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self-torturing; masochistic

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ferry (crossing); ferry(boat); delivery

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materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis

1

with a friendly grin; smilingly

2

konnyaku cut into fine threads; konjac noodles

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shopping basket; market basket

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cold storage; deep freeze; cryopreservation

1

porcelain bowl; donburi; bowl of meat, fish, etc. served over rice

1

wall; fence

1

scooter

5

express home delivery (by the Kuroneko Yamato company); door-to-door parcel delivery; courier service

1

mailbox; letter box; letterbox; mail slot

1

to hide oneself

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to stoop; to lean over; to bend forward; to bend down; to crouch; to squat

2

with a start; with a jump

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suspicious character (person, figure)

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elliptical shape

2

pendant

7

the public; the street (e.g. "word on the street"); street; district; location (e.g. of a battle); scene (e.g. of carnage)

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to smile

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eating with one's fingers; snitching food; snatched food; embezzlement; misappropriation; flirting

1

unreliable; uncertain; indefinite; unclear

1

what is it (that); the meaning of something; what something is about

2

drop-by-drop; dripping; dribbling; incessantly (esp. speaking, e.g. complaints, compliments); in great profusion

1

to take refuge in; to succeed in running away

2

to look (sound, behave) grown-up; to be adult-like; to mature

3

butter from cow's milk; storax (resin); styrax; toad venom

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Welsh onion (Allium fistulosum); green onion; spring onion

2

shopping bag

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the reverse; other side; lining

1

to retreat; to back off; to draw back; to step back; to shrink away

1

reproachful; hateful; bitter

3

to wait and see; to see how the land lies

1

sense; infer

1

to come true (of a wish, prayer, etc.); to be realized; to suit (e.g. a purpose); to meet (wishes, ideals, etc.); to match (implies competition); to rival

1

wave motion; undulation; surge; wave

1

behaving in a way characteristic of teenagers going through puberty, esp. by being overly self-conscious; (lit.) 2nd year of junior high sickness

2

seeing through (e.g. someone's lies); reading (e.g. thoughts); penetrating; detecting

1

to go mad; to go crazy; to lose one's mind

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brow; glabella; middle forehead; area between the eyebrows

1

to wrinkle up (one's eyebrows, one's nose); to furrow; to crimple

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seal

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seal; sticker

2

necklace

4

rosary

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every kind; all sorts

1

price; value; cost

1

sales talk

1

conversion; reform; correcting someone's conduct

1

to make oneself popular without any regard to others; to take all the credit to oneself; (lit.) to turn out well (of a child)

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