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before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end

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leaving school during a term

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bento; Japanese box lunch

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all; every

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given the situation; now that it has come to this; if it comes to this

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Usui Yuuji (1949.1-)

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ark (i.e. Noah's)

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midsummer feast; summer solstice celebration; St John's day

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construction company

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development; exploitation

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simulation; simulation (of a foul); diving; flopping

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time warp; time travel

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virtual reality

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virtual reality; VR

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to shout (in anger); to yell

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warm; mild; genial

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sales; selling; marketing

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magnificent; grand; majestic; splendid

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sweater; jumper

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infiltration; sneaking in; going undercover

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politics; government

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to catch and tie up; to apprehend; to entangle; to trap; to brush out (e.g. dust, fur, plaque); to extract

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to cram; to stuff; to jam; to squeeze; to compress; to pack

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wiping out; sweeping away; eradicating; dispelling

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reverberation; swelling (of a hymn); lingering memory; aftertaste; suggestiveness (of a book, poem, etc.)

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uh-oh; oops; sorry

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after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years

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to die by drowning; to drown

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classmate

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to decline (in prosperity); to become deserted; to become desolate; to taper off (of a sound)

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coal mine; (coal) pit; colliery

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revival; reconstruction; restoration; rebuilding; recovery; renaissance

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opportunity; chance; good time (to do); trend; tendency; momentum

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lively motion; throb

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to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)

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South America

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old friend; old pal

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Yasuo

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to drag along; to pull; to force someone along; to prolong; to drag out; to influence strongly

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day-dreamer; fantasist

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fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred

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Okamatsu Kazuo (1931-)

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older sister and younger brother

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Ebisawa Yasuhisa (1950.1-)

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evening

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mountain stream fishing

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to possess; to haunt

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place; room; margin; scope

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act; deed; conduct

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core; heart (of the matter); point; crux; kernel

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