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reason; significance; cause; piece of information that one has heard; I hear that ...; it is said that ...

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period; Nihon Shoki (second oldest work of Japanese history, compiled in 720 CE); Nihongi; Kii (former province located in present-day Wakayama and southern Mie prefectures)

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boy

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to step forward; to volunteer

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to hold out; to extend (e.g. a hand); to present; to submit; to sacrifice; to give (up)

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bloodthirsty killer; cold-blooded murderer; homicidal maniac

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capital punishment; death penalty; maximum penalty; ultimate punishment

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to manage; to deal with; to cope with; to sentence; to condemn; to punish

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leaving behind; desertion; abandonment

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all one's power (strength, energy, efforts); one's utmost

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to run out; to rush out; to start running; to begin to run; to break into a run

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to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in

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to raise (esp. overhead); to brandish (e.g. sword); to flourish; to wield (e.g. power, authority); to proclaim one's principles

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main section (of a newspaper); central column; this newspaper; our paper

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to report; to inform; to repay; to return; to requite

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purity; innocence

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palace; tonic (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); ancient Chinese punishment (castration for men, or confinement for women); zodiacal sign

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time (three times, each time, etc.); times

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person one is dating; significant other; partner; boyfriend; girlfriend

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swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence; pretense; (a customer) coming to restaurant, ryokan, etc. without a reservation or introduction

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common camellia (Camellia japonica)

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company; friendship; association; (romantic) involvement; dating

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pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model

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gathering material (for an article, novel, etc.); collecting information; covering (an event, incident, etc.); reporting; interview (for a news story)

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towards; against; regarding; in contrast with

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to come true (of a dream, wish, etc.); to be realized; to be fulfilled; to be granted; to be answered (of a prayer); to be requited (of love)

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according to (someone)

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van; truck; delivery van

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to jump up and down; to hop

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(wooden) pencil

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eraser; rubber

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pure love

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kana; Japanese syllabaries (i.e. hiragana and katakana)

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before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares

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sports newspaper

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each other; one another

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profit; gains; benefit; advantage; grace (of God, Buddha, etc., esp. as attained through rightful actions, prayer, adherence to one's faith, etc.); blessing

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to count; to enumerate

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bundle of banknotes; stack of bills; large sum of money

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please; if you would; somehow or other; one way or another; whether (or not); if

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sensation

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to bite (at); to snap at; to snap at (someone); to flare up at; to jump down (someone's) throat

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reluctantly; grudgingly; unwillingly

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to rescue (someone); to save; to help (out of a difficulty); to save (spiritually); to redeem (from sin); to deliver (from suffering, distress, etc.)

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in order to; for the purpose of; must; should

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to surround; to crowd around; to gather around; to encircle; to besiege

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to cancel; to call off

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threatening attitude; menacing look; angry look

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nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not

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banknote; bill; note; paper money

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