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conversation (just) between you and me; confidential talk

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Youko

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however

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honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly

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to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)

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so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite

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just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...

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easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...

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what is called; as it is called; the so-called; so to speak

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senior female worker who supervises junior employees in a domineering fashion

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such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o

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to speak distinctly; to speak clearly; to put it bluntly; to get to the point; to be frank

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past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)

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harassment; pestering

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and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...

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Midori

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really; truly; indeed; good grief

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called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...

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way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression

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liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity

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and so on; and so forth; et cetera; comment; criticism

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such ... as; or some such

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particularly; only; in the case of

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ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only

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one's post; one's station; department; bureau; section

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to remain; to be left

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to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel

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existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have

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to sell

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stage fright; social anxiety disorder; social phobia

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now; soon; already; yet; further; more

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interview (e.g. for a job)

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to become; to amount to

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to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)

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very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave

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fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet

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conquest (of a difficulty, illness, handicap, etc.); overcoming; bringing under control; subjugation; victory over

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eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality

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administration of justice

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ronin; masterless samurai; high school graduate waiting for another chance to enter university after having failed the yearly entrance examination; person out of work; jobless person; (arch.) wanderer

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request; favour (to ask); wish; please

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scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful

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something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another

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completely; absolutely; (not) at all; (not) a bit; earnestly; intently

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to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge

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trading company

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exceptional; unusual; extraordinary; unprecedented; singular

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to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)

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achievement; performance; results; work; contribution

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big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)

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