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bubble era (of Japan; 1986-1991)

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a certain ...; some ...

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Japanese person

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wealthy person

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indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...

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auction

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at; in; at; when; by; with; so

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Goch; Gogh

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indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question

56

doctor; physician

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portrait; likeness; picture

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

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painting; picture

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indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

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record high; all-time high

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price; value; cost

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successful bid; winning a tender

4

that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...

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(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum

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what; how; what (a) ...!; how ...!; surprisingly; to my amazement

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hundred million; 100,000,000; 10^8

3

yen (currency of Japan); circle

4

how much; how many; to what extent; oh my god; how; what the

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deep red; crimson; rouge; lipstick

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yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh

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dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable

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sound of an explosion

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violin

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no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not

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be; is

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to differ (from); to be different; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to become abnormal; to go wrong

5

aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!

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again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and

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indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm

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what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; penis; (one's) thing

8

failure; mistake; blunder

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ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah

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already; yet; soon; shortly; further; more

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hot (to the touch); passionate (feelings, etc.); ardent; hot (e.g. temper); zealous; enthusiastic; intense

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perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that

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until now; till now; up to now; up to the present; so far

1

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)

1

thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work

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too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as

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all; entire; whole; altogether

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futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness

1

was; were

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may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly

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(a) little; somewhat; somehow

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continuously; the whole time; much (more); (by) far; far (away); long (ago, before, after)

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