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bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely

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to become; to amount to

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fireworks

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pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely

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empty air; sky; shunyata; emptiness; air force; fruitlessness; meaninglessness

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amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity

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to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)

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alarm clock

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employee; worker

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to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)

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thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow

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to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen

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finger; toe; digit

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thumb; big toe

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here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now

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cracker

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to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble

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everyone; everybody; all; everything; all

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to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble

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good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result

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to gather; to collect; to assemble

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to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still

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Shibuya, a special ward in Tokyo

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subsection head; assistant manager; chief clerk

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indicates question

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company employee; member of a corporation; company stockholder (esp. in legal contexts)

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that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that

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unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate

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misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess

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to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear

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truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance

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end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap

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yesterday

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preparation for a lesson

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particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty

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today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays

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for the first time in one's life

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mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)

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to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)

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sentence-ending particle expressing doubt

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honorific/polite/humble prefix

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hey; say; look

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congratulations

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suffix for familiar person

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nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...

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to sleep; to die; to rest (in peace); to lie idle (e.g. of resources); to lie unused; (arch.) to close one's eyes

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to uncork a bottle

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to pour (into); to sprinkle on (from above); to water (e.g. plants); to shed (tears); to concentrate one's energy (strength, attention, etc.) on; to devote to; to flow into (e.g. of a river)

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

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difficult to ...; hard to ...

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