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launching; launch; end (of a theatrical run, etc.); closing party (e.g. a theater show); cast party

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presiding judge

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your Excellency; his Excellency; her Excellency

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painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)

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evasion; excuse; subterfuge; runaround

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defendant; the accused

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crime; offense; offence

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contradiction; inconsistency

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confession; acknowledgement; confession of love; professing one's feelings; confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)

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simply (cannot); definitely (cannot); absolutely (cannot); by no means

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corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with

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excessive self-consciousness; excessively self-conscious person

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to become popular; to grow in popularity; to catch on

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it's no joke; gimme a break!

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lewdness; lewd person; pervert; lecher

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to be filled to bursting; to burst

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disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful

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that is to say; so that means

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often (happens); tend to; be apt to; be likely to

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handstand; headstand; being upside down; being in reverse

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this and that; one thing or another

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to snatch (and run); to carry off; to swipe; to scoop up (and remove; sand, earth, etc.)

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vicious circle; vicious cycle

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the end; the extremity; the limit; the limits; the result

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to bend; to flutter; to wave; to yield to; to be swayed by; to bow to

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hard-liners; diehards; (young) man with traditionally masculine interests; tough boy; hard news; reporter who covers political and economic affairs

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pride

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fort; fortress; stronghold; fortification

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to barricade oneself in; to hold (a fort, etc.); to shut oneself up; to be besieged; to dig in

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has reached its limit; has reached its peak

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university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)

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curse; spell; malediction

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to be solved; to be resolved; to loosen; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. a ban)

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home area; home town; local

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national

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help; rescue; salvation; solace; (religious) salvation; (Christian) grace

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goddess; female deity

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to just appear; to be half out; to be on the tip of one's tongue

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to choke up; to be speechless; to hold one's tongue

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old tale; folk tale; legend; reminiscence

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complex; inferiority complex; complex (of buildings, facilities, etc.)

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having; holding; wear; durability; charge; expense

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perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say

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Asia

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inside and outside; interior and exterior; inside and outside the country; home and abroad; around; about

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from the place (where); from the fact that ...; caused by the fact that ...; because

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actual spot; scene (of a crime, accident, etc.); (on) site; (on) the ground; filming location; (movie) set

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to fall into (someone's) hands; to fall under someone's control; to become someone's property (e.g. of an object)

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truth serum; truth drug

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marriage

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