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picture drawn from life

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two

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cloud

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to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp

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cupboard; sideboard

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short (of a person)

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glass (drinking vessel); glass (material); glasses (eyewear)

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wherein; therein; thereinto

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ice; shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)

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five; five years of age; eight o'clock (old time system)

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bourbon

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to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to plunge into; to charge into; to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to press (someone) about

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each; every

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alcohol; sake

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drunkenness; intoxication

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feeling depressed; feeling gloomy; feeling downhearted

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corner; nook; recess

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charging (electrically); electrification

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schedule

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in order to do; for the purpose of doing

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app; application

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to talk to oneself; to mutter

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feeling one gets from listening to something

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resuscitation; regeneration; reformation; rehabilitation; playback; regeneration (sound, etc.)

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query; interrogation; enquiry; question; inquiry

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driver's seat (in a car)

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preface; introduction; preamble

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in the future; another day; later

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distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion

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beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially

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plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place

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establishment; institution; installation (of a machine or equipment)

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counter for parts, stages, installments, etc. (of a story, series, project, campaign, etc.); counter for bullets

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north-east; Tōhoku (northernmost six prefectures of Honshu); Tohoku

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court lady; lady-in-waiting (Heian period); separate room in a palace (esp. for a lady) (Heian period); room for a very low class prostitute; very low class prostitute

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to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)

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giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange

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recollection; retrospection; reflection; reminiscence

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laptop (computer); notebook (computer)

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Miyagi prefecture (Tōhoku area)

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pine tree (Pinus spp.); highest (of a three-tier ranking system)

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island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf

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city

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shark

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inlet; seashore; beach

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total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects

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one's nature; one's feelings; plain; unadorned; mere; poor

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to dig; to excavate; to delve into; to dig up (e.g. vegetables); (for two men) to have anal sex

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tunnel; to tunnel (through a potential barrier); letting a grounder go through one's legs

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other side; opposite side; other party

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