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bad pun; corny joke; worn-out joke; dad joke

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indescribable; inexpressible; unspeakable; indefinable; nobody can tell

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Musashi (former province located in parts of present-day Tokyo, Kanagawa and Saitama prefectures)

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(arch.) small cedar; thin Japanese paper (used as tissue during the Edo period)

3

pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously

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to strike; to hit; to beat; to punch

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newspaper

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intentional; on purpose

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injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss

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trivial; not amounting to much

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to throw a punch at; to swing at; to strike out at; to raise a hand against

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head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top

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feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; tidy; frank; open-hearted; completely

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acquaintance

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tiger (Panthera tigris); drunkard; drunk; sot

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at that time; in those days

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post; official position; managerial position; executive position

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deputy manager; acting manager; acting section chief

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one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission

5

lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many

1

point in common; common feature

1

origin; beginning

1

to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect

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of no use whatsoever; good for nothing; useless

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(stand to) attention!; standing at attention

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sense; idea; desire; concern; attention; care

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Henmi

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unfortunately; sorry, but ...

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seven

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rush mat; matting; mat

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at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because; as you know

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hot topic; talk of the town

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typical; representative; archetypal; quintessential; stereotypical; model

1

boss; leader; head; boss (difficult enemy, usu. at the end of a section or level)

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monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook

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to defy; to disobey; to rebel against; to oppose; to resist

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absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic

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henchman; follower; (arch.) adopted child

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private secretary; flunky; someone who is always following around someone of high rank; someone who carries a bag for someone; luggage carrier

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boss; leader; kingpin; chief; head (e.g. of a crime syndicate)

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timid; faint-hearted; wimpish

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yes-man

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old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago

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steel; steal (baseball, basketball); still (picture)

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(committing, resorting to) an act of violence

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to board; to embark on; to get into (a car); to march into; to enter

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to get stuck with (some job); to end up with (something unpleasant)

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I don't know ...; how about ...?; I wonder; what about ..?

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since then

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not a chance; not likely; oh no; yuck; fault; defect

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