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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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cursor

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execution (e.g. of a plan); carrying out; practice; action; implementation; fulfillment

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document name

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nine; nine years of age; twelve o'clock (old time system)

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talking in delirium; incoherent muttering

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to read out; to read aloud; to call out; to finish reading; to read through

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what the hell; oh, great!; son of a gun; holy mackerel; oh no!; holy cow!

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stupor; stupefaction; trance; (being) dumbfounded

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still (continuing); as ever; further

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obstinate; stubborn; mulish; die-hard; bigoted

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empty; vacant; hollow

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in the belly; in one's heart of hearts

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to work out; to think up; to devise; to manage to find (money, time, etc.); to scrape together (funds)

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square; rectangular

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flesh; meat; flesh (of a fruit); pulp; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); flesh; thickness

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swaying; swinging; rocking; shaking; wavering; flickering

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to laugh at; to ridicule; to mock; to make fun of; to sneer at

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smile

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suddenly; abruptly; unexpectedly

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(sense of) reality; realness; realism; authenticity; viability

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possibly; by some possibility; perhaps

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sizzle (sound of meat cooking); shrill droning of a cicada

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printer

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to pull out; to draw out; to disconnect; to steal contents of; to pilfer (from); to pickpocket

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to follow in order; to go through step-by-step

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B5 paper size (182mm x 257 mm)

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to anticipate; to foresee

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halving; dividing (into two parts); bisection; the two equinoxes (vernal and autumnal)

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irritation; annoyance; frustration

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probable; likely

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staying up all night

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on the way back; when about to go back

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bento; Japanese box lunch

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outline

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faithful; devoted; loyal; honest; true

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after lunch

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rough (estimate, outline, etc.); broad; general; generous; openhanded

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up through; up until; down to; from ... to ... (e.g. from head to toe); everything from ... to ...

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magazine journalist

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modifier

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to push aside; to overcome (e.g. difficulties); to align; to put in order; (arch.) to push open

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fiction; made-up story; fable; fabrication; myth

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to give someone space; to give someone breathing room; to cut someone some slack; to provide leeway; to provide an opportunity

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Kanagawa (prefecture)

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scientific

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focus of one's attention; what one is looking for; point of view; viewpoint

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common; shared; to be common (to); to be shared (by); -wide

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inference; deduction; induction; reasoning

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route; path; channel (e.g. sales, distribution)

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