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to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on

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inside of a store (restaurant, café, etc.); store interior; on the premises

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to go around; to make a circle around; to surround; to circle; to come around (of a season, anniversary, turn, etc.); to return

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meeting; rendezvous; meeting for the first time; coming across; confluence

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one year; some time ago

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rustling; dry; rough feeling; rough (of a person); coarse; catching fish with a net

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paper

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violence; assault; rough (handling, language, etc.); reckless; rape; sexual assault

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paper bag

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pout; displeasure; ill humor; ill humour; sullenness

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to grasp tightly

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article for sale; goods for sale; main attraction; specialty; For Sale

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staringly; scrutinizing; scrutinising

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guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper

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elder brother; big brother; one's senior; one's elder; old ingredients; stale ingredients

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sharp (knife, claws, etc.); pointed; sharp (pain, tone, etc.); acute; keen (intuition, sense of smell, etc.); acute

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

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to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage

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(complete) set; outfit; kit; all; everything

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to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment

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daily routine; daily work; daily lesson

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grim face

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straightforwardly; readily; without hesitation

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while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily

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to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)

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plan; idea; design; taste; liking; preference

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grasp (of the situation, meaning, etc.); understanding; control; hold; grip

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pointing out; identification

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to pass; to pass on; to give (something) a miss; to cut it out; to knock off (for the day); to let the matter drop

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errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit; use

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to have come; to be here; to be popular; to be fashionable; to be angry; to have blown one's lid

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sentence-ending particle expressing doubt; sentence-ending particle expressing a rhetorical question

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surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance

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immediate reply

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representation; agency; proxy; proxy; agent; representative

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(verbal) message; word (from someone)

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depression; low spirits; dejection

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to frown; to scowl

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falling lightly (e.g. snow, petals, confetti); fluttering; flickering; twinkling; appearing and disappearing; catching glimpses

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frown; scowl; grimace

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to get (information) out of someone; to extract (information) from someone; to find out (through questioning); to begin listening (to)

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to press a question; to cross-examine

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marriage partner; spouse; wife-to-be; husband-to-be; future spouse

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parent; parents; dealer; banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner

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(personal) background check

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be; is

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low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)

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out-of-place; inappropriate; sticking out like a sore thumb; produced at an unorthodox location

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to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated

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when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days

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