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flies that appear in Tohoku and Hokkaido in late autumn or early winter (esp. the woolly apple aphid); flies that appear above fallen snow in the early spring (esp. certain species of small winter stonefly and true crane fly)

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to be mad about; to be hooked on

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Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF)

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to stereotype; to squeeze into a pattern; to regiment

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temporary staff recruitment agency; employment agency

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developing country

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economic fortune; luck with money

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private clinician; physician in private practice

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to be (deeply) touched by; to be struck by

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bright; intelligent

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right in the center (centre)

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greatness

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work style; way of working

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under-shoulder swing-down; technique of grasping the arm of the opponent, the moment he comes forward, while stepping out of line and pushing down on the shoulder blade with the other hand, thus pulling him down; dodging; parrying (questions); disappointment; letdown

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there is nothing

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the way one drinks; one's manner of drinking

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slight; insignificant; small

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Dear (so and so); Dear Sir; Dear Madam; To Whom It May Concern

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to be profitable; to yield a profit

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Western painting; Western film; Western movie

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third day of the month; three days

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to grow old; to age

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class representative

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wrong; different; not like that

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seeing off and meeting on return

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university hospital; teaching hospital

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sleeping like a log; (being) fast asleep (bombed, crashed)

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stew; hodgepodge

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medical faculty

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to mediate; to intervene; to smooth

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hey; hello; wow; oh; oomph; heave-ho

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to blur; to shade off; to gradate; to obscure; to make ambiguous

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to ram one's opponent head-first in the initial charge; to punch hard; to hit hard

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thanks (for coming, helping, etc.); glad you could make it; tiredness; fatigue

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female friend; woman friend

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difficult to speak about

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surgery; department of surgery (hospital, etc.)

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one's business; reading of scriptures before a (statue of) Buddha; bargain; discount; (arch.) money paid to a prostitute or geisha

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doctor

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pot; jar; dice cup; depression; basin (e.g. of a waterfall); aim; what one wants

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customer; client; client company; business connection; trade partner

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son

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something said for politeness' sake; diplomatic language; honeyed words; lip service; empty compliment

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to put an end to something; to get something over with; to quit something one has been engaged in too long or to an excessive degree

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moving from place to place; being passed around repeatedly; rolling about

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to spread (e.g. a rumor); to circulate; to disseminate

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one sheet; one page; one block of tofu; one serving (in a restaurant); one long and narrow thing (e.g. guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars, etc.); one chō (unit of distance, 109.09 m); one game

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drinking party; get-together

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to be discouraged; to shrink from

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to this extent; to this degree; this much

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