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Minamibōsō City

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personal opinion

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first instance; first trial

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Misty (song)

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young businessman

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bequest

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well-behaved (model) prisoner; trusty (trustee)

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Watase

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to break off writing

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Keiko

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to put up for adoption

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stuffy; steamy; sultry

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young female TV announcer (who also frequently functions as a television talent doing on-location fluff pieces for variety shows)

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Las Vegas

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Zen dialogue; Zen questions and answers

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to take by deception; to defraud someone of; to swindle someone out of; to cheat someone out of

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personal history

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pilloried criminal exposed to public view; public scorn or humiliation; person shamed in front of others

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to take a veneer off something

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there's no other way; there are no other options; there are no alternative means

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Qingdao (China); Tsingtao; Chingtao

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hostess (in a hostess bar)

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gambler

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leukemia

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after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)

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Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny

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small factory in town; backstreet (small) workshop

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law office; law firm

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public hearing; trial

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to narrowly escape (e.g. death); to hang onto (life); (arch.) to ascertain; (arch.) to make definite

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to descend; to stoop; to degrade oneself; to be reduced to

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bribe; secret fund; slush fund; money for bribery

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French food

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treat; banquet; feast; thank you (for the meal); that was a delicious meal

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hard-boiled (person, style, etc.); tough; hard-boiled fiction

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lifelong separation

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having gone too far to turn back

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bone marrow; medulla; true spirit; one's mind

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hostess; barmaid

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star (usu. not including the Sun); planet (usu. not including Earth); star (glyph, symbol, shape); star (actor, player, etc.); small dot; spot; star point (in go)

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as soon as possible

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related (by blood); blood-related; of the same blood

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first class plus; extra special

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bid; tender; bidding

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family vacation; family trip

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to regret

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to search about for; to hunt around for; to look high and low for; to look everywhere for

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hemp cloth; linen

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back country; remote countryside

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hostess bar; bar with female companions for male customers

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