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gomasio; gomashio; roasted sesame seed and salt mixture; salt-and-pepper hair; dark hair streaked with gray

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horizontally; flat; across; crossways; crosswise

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licking; sticking out one's tongue

1

glue; adhesive

1

to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up

1

cough; ahem

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foresight; foreknowledge; divination

1

evening glow; red sunset; afterglow (of sunset)

1

irrespective of the occasion; indiscriminately

1

to cool down one's anger

1

almost not able (to do something)

1

bang; slam; thud; crash

1

Q; q

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Nihon Medical School

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eyeball

2

syringe (usu. a bulb syringe); dropper; fountain pen filler

1

very fast; in a twinkle; before one's eyes

1

half a point (esp. in go)

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I would rather; I would as lief do; strong preference

2

this and that (esp. complaining or protesting); something or other

3

once in a while; occasionally; seldom; at long intervals

2

aging process; ageing process

1

mix; mixed-race person; multiracial person

1

(Japanese) Anti-Subversive Activities Act

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to say all kinds of things; to complain; to find fault (with)

1

(please) look; see; (please) try to do

1

absurd; unreasonable

1

to settle; to finish; to bring to an end

1

money; funds

2

Akihisa

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office automation; OA

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

1

cattle or horse trader; good judge of horses or cattle

1

call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)

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wherein; therein; thereinto

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to be powered on; to be turned on

1

(circuit) breaker

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image; picture; portrait

1

capable of anything; liable to do

1

nature; natural constitution; innate disposition

1

of good character; kindhearted; good-natured

1

to backfire; to have a harmful result

1

calamity; misfortune; disaster

1

Guam

3

salaried; with pay; vacation; (paid) holiday

1

refresh (e.g. memory, one's spirits, etc.)

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for one thing ...

2

local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift

8

trip abroad; overseas travel

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Old Parr

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