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ten-odd; a dozen or so

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specialty magazine; information digest

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dust; one ten-billionth

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cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing

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to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out

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to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)

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stare; gaze; fixation

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before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to

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hesitation; indecision

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all; everything; entirety; absolutely (not); (not) at all; (none) whatsoever

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to jerk one's chin; to nod toward; to point one's chin at

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one copy (of a book, magazine, etc.); one volume

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Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7); reminiscent of the Shōwa era; Shōwa- nostalgic; old-fashioned

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sixty; 60

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prefix for forming ordinal numbers

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three generations; three periods; third generation

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record; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); results; to record; to document

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binding (of a book); design (of a book cover)

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contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade

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pasting; sticking; attaching; affixing; appending

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album

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excursion; outing; trip

4

school inter-class ball-game competition

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election

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graduation ceremony; commencement

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slow; sluggish; bushy (hair); thick; unfashionable; lacking style

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to be refined; to be polished; to be stylish; to be sophisticated

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at that time; in those days

4

school event

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Sunday; day (of the month); counter for days; Japan

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meaningful; suggestive; telling; significant; pregnant (pause etc.)

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back of head

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to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than

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wearing one's hair in braids

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to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)

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meeting; assembly; gathering; congregation; convention; rally

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corner; nook; recess

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great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough

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in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...

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meaningfully (smiling, grinning, etc.); suggestively; broadly; sneeringly

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daring; fearless; intrepid; bold; tough

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(facial) expression (esp. fierce, fearless, sinister, etc.); look

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hair style; coiffure; hairdo

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very young; little; childish; immature

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figure of speech; rhetorical flourish

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to cock one's head in puzzlement; to tilt one's head in contemplation; to wrack one's brain; to think hard

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when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)

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veneer; plywood

2

portable painting used as part of the backdrop (in kabuki, etc.)

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general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different

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