office; another bureau; another department

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promo; advertising for a program (TV, radio, etc.); program publicity

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eyebrow

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must-see; not to be missed; a must

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warm; mild; genial

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manga cafe; coffee shop with a manga library (usu. has Internet facilities and charges by the hour)

4

generation of students educated under the "pressure-free" system (from the late 1970s onward)

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exchanging business cards

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on and after; as from; hereafter; thereafter; since

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attractive; good-looking; stylish; cool; smooth; neat

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lapse of memory; (something) slipping one's mind; forgetting for a moment something one knows well

3

to rest; to relax; to repose

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manga cafe; coffee shop with a manga library (usu. has Internet facilities and charges by the hour)

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urge to urinate

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place near the mountains; hilly section of a city (e.g. Tokyo, Kobe, Yokohama)

2

sales promotion; hard selling

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appearing together; co-acting; co-starring

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to be evasive; to give an evasive answer; to speak ambiguously; to prevaricate; to cook up a specious story to get out of an uncomfortable situation; to make do with

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captive; prisoner; victim (of love, etc.); slave (to one's lust, etc.)

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Kansai dialect

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wise saying; famous saying

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generations; ages; years

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outline; summary; argument

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to show signs of; to appear

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honest person

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empathy

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sensual love; love affair

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to dig down; to dig into (a matter); to delve into; to probe into

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established reputation

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police investigator; investigator

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immediate reply; quick answer; ready agreement

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passage; paragraph

3

all together now!; one, two, go!; ready, set, go!; heave, ho!; oops-a-daisy

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any one; any; whichever

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masterpiece

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cartoonist; comic book artist; manga artist; manga author; mangaka

2

meat eating; eating of meat; meat diet; carnivorous

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niece

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to narrow; to reduce; to contract

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to overlap

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subject; theme

1

delicious; tasty

1

innocence; guiltlessness; purity; uprightness; integrity

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firmly; plentifully; with all one's might

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to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate

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meaning; point (e.g. of a statement); gist; goal; intent; object

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after all is said and done; no matter what people say; in the end; definitely; undeniably

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to have both; to possess both; to combine with

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compilation; editing; recording

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