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yabu soba; green-colored soba made from buckwheat flour milled with green buckwheat berry chaff

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being in tenpai but not calling riichi

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gastric perforation; perforation of the stomach

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winning hand with at least one terminal tile in each set and no honor tiles

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epidural anaesthesia; epidural anesthesia

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celiac artery; coeliac artery

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melanoma

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tapering toward the end

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guaranty; guarantee; fee paid to performing artists, etc.

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pylorus; opening of stomach into duodenum

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vena cava

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retractor

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inferior vena cava

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appendicitis

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Hodo Station (news program on Asahi television)

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mesentery

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lump; mass; tumor (tumour)

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snow-plow; snow-plough

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swing vote

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bifurcation; branch; branched; rami-

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sunburn; suntan; tan; becoming discolored from the sun (e.g. paper); yellowing

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voice actor

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Kenjirou

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faculty; professorate; group of professors

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endoscope; gastrocamera

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medical team

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ligation; ligature

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steroid

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mosquito

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drawing a tile from the wall; win with a self-drawn tile; winning off a self-drawn tile while completely concealed (meld); winning off a self-drawn tile without having called any tiles

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general anesthesia; general anaesthesia

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in the background; not standing out

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large meal; large meals

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medical science; medical department

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(medical) quack

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fishery cooperative

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ridiculously expensive; stupidly expensive

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tea-ceremony arbor; tea-ceremony arbour

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remote countryside; boondocks; the sticks

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snow removal

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revolution; rotation; turning; turning (an aircraft or ship)

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anticancer drug; anticancer agent

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cold wave

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needle; pin; hook; stinger; thorn; hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer

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medical school

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cooking, esp. frying or stir-frying; heating; tempering; -ware

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nylon

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gambler

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if times were better; if one had been born at an earlier, more opportune time; if times had not changed; if I had my due

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cheek (of face)

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