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Metropolitan Police Department (esp. Tokyo)

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Nagaoka

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Supreme Court justice; Supreme Court judge

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Superintendent General of the Metropolitan Police

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tea container (usually for thick tea used at the tea ceremony)

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throat; singing voice

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parched; dried-up; empty; hollow; rattling; clattering

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about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite

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pearl; Perl; purl (knitting stitch)

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necklace

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diamond ring

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ruby; ruby character; small hiragana or katakana readings of kanji usually above or to the side of the kanji (esp. used by printers and in ref. to printed material); Ruby (programming language)

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opal

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sash clip (fastener); ornament worn over an obi

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column; beam; girder; digit; decade; order of magnitude

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number; amount

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security camera

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to be photographed; to be projected

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treasure; picture of a treasure ship; money; cash

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this area; around here

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foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese

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group of thieves

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(suffering) damage; injury; harm

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repeated occurrence

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gem; jewel; precious stone

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kind; sort; type; similar example; parallel; the like

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scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops

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to take out; to carry out; to bring out from where it belongs; to mention something; to broach a topic; to bring up (a subject)

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is it?; isn't it?; be; is

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lightning; thunder; god of thunder; god of lightning; anger; fit of anger

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sapphire

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to lament; to grieve; to regret; to deplore

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to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)

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carbon (C)

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mankind; humanity

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stone; rock; pebble

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to encourage; to cheer

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pearl

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congratulation; congratulations; celebration; congratulatory gift; present

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to start (something); to start up; to boot (a computer); to launch (a business)

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to use one's own money; to pay for from one's own pocket

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lowborn; humble; vulgar; coarse; shabby; greedy

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sweat; perspiration; moisture; condensation; gulp; oops

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tear; tears; lachrymal secretion; sympathy

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to shine; to glitter; to sparkle

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to steal; to plagiarize; to steal (a technique, idea, etc.); to do stealthily; to do during scant time; to steal a base

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few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom

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mature age; advanced age; maturity; age when one is old enough to know better

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to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on

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utterly stark naked; wearing only one's birthday suit

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