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shoji (paper sliding door)

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loudly (flinging open a door); with a clatter; with a crash (e.g. of a falling structure); completely (change); utterly; louvre window (door, vent, etc.)

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to pull open

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to change facial expression or color (due to anger, embarrassment, etc.)

5

slumping; flopping down; heavily rotating

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to turn over (in one's sleep); to toss and turn (in bed); to change sides; to double-cross; to betray

2

somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of

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such

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half asleep and half awake; trance; dream and reality

1

stairs; stairway; staircase

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to step on (a nail); to run (a nail) through one's foot; to put one's foot through (the floor)

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to run (up hill, stairs, etc.)

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to hurry (up); to urge on; to press; to rush

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ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); very

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police headquarters; main office; this office

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(police) detective; criminal matter

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to cast a sharp glance

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sandal

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slip-on shoe

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entrance; front door; entryway; entranceway; entry hall; vestibule

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back (esp. of a building, etc.); rear; behind

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field (for fruits, vegetables, etc.); cultivated land; field (of specialization); sphere; womb; birth

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vacant land; unoccupied ground; empty lot

3

storage shed

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prefab; prefabrication; prefabricated building

5

to be erected; to be built

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door (Western-style, car, etc.)

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to throw open; to leave open

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as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")

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study room

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study; learning; tutorial

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house; plastic greenhouse; house music; go to your kennel (cage, bed, etc.)!

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incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; I don't get it; I'm confused; I'm lost

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to incline one's head to the side (in doubt); to tilt one's head to the side (in confusion); to be puzzled

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to chase; to run after; to pursue

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to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby

2

knob; doorknob

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to draw in; to take in; to retract; to withdraw; to take back (e.g. words)

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four and a half tatami mats; four-and-a-half-mat room; small room esp. for assignations

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writing desk

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steel; steal (baseball, basketball); still (picture)

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bookshelves; bookshelf; bookcase

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several volumes (books)

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cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga

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public entertainment; performing arts; accomplishments; attainments

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messy; untidy; disorderly; higgledy-piggledy

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all that one has; all that there is; the whole

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half-way up a slope or stairway; landing; center of three (horizontal) columns (of print) (centre)

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radio-cassette player

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tape

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