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neither this nor that; being at a loss; humming and hawing; shilly-shallying

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American film; American movie

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drawing and manual arts (school subject); arts and crafts

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to puzzle over; to think deeply about; to rack one's brains over (wrack)

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mahjong; mah-jongg

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pattern; behavioural pattern; behavioral pattern; predictability

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hard; tough; hardware; hard disk (drive)

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variation

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China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryō system)

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beyond compare; peerless; unrivaled; unique

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guidepost; signpost; guide; manual; tiger beetle (esp. the Japanese tiger beetle, Cicindela japonica)

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happiness; well-being; joy; welfare; blessedness

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suggestion; proposition; proposal; submission (of a bill); motion; proposal

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Christ

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-ism (religion)

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sphere; circle; range; category

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creed; doctrine; dogma

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morality; righteousness; meaning; teachings; doctrine; nonconsanguineous relationship (i.e. of in-laws)

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studio

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locked room; secret room

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theft; robbery

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townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street

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walking on frost; crunching (e.g. on gravel); lots of coins or jewels; cutting into large pieces; loosely weaving; large (pieces, stitches, sand grains, etc.)

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to jump over; to leap over; to fly over; to fly across; to jump ahead (of someone); to skip over

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to settle (a problem)

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clear; distinct

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intrusion; bursting into; barging into; breaking into; forcing one's way into

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what (e.g. "what rudeness"); what (something) is like

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bright sunshine; broad daylight

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social; societal; societary

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treatment; service; handling; management

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prime of life

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to come near (to); to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to reach (a stage, period, etc.); to overhang; to hang over

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to giggle

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three-year-old; triplets

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inquiry; enquiry; investigation; (police) interview; questioning (e.g. witness, suspect); hearing

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difficult case

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or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...

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hard to understand; Byzantine fashion

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continuous; continual; unceasing; incessant; without interruption

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natural; intrinsic; from birth

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pure; genuine; trueborn; natural-born

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ungrateful

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mystery case

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fame; reputation; renown

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rising rapidly (e.g. prices, popularity); soaring; skyrocketing; going through the roof

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how long; how far; how much

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throwing oneself (e.g. into the water to commit suicide)

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objection

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to be related; to be connected; to be joined together; to result in; to lead to; to bring about

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