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gender gap

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Tiger Mask

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one step higher; one better; cut above; one up

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same time (of day)

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kaolin

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criminal groups and individuals; groups and individuals who seek economic profit through violence, force and fraudulent means; violent criminals, extortionists and racketeers; organized crime; (lit.) anti-social forces

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front company (for an organized crime operation)

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resurfacing

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slaying 100 enemies with one's sword; bedding 100 people; having sex with countless people

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yakuza group

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this week's issue (e.g. magazine)

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great shock

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Makki; McKie; Mckee

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live streaming; live broadcasting (over the Internet)

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apology press conference

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one's work environment

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confidential; secret; classified

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Japanese spindletree (Euonymus japonicus)

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seeing and hearing; (from) one's own experiences

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lily

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Murai

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to conspire; to act in collusion; to be hand-in-glove

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giving and receiving; transferring; transfer; changing hands

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to have something on someone; to catch someone out; to trip someone up; (lit.) to grab by the tail

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dual nature; bilateral character; two-facedness; two-sidedness

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libel; defamation; slander; character assassination

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our gracious (e.g. Queen); honorific that attaches to name of a person or thing that has bestowed grace or favour upon you

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children's home; child care institution; orphanage

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sharp drop; plunge; nosedive; slump; (value or amount) plummeting

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setsubun; last day of winter in the traditional Japanese calendar (usu. February 3 or 4), day of the bean scattering ceremony; last day of any season (according to the traditional Japanese calendar)

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maternal instinct

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production

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Kubo

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member (esp. of a criminal organization); gang member; gangster; yakuza; crime syndicate member

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fake; something false; sham; deception

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male-female relationships; relations between the sexes; sexual relations

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groundless; entirely contrary to fact

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worldly-wise man

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to want; to wish for; (arch.) to request; (arch.) to demand; (arch.) to seek; (arch.) to search for

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mixture of fact and fiction; half-truth

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clean

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Aichi prefecture (Chūbu area)

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living by oneself; living alone

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depression; recession; slump

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this piece; this work

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to pay; to be profitable; to pull against each other

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having a poor endgame; missing at the last turn

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photograph of two people, usu. male and female; man and woman being alone together; phone dating service where a couple are randomly connected for a conversation

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as before; as ever; as it was originally

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feeling of alienation

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