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vivisection

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straight flush

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(hamburger) buns; bun

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museum

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hitting the ball squarely; matching correctly (e.g. engaging a clutch)

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Kyoto

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sharing a room, flat, apartment, or house (with roommates, flatmates, etc.)

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Amitabha's Pure Land; Sukhavati

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(Ogura) Hyakunin Isshu; classical Japanese anthology of one hundred Japanese waka by one hundred poets; hyakunin isshu karuta; hyakunin isshu poetry cards

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well-versed (in); profoundly knowledgeable (about); high in the attainment (of)

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I've got to be going; I must go

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Romeo and Juliet

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parallel world; parallel universe

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ruffian; villain; peculiar person; idiosyncratic person; tricky thing; something that is more than it seems

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to break by hand (e.g. a flower); to break off (a twig); to pluck (a flower, a bud); to make a young woman one's own thing

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noisy voices

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unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to

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forgetfulness

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to come; to go; to participate; to perform Zen meditation

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solo exhibition; one-man exhibition; one-woman exhibition

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at your own discretion; as you see fit

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(after) bouncing around from one place to the next

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to end one's life; to end one's days; to die

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leaving (it) to others

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fashion; fad; vogue; prevalence (e.g. of a disease)

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Mont Blanc (chestnut and cream dessert)

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Thu

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good health

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rice cakes; pounded mochi rice

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to miss (a train, bus, etc.); to fail to keep up with (e.g. the times); to be left behind by

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good job

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to call out; to ask someone to come

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Creator

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to be confusing; to be different from what one is used to

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supporting role (actor); minor role

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clearing one's throat; cough

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unlocking

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to become brilliant; to become cheerful

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matcha; powdered green tea

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tingling sensation (e.g. in a leg); feeling numb; painful tingle; noisily; ears ringing

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blister; corn

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association; socializing; socialising; fellowship

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to have a relationship; to have relations

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board; plank; sheet (of metal); plate (of glass); cutting board; chopping board

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to draw (water); to ladle; to pour (into a cup); to drink (together); to consider (feelings, the situation, etc.); to sympathize with

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to eat

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to delay; to put off; to procrastinate

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to rebuke; to scold; to tell off; to question persistently (in order to criticize or find fault with somebody)

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melon (esp. a muskmelon, Cucumis melo)

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paper (in rock-paper-scissors); disappearing completely; coming to nought; foolishness; stupidity

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