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baseball club (at a university, corporation, etc.); baseball team

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high-school baseball

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nonfiction

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Yamamoto Osamu (1954.2-)

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cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga

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edition; version; plate; block; editions of a publication

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work (film, book); production; creation; turning (something) out

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body; physical system; (the) person

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handicap

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preliminary contest; qualifying round; trial; heat; primary

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great difference; big difference; wide margin

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loss of a match that is 'called' part way into the game

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to eat; to drink; to smoke; to suffer (e.g. defeat); to receive a blow

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story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend

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Agatha Christie

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mystery

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horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside

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to crack; to develop a crack

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by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing

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Cristy; Kristi; Kurisuti

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character; personality; (fictional) character; letter; character

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elderly spinster

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detective; investigator; sleuth; detective work; secret investigation

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Miss Marple

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small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)

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quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful

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rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown

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to move (house); to change residence

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presence; sitting with; being with

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home area; home town; local

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to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience

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severe (injury, handicap, etc.); serious

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fate; destiny; connection; tie; pretext; justification

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back; rear; background; behind the scenes

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to rule; to govern; to administer

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to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to

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holder (of a record, title, permit, etc.)

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to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)

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to hide; to keep to oneself

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argument; discussion; theory (e.g. of evolution); doctrine; essay; treatise

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to create a stir; to make waves; to raise a question about; to cause a sensation

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lead; leading; lead (of a newspaper, etc.); lede; lead (wire); lead (e.g. dog); leash

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thereupon; shortly thereafter

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quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money

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Hinuma Yorio (1925.1.19-)

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Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research; JFCR

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bright light; hope; bright future; light emanating from a buddha or bodhisattva, symbolizing their wisdom and compassion

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leader of a charge; first to arrive

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to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)

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Nagasaki University

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