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proportional division; proportional distribution

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English proficiency test (esp. the STEP test)

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Nakahama

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ovary

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paying loan installments whenever one happens to have money (instalments)

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wedding preparations

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to manipulate figures to one's advantage; to count wrongly on purpose; to inflate or deflate one's age

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directly under; falling perpendicularly

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carrying (on one's shoulder); bearing; shouldering; bucket carried on either end of a pole

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Kikaijima

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foreign voyage; travelling overseas; travelling abroad

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doctor practising Western medicine (during the Edo period)

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halfway; midway; partway; mid-course

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300; three hundred; 300 mon; trifling amount; shyster

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knowledge applied to evil purposes

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evil eye

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to wrestle with; to contest an issue; to take part in sumo

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remote island; distant island; punishment by exile to a remote island

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movie; film

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stone weight (as used on pickle-tub covers); weight (as used in balances)

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old saying; old expression; old language; ancient language; archaic word

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betrothal; wedding; marriage into a family; adoption

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lowly people (Edo period); eta

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meeting place; club

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hill; height; knoll; bonus points awarded to the winner at the end of a game

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elegant; graceful; refined; leisurely; comfortable; easy

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to become famous

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Dutch studies; studies of Western knowledge

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pardon; remission; amnesty

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let me humbly say; most humbly; with all due respect

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cauldron

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flint; firestone

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(one's) exclusive use; private use; dedicated use; use for a particular purpose; exclusive use (of particular products); using only (e.g. a certain brand)

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lodging; boarding; boarding house; school dormitory

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extravagant; absurd

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smuggling (people); stowing away

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son; punk; brat; penis

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to be mistaken for; to be confused with

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dismissal of class (at the end of the day); recess (at school); break

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apparently; from what I have heard; they say; you know; I hear

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each time; every time; whenever (something happens); on the occasion of

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out of the blue; all of a sudden; without warning; unexpectedly

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wartime fire; war; wartime destruction; horrors of war

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to forfeit; to confiscate; to call out; to summon

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to pry; to prize; to prise

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drying; dried

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meow; miaow; cat; sexual intercourse; making out

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one's whole heart; everything one feels

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need; want; necessity; costs; expenses

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to miss one's chance to say; to fail to mention

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