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crunchy; gritty (sand, pebbles, etc.)

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tide; current; sea water; opportunity; chance; thin soup of fish or shellfish boiled in seawater

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middle-school student

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Takabou

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to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something

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training; practice; discipline; ascetic practices

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or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean

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penance; austerities; mortification; asceticism

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on this occasion; now; in these circumstances; with this opportunity

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commoner; plebeian

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essence; quintessence; spirit; soul; heart; pith

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to nod to one another

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reference; consultation

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(fighting) spirit; motivation; shout (for getting in the right mood to deal with something, etc.); cheer; kiai; short shout when performing an attacking move

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seemingly good; (of) good appearance; looking good

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adult; grown-up

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hot spring; onsen; hot spring resort; hot spring spa

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hotel

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to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)

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going and returning (e.g. work, school); both ways

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Shinkansen; bullet train

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something or other; one thing or another; this or that

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portion for two people

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100,000; hundred thousand

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autumn; fall

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to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved

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former girlfriend; ex-girlfriend

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almost living together; spending most nights with one's partner

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absurd; ridiculous; nonsense; excessive; extreme

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distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion

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repeating a year (at school); staying in the same class for another year

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careful thought; consideration; deliberation; reflection; rumination; pondering

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mind and body

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partial destruction

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job hunting; job searching

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soldier; combatant; warrior

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one's future; one's fate; one's way; one's path

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seductive; carnal; troubling; difficult; anxious; uneasy

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-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person

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place name; toponym

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oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)

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there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)

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to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to set free; to let go; to fail to ...

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all out; like hell; like crazy; desperately; (lit.) expecting to die

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to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)

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occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom

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klop; klunk; whonk; with a heavy impact; forcibly

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man among men; man's man

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even if; (it doesn't matter) whether (A or B or ...); whatever; should

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serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)

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