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(abbr) Keio University

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organized crime

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Murakami Haruki (1949-)

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next month's issue

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joint authorship; co-authorship; collaboration; joint work

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to read between the lines

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Shuuhei

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to make something be done in time

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popular writer

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jumping off

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Haruki

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oversight; omission; mistake

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to ask the way

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to wait and see; to sit on the fence; to be noncommittal

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just made; fresh (from the oven); newly-built (house)

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white feather

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cognitive impairment; senility; dementia

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(plain) hot water; boiled water

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to telephone; to call in; to ring in; to contact by phone

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youthful indiscretion; youthful enthusiasm; youthful excess

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definitely; absolutely; without doubt; absolute; unconditional

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critical condition; being on the verge of death

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proxy; ringer; substitute; second serving of noodles (to add to previously purchased ramen)

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to resolve; to make up one's mind; to decide

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to be wildly different; to be on a completely different scale; to be in a different league; to be poles apart; to stand no comparison; (lit.) to be on a different order of magnitude

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short (e.g. story, film)

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secret language; jargon; cant; argot; slang

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sharp and able person

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share; portion; quota; cut

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reconstruction; reorganization; reorganisation; reconstitution; reconfiguration

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popular figure; person in demand; favorite; favourite

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boss (esp. yakuza); foreman

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orthopedics; plastic surgery; cosmetic surgery; smoothing (bursty traffic, etc.); shaping; fairing

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place; point; part; counter for places, parts, passages, etc.

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to all appearances; no matter how you look at it

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to speed; to tear away; to skip over (e.g. pages)

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quite unlike; not bearing the slightest resemblance

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to copy; to imitate; to counterfeit; to forge

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to read and understand; to subject to close analysis; to read deeply; to decipher; to decode

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without; unless; have to do

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to confess; to speak out; to disclose; to tell

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to miss one's footing; to be off the right track; to be on the wrong path

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selling off; disposal by sale; sale

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establishing proof; demonstration; substantiation

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The End; Finis; completion; conclusion; providing fully

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filthy; unfair; dirty; untouchable; disgusting; nasty

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to see (a doctor, etc.); to consult (someone)

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to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it

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to be ill; to suffer from; to have trouble doing ...; to be unable to ...; to fail to ...

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medicine; the healing art; healing; doctor

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