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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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to nod one's head; to nod yes; to agree

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while looking on in blank amazement; before one's very eyes; before one knew what was happening

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series; sequence; keiretsu (group); conglomeration of businesses linked by cross-shareholdings; affiliated; subsidiary

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book café; bookshop with in-house café

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use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement

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reemployment

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place of employment

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to fix (a time, date, etc.); to set; to expect; to hope for; to resolve (to do); to decide upon

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same period; corresponding period; same year (of graduation, entering a company, etc.); contemporary; synchronization; synchronism

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chatting; idle talk

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shop manager

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Mishima

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last position; previous job; predecessor

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white; correction fluid; white-out

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company that treats its employees well; company supporting a good work-life balance

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Labor Standards Act

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illegal; illicit; unlawful

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to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to drag; to pull

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what

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neurosis; nervous breakdown; mental problem; identity crisis; obsession

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to be on the verge; to be on the brink; to get close

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lifesaver; person who saved one's life

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respect; esteem; reverence; honour; honor

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to place both hands on the ground (to express respect, apology or to present a request)

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slightly; faintly

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to welter in blood; to be covered in blood; to turn red

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to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to swallow up (in a crowd, whirlpool, the darkness, etc.); to suck in

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pale pink; peach-colored

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cleavage (between breasts)

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suddenly and forcefully (e.g. jerk, poke, shove); in a single gulp; in one go

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zooming in; close-up

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area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances

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actress; female actor

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purity; innocence

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to bind (with rope, etc.)

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to cut (cloth, paper, etc.); to cut off; to sever (ties); to break off (relations); to cut off (a supply route, enemy's retreat, etc.); to block

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to give (an example); to list; to summon up (e.g. all of one's energy); to gather; to arrest (a criminal); to capture; to nominate (e.g. for a position)

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just this side of; one step short of; on the brink

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translation; version (e.g. "English version")

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suicide bombing (e.g. crashing one's plane into a target); self-destruction; blowing oneself up

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violent explosion; bursting

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bomb; alcohol with liquor added (esp. wine-based shōchū highball, also beer with whiskey)

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someone; a certain person

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portion; section; part

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flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion

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motive power; driving force

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ill will; spite; bad meaning; mala fides; bad faith; malice

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pollution; contamination; corruption; graft

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to pollute; to contaminate; to soil; to disgrace; to dishonour; to dishonor

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