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Advent

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pure and clear; "clear and bright" solar term (approx. April 5)

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new car

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Kamen Rider (TV series, the titular character)

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ultrasonic waves; ultrasound

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Tarr

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black hole

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rider

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perplexity; difficult question; difficult problem

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to apply; to adapt

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reimbursement; compensation; reparation; indemnity

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editor-in-chief

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to hunt out; to flush out; to round up; to impress; to recruit

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recovery; undoing; recall

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disorderly; messy; absurd; unreasonable; very; extremely

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suffix for room numbers; suffix for apartment numbers

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sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera); Indian lotus; lotus; rose of Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus)

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such a stupid ...; what a crazy ...; no way!; what nonsense!; how can that be?

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space alien; alien; extraterrestrial being

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inlet; bay

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cannot be undone; can't be recovered from

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to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose

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counter for horsemen

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rolling stock; railroad cars; wheeled vehicles

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fortune-telling; divination

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laboratory; seminar room; professor's office

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roar; howl; yell; bellow

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motorcycle; motorbike; bicycle

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metamorphosis; disguise; transformation; shapeshifting; morphing

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dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook

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secret; secrecy

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to be sacrificed; to fall victim to; to fall prey to

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sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly

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university student; college student

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depression; melancholy; dejection; gloom; despondency

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representation; agency; proxy; deputy; agent; attorney

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to go to meet somebody

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copy; photocopy; blurb on a book jacket; catch copy

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one hour

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myself

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house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building

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to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)

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series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza

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frame; framework; border; box; limit; restriction; category

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this sort of

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(the thing) itself

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missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown

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abduction; kidnapping; kidnaping

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to call for somebody; to come for someone; to pick someone up

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just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)

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