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Iwamura

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(school) subject; curriculum; course; item; heading; entry

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Japanese history; history of Japan

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unmarried; single

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popular name; common name; nickname; alias

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giant; woodsman; alpinist

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deep (colour); dark; strong (flavour, smell, etc.); thick (consistency); dense; strong (possibility, etc.)

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moustache; mustache; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)

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to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise

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homeroom; form room; form class

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first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole

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notice; notification

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cough; ahem

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clearing one's throat; cough

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class

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new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date

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companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)

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to be added to; to be appended; to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate; to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence)

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cheer; shout of joy

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transfer student; student changing schools

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though; even if; whether ... or ...

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beehive; hive; something full of holes; (fig.) Swiss cheese; beef reticulum; honeycomb tripe

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hornet; yellow jacket; wasp (of subfamily Vespinae); Asian giant hornet (Vespa mandarinia); yak-killer hornet

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to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on

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clamour; clamor; uproar; tumult; furore; furor

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woman; girl

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glasses; eyeglasses; judgment; judgement; four-eyes

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festival; feast; carnival; matsuri

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water (esp. cool or cold); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout

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kappa; mythical water-dwelling creature; excellent swimmer; cucumber; cucumber sushi wrapped in nori

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to have sparkling eyes; to have shining eyes; to have a gleam in one's eyes

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bursting with youth and energy (esp. young woman); vivaciously young; (fish) jumping around energetically (e.g. when caught in a net); bursting (e.g. seams); tight; splattering (e.g. cooking oil)

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lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit

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to jump about; to jump around; to bounce about; to romp about

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subject; curriculum

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poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite

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type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing (on a typewriter)

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nisei; second-generation Japanese (or Korean, etc.); the second (e.g. Edward II); son

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sharp, loud rebuke; bark; roar; rebuke used in Zen to achieve enlightenment

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in spite of; despite; although; nonetheless; nevertheless; but

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shrieking; squealing; screeching; chattering (e.g. of a monkey); chittering

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zoo; zoological gardens

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tumult; great noise; clatter; hustle and bustle

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whirlpool; swirl; eddy; vortex; maelstrom

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to swallow; to gulp down; to understand; to grasp; to engulf; to swallow up

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easy to get into (e.g. of music, etc.); easily getting into (a certain mood, etc.)

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to twist; to wrench; to twist (a body part); to bend; to strangle (to death); to wring (an animal's neck); to defeat easily

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(opening a door) with a clatter; noisily; (falling) with a clatter; with a crash; (changing) completely; totally

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silent (as the grave); deadly silent; deathly quiet

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stoppage; coming to a stop; ceasing (movement, activity, etc.); suspension (of operations); suspension (of payment, a licence, etc.); (temporary) prohibition

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