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Fujisawa

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human ecology

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Yale University

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ghost writer

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unbelievable

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self-publishing; publishing at one's own expense

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clapping one's hands in prayer (at a shrine)

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to spend all of one's time in idle amusement

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study abroad destination

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faked information; bogus intelligence; disinformation

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give-and-take; give and take

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career woman

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royalty (on book)

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based on; built on; made from

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department (faculty) of literature

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coughing; hacking cough; thundering; drumming

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deep psyche; unconscious mind; depth psychology

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to use excessively; to use too much; to spend too much; to overwork someone

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true story

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necessary expense

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branch office

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bestseller

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pace; rate; pitch (i.e. angle, space, field, sound, etc.); pitch (from distilling petroleum, tar, etc.); pitch (football, rugby); playing field

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hiring from another company; recruitment; quick costume change in kabuki (taking off outer costume); drawing (wire, pipes, metal plate)

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mailbox; letter box; letterbox; mail slot

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attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning

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selling out; being sold out

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real experience; actual observations

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performing a part in one's own play; playing a musical piece that one has written; doing everything by oneself (from preparation to execution); put-up job; charade; sock-puppeting (i.e. pretending to be more than one person on the Internet)

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to become famous; to go out into the world; to make one's way in the world; to appear

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peep; peeping; peep show; device with lens mounted on a stand or in a box to view enlarged pictures

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big hit; smash hit; popular item (e.g. movie, music)

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head; chief; chairman; governor; top seat; first desk (in orchestra)

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jumping straight to the business, ...; I know this is abrupt, but ...; let's skip the pleasantries; getting to the point

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parasite

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to be dizzy; to be disoriented; to be dazzled; to be lost in (greed, lust, etc.)

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in the confusion of the moment; taking advantage of the confused state of affairs

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emergency; accident; rare possibility; unexpected occurrence

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(my) wife; inside the home; one's family

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way of writing; manner of writing; penmanship (esp. used in old textbooks); calligraphy; format (e.g. of a report); stroke order of a character

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kidnapping; kidnaping

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hindrance; intrusion

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to confess one's love; to profess one's feelings

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beautification; glorification

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right now; just now

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promptly; quickly

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foreign enemy; outside invader

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hacking

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booth

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to be grieved at heart; to be troubled; to be worried; to trouble oneself (about something)

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